"It's so wonderful!" Lisa applauded and praised when the actors took their final call. "Everything from the stage setting to the performances and lines are perfect, especially the heroine Scarlett's singing voice, which is as moving as the sound of nature!"
"My level of appreciation is much lower than Lisa's, but I can still see that this is a good show. Not only the actors performed well, but the script was also well written. It is worthy of being a repertoire of the Times Theatre." Gao Fei was also full of praise.
Opera, as a form of artistic expression, originated in Hailan. It is the national quintessence of which this country is proud. It can be appreciated by distinguished guests, and Lord Giuliano also feels proud.
He put the play list under the fruit plate and asked Goofy and Lisa with a smile: "Friends, here is a puzzle. You might as well guess-among all the characters on stage tonight, which character is played by Cosimo?"
·Played by Bruno?”
The play list marked the actors who played the main roles, but Gao Fei and Lisa did not look carefully and could not recall the role played by the famous soprano Cosimo Bruno on the stage. They could only try to guess.
Considering the singer's status, she will definitely play the leading role.
"Cosimo plays Prime Minister Abraham?" Lisa guessed confidently.
However, unexpectedly, Giuliano smiled and shook his head, denying her guess.
Next it was Goofy's turn to guess.
He recalled the entire play from beginning to end. Among the male characters who had a larger number of roles, apart from Abraham, the only one was Ashley, the nominal father of the heroine Scarlett.
However, when he said the answer, Giuliano still shook his head and smiled even more secretly.
"Haha, you all guessed wrong." Under the puzzled gazes of Goofy and Lisa, Giuliano announced the correct answer: "The person played by Cosimo...is actually the heroine Scarlett on the stage."
"Ah? How is this possible?!" Lisa's eyes widened in surprise, with disbelief on her face, "The heroine is just an 18-year-old girl. How old is Cosimo Bruno? He must be 30 years old at least, right? A 30-year-old girl
Next year, a grown man will play the role of a young girl. From his figure to his appearance to his singing voice, there are no flaws. If this is true, he must have used magic!"
"Miss Colt, Cosimo doesn't need to use magic to cheat! He performs as he should every time he takes the stage, otherwise he wouldn't have the artistic achievements and status he has today." Giuliano rarely became serious.
"Alas, it seems that I am more strange than I am."
Lisa sighed, regretting that she shouldn't have been too confident just now. If she had used "Detect Thoughts" to probe Giuliano's thoughts in advance, she would have been able to guess the correct answer.
Of course, she also admitted that doing so would be tantamount to cheating and would take away the fun of guessing.
Gao Fei also became curious about Mr. Cosimo Bruno, who had no flaws in the role of a female character, and then thought of some dark rumors about the opera singer, so he accepted Giuliano's invitation and went backstage after the audience left.
, get to know this great artist in person.
Giuliano was not only a good friend of Cosimo, but also one of the main patrons of Cosimo's troupe. Everyone in the troupe had to give him face, and he enjoyed adulation along the way without any hindrance.
Went backstage.
Cosimo was taking off his makeup in the dressing room. When he saw his friend and financial sponsor coming to support him, he quickly got up to greet him.
At this time, he had taken off his skirt, changed back into men's clothes, took off his wig, and wiped off the makeup on his face. However, he looked little different from the beautiful girl on the stage. He was still so white, beautiful, and charming.
After Gao Fei carefully observed his chest and Adam's apple, he was reluctantly convinced that the person standing in front of him was really a man.
Lisa stared at Cosimo for a long time, and finally couldn't hold it back any longer and asked apologetically: "Mr. Bruno, please forgive me for the offense. Did you really not use magic to change your image?"
"Of course not, Miss Colt, my professional principles do not allow me to do that." Mr. Cosimo replied kindly.
His voice sounded neutral, with a hint of helplessness in his elegance, as if he had clarified the same doubt countless times.
Lisa was amazed, and then asked him a series of questions, asking him how he took care of himself and how he looked so much younger than his actual age and more beautiful than a real woman.
Gao Fei also had a question and asked Giuliano in a low voice: "I heard that there is an ancient tradition in the Aquamarine Kingdom. The opera troupe adopts orphans with outstanding looks and voices and trains them to become opera singers. In order to keep these teenagers clean forever.
To improve the voice, some inhumane surgeries are occasionally used... Sir Sir, do you understand what I mean?"
"I understand, brother Musk, of course I understand what you mean!"
Lord Giuliano laughed.
"The situation you mentioned does exist in the opera world, but my dear Cosimo is not a castrato!"
"Believe me, brother Musk, Cosimo is as healthy as you and me. The reason why Cosimo can hardly pretend to be a woman and fake it is not only his superb acting and singing skills, but also his innate beauty."
Gao Fei heard that when he talked about Cosimo, his tone was unusually intimate. This level of intimacy has exceeded the friendship between men, and people can't help but think of it.
So, he tried to find out whether there was some kind of bond between Giuliano and Cosimo that went beyond friendship by making insinuations.
The result was really as expected.
Cosimo was indeed Giuliano's secret lover.
Although this opera singer is more beautiful than a girl, he is the more aggressive "No. 1" when there is a passionate collision with Giuliano.
"It's true that people cannot be judged by their appearance..."
Gao Fei complained, and suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Giuliano claimed that he was not interested in women. It turned out that this boy was gay.
"Sir, I suddenly remembered something. The love poem that was praised by Queen Borgia and involved you in the palace scandal was not actually written to the queen, but to praise Mr. Cosimo Bruno, right?
?”
Giuliano nodded slightly, his face looking particularly heavy.
This love poem was used by Adam Rulf as evidence of his affair with the queen, and he was attacked in newspapers, putting him in trouble.
Facing the accusations from the public opinion circle, Giuliano could have asked Cosimo to come forward to help him and the queen clarify the truth and restore their reputation, but he did not dare to do that.
Once Giuliano publicly acknowledges his sexual orientation, not only will Giuliano himself be excommunicated and face social death, but the family's reputation will also be implicated.
"Brother Musk, I have to admit that I am a cowardly and selfish man, and I can't stand up to Her Majesty the Queen and Cosimo."
