The Consul

An opera by Gian-Carlo Menotti.

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Tropes used in The Consul include:

• Downer Ending
• Driven to Suicide
• Dying Dream: A particularly disturbing variety
• Evil Sounds Deep: The Secret Police Agent
• The Ghost: The titular Consul
• Gratuitous Italian: The record player. More notably the Foreign Woman.
• Infant Immortality: Averted
• Ironic Nursery Rhyme: Mother's Lullaby.
• "I Want" Song: "When Shall We See the End of All This?" for the Mother and "To This We've Come" for Magda Sorel.
• La Résistance: John is involved in one of these, which is the main source of conflict.
• Obstructive Bureaucrat
• Skunk Stripe: Anna Gomez has one of these.
• Villain Song: The Police Agent's Aria