<![CDATA[Can't Make This Stuff Up]]>Thursday, October 29 edition of the Manchester (CT) Journal Inquirer:

Ex-NFL player to sing opera

T'au Pupu'a, who hails from Tonga and went on to play football for the Cleveland Browns, will be singing the rold of Mario Cavaradossi, Floria Tosca's doomed lover, in the upcoming Connecticut Concert Opera production of Puccini's opera 'Toaca on Friday, Oct, 30, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 1 at 2:30 p.m., at the Hoffman Auditorium, University of St. Joseph, 1678 Asylum Ave., West Hartford.

Tickets are available online at

www.showcliz.com or CCO's website at

www.connconcertopera.org

All seats are reserved. For more information call 860-722-2300

]]>https://brownsboard.com/topic/38434/can-t-make-this-stuff-upRSS for NodeThu, 01 Oct 2026 05:46:13 GMTThu, 29 Oct 2015 19:15:16 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Can't Make This Stuff Up on Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:46:58 GMT]]>Good for Pupua, but not going to change my perfect opera attendance record...

... unless he sacks the fat chick in the Viking hat or something...

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/543097https://brownsboard.com/post/543097Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:46:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't Make This Stuff Up on Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:31:53 GMT]]>Compare:

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/543092https://brownsboard.com/post/543092Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:31:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't Make This Stuff Up on Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:32:04 GMT]]>Papu'a has performed this before

And here:

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/543091https://brownsboard.com/post/543091Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:32:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't Make This Stuff Up on Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:26:29 GMT]]>Not sure about him.....but I saw this guy perform this at the Lincoln Center with the Metropolitan Opera on about Sept. 20, 2001 as a tribute to 9/11.....along with many others, including host Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

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@clevfan4life said:

that's actually pretty cool, good for him.

Agree

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/543077https://brownsboard.com/post/543077Thu, 29 Oct 2015 21:14:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't Make This Stuff Up on Thu, 29 Oct 2015 19:49:44 GMT]]>wow that was a long ass time ago he "played" for us. I use quoatations cause he never actually played it seems, he must have been a practice squad guy. Has zero stats. One year on a practice squad and out he was.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/543048https://brownsboard.com/post/543048Thu, 29 Oct 2015 19:49:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't Make This Stuff Up on Thu, 29 Oct 2015 19:41:58 GMT]]>that's actually pretty cool, good for him.

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