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Tristan und Isolde! End of act I.
Or maybe the Manon (St. Suplice)
Come on, this HAS TO be Siegfried´s closing scene!
La traviata, final scene.
And what is Cate Blanchet doing in an opera? :)
isn't that the guy who was on the Salome regie thingy the other day? I say Salome - dance of the seven veils.
La Boheme, Act 3
Since the obvious choices have already been taken, how about Elizabeth I greeting Essex in Britten's "Gloriana"?
Lohengrin, the Bridal Chamber.
Drat, Kashania, you beat me to it!What IS Cate Blanchet doing singing Elsa? I thought she was a mezzo.
PS. I think you maybe right about the scene. It is set on Mardi Gras. Guess Alfredo was riding in Rex that morning.
Lucia
Mad scene, right before spargi. the guy is prob. enrico or raimondo.
"Deh non parlare al misero" from Rigoletto seems too obvious, so I am going to guess it's "No, no, Turridu, rimani ancora" from Cavalleria.
rigoletto, second act, rigoletto finds gilda in the dukes bed
End of Walkure Act 3, with an amazingly young and slim Wotan
Prison scene from Faust?
Suor Angelica, the final moments when she sees how her son has grown before she dies. Note the Virgin Mary looking on lovingly, and maybe the Holy Ghost?
or maybe Tannhäuser, Venusberg scene.
The Bedlam scene in Rake's Progress... Tom and Anne.
"Dialogues of the Carmelites"--updated to the Ringling Circus School
Rigoletto seems too obvious, so I hope that it isn't. My vote is for Hansel & Gretel, "Abends will ich schlafen geh'n."
Greatest Show on Earth--The Opera. That's Jimmy Stewart and Betty Hutton.
I'm surprised that no one has gone totally obvious and said I Pagliacci yet....
Regardless, my vote goes to La Finta Giardiniera. Or the "Ach ich fuls" from Zauberflote....
Or a very coked-out version of Intermezzo.
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Because Pagliacci would indeed be very obvious (but then, so was the Siegfried Regiequiz), I thought maybe Cavalleria - the Pagliacci circus troupe is performing a play before the "real-life" drama that will unfold after the intermission.
Either that, or the last scene in Ariadne auf Naxos.
I don't think it can be Rigoletto; wouldn't that violate Regie Commandment IX? which states that characters and their costumes must at all times be incongruous and unrelated.
Rigoletto himself would have to be dressed in a three piece Dolce and Gabbiano business suit; Gilda would have to be tricked out as a leather dominatrix.
I don't think this can be Rigoletto, unless the Herr Director out there somewhere is not playing by the established rules.
I'm going for the other obvious choices. Ariadne auf Naxos or Arlecchino.
The soprano is excited, the tenor is a clown... Wild guesses:
- Fidelio - O namenlose Freude!
- Parsifal - .. der Liebe... ersten Kuss...
- Die Ägyptische Helena - Dich seh' ich, wie nie ein sterblicher Mann sein Weib noch sah!
Why it's from Madama Butterfly, of course. In this production, Pinkerton wasn't in the navy, but in the travelling circus. He has just returned to Kokomo (Ind.) with his new bride (the green-haired clown at right).
Turandot! Riddle Scene--as directed by Wilson!
Boheme Act IV. The wrong Bohemian sold his coat.
The return of Oreste in Elektra (Not Richard's, but Johann Jr's lighter and, to some minds, more melodious version)? "Ich werde es tun, ich werde es tun!" "Die Tat ist wie ein Bette!"
Oh, I am crap at these but here goes.
Donnerstag aus Licht...somewhere in the first 15 hours of it. Who knows.
O namenlose Freude, Fidelio Act II, for sure. What all the Spanish political prisoners are wearing.
Billy Budd, of course...any idiot could plainly see that!
La Traviata, of course! Parigi, o cara?
Tatiana's rejection of Onegin...
Ah Perdona from Clemenza...
Some Orpheus opera...
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My first thought was Traviata, last act, but some of the other suggestions make sense in a bizarre sort of way, e.g., Rigoletto second act or Boheme last act or even the recognition scene from Elektra.
MEISTERSINGER--Walther figures if the Preislied doesn't win, his costume will wow the Nurembergers, since the Clown Guild is in attendance.
Yhis version was directed by Katerina W., who figured after dispatching Gudrun, and since her father is a vegetable, the Bayreuth audience needed a good laugh..it is called Wagner's COMEDY, ain't it?
My goodness, nobody noticed that it's obviously Tosca's farewell to Cavaradossi.
E non giungono...
Lulu, Act 3, scene ii: Jack the Ripper scene (as played by Flunky the Klown)?
Oh my god, I thought the same thing!! WHAT is Cate Blanchett doing in an opera??!? Ha ha ha. I'm glad I wasn't the only one that thinks this is CB.
Parsifal, Act II scene 2. The Seduction with onlooking Flower Clown.
"My goodness, nobody noticed that it's obviously Tosca's farewell to Cavaradossi.
E non giungono..."
No no no....it's her killing Scarpia! Questo è il bacio di Tosca indeed!
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I'm with whoever said Faust.
Several of you got it: Traviata, the last act, as directed by Olivier Tambosi for the Landestheater Linz.
Pagliacci scene with baritone.
Strangely, the fact that it IS Traviata does not upset me that much...
I mean, the third act does take place during Carnival.
Chaka Khan: Nah, way too much emotion for BoB Wilson! ;)
OTELLO Act IV, set in Cypress Gardens, FL
Obviously none of us have a clue, but the guesses are great.
Can I just say how much I hate clowns? I thought it was Pagliacci or R&J. Oh well.
Linzer Torte is full of nuts which is quite appropriate if this is the standard of local opera productions.
Call me old fashioned but it's hard for me to be "moved" by an Alfredo in a bad brunchcoat. Glad I didn't waste money on tickets to that one!
traviata, ultimo atto
ciao,
I Puritani, taking place in an insane assylum. Come to think of it, taking place in an insane assylum could make the stories of so many operas so much more credible.
So Alfredo, rushing to see his love, Violetta, figures he'll kill two birds with one stone by dressing for Carnival?...wadda guy!
Die Tote Stadt? Arlekine scene.
Ok just saw the Traviata resolution... Disgusting!
So how are Germont pere and Dr. Grenvil costumed for this poignant moment at the height of Carnival? Would it be too heavy handed even for Regie if Dr. Grenvil were to show up dressed as, say, a voodoo shaman, or The Grim Reaper?
There was a Met prodution of Don Joe where Massetto was in a Palyachi costume. Is this Zerlina and Mass or is it Anna and Ottavio in a circus DG?
It is the recent production of La Traviata in Linz, Austria.
Violetta & Alfredo (in Clown Costume).
Violetta is Christiane Boesiger, a Swiss soprano and she is fantastic.
Check her out on youtube:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=4dRLTx9NdWU
Geheimnisregie commandment # 7
Whenever possible, ridicule the experiences and emotions of the principle characters (who are under no circumstances to be taken seriously).
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