Einen guten Rutsch ins Neuinszenierung!
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49 Comments:
The champagne flute gives it away: Die Fledermaus -- ein Florentinische Tragodie.
Alternatively, it might be Rake's Progress...
It's the Gibichungs in GOTTERDAMMERUNG?
I'm actually going to avoid a snarky answer here and say Barbiere di Siviglia. The voice lesson scene.
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Fidelio, Act I? Jacquino, Marzelline and Rocco?
Finally!.."Dialogues"-either before Blanche goes to the convent...or maybe...while the sisters are "hiding out"?..nu?
Così?
Walkuere?
Rigoletto, Act 3: the Duke, Maddalena & Sparafucile.
Opera Critic says it's Fledermaus...
It looks like Fledermaus (Frank, Alfred as Eisenstein, Rosalinde in act 1), so it can´t be Fledermaus. I say it´s Suor Angelica.
My first guess is Lady Macbeth of Mtensk, my second, Don Giovanni
Puccini's Moby-Dick?
Verdi's Re Lear?
Wagner's Casanova in Venezia?
Beethoven's Spartakus?
Rossini's The Assassination of Harvey Milk?
Act II of Tosca - Mario and Tosca on the sofa: "Taci o m'uccidi!" and Scarpia savoring the last of his 'povera cena.'
What does the pig's head on the table symbolize? And is the guy in the chair wearing a bullet-proof vest, or one of those lead aprons you wear when getting x-rayed at the dentist?
la traviata says "La Traviata"
Rigoletto? Sparafucile in a bullet proof vest?
Looks like Faust.
I was gonna say Act I of Walküre but the suggestion of Act III of Rigoletto sounds bang on.
My question is: When did Jennifer Saunders start singing opera? First, Cate Blanchet and now this.
I am sure this is a poor guess, but I will throw out Act II from "The Flying Dutchman", and the scene repesents the trio with Erik, Senta and the Dutchman.
My guess is based upon "Einen Guten Rutsch"--Senta and the Dutchman take "a long slide" off a cliff at the end of Act III.
The last act of Rigoletto could make sense.... I'm sure Sparafucile has lots of enemies, so wearing a bullet-proof vest would not be out of place.
My first thought, however, was the opera I'm listening to right now: Ballo en Maschera. Riccardo declaring his love to Amelia, Amelia resisting, and her husband busy drinking...
Billy Budd - its was all Mrs Claggart's dream! That's if its a Ponnelle production of course.
Note, however, that the bloke on the right is falling through the chair.
With that in mind, I'm going with Amahl and the Night Visitors.
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Yeah, what's with all the broken furniture?
It's Manon. Adieu notre petite table, indeed.
Must be Salome. John the Baptist is a pig's head. Herod and Herodias are an old gay couple. Same director as that Brokeback Eugene Onegin.
The guy on the left has a great Elvis hairdo, if that means anything. The scene seems to involve Maria, some guy, and Meneghini
Boheme?
Cavalleria Rusticana. Turiddu, Lola, and Alfio.
I really can't come up with an answer but i just wanted to let you know that I really enjoyed all your answers. you all came up with really amazing guesses. wouldn't it be great if you were all correct? I mean of course i know that can't happen but I am just tickled pink by all the guesses.
It does look like Fledermaus, but I'm guessing Faust.
The end of Act II of "Gotterdammerung"? Or "Albert Herring" (Albert drinking, Sid and Nancy on the sofa)? Or could it just be "Pelleas et Melisande"?
Finale Act I Fledermaus from Lausanne Opera (dec 07) l: Sophie Marin Degor, Marc Laho and David Borloz
Finale Act I Fledermaus from Lausanne Opera (dec 07) l: Sophie Marin Degor, Marc Laho and David Borloz
Is it cheating if you actually know the answer?
I like the person who said if it looks like Fledermaus that means it can't be Fledermaus. If it actually is Fledermaus, this is a disappointment.
this could actually be the long-lost sequel to Ballo: 'the morning after'.
Or is it Midsummernight's Dream?
Darn, I was going to guess second act of "Tristan," with the guy on the right being Richard Wagner - who I naturally assumed appeared onstage throughout the entire production, and perhaps chimed in as Melot.
"Is it cheating if you actually know the answer?"
Yes, of course it is. La Cieca has asked people in the past to not participate if they know the answer (and common sense would indicate that as well) but ....
It looks like Fledermaus so it must be Wozzeck.
Hmmm, I had no idea until someone suggested Walkure. I don't know why Siegmund would be in a negligee borrowed from Dorothy Zbornak, but doesn't it look like the love duet after Sieglinde put sleeping potion in Hunding's...er...champagne? How obnoxious of them to make out with her husband right there on the couch. If you're going to be incestuous, at least do it in the front yard like they do at the Met.
Regina, I think you've hit upon a new fun game: "It looks like ________ so it must be ______"
It looks like Fledermaus, so it must be Rise and Fall of City of Mahogany.
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Regina, I think you've hit upon a new fun game: "It looks like ________ so it must be ______"
It looks like Fledermaus, so it must be Rise and Fall of City of Mahogany.
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With the life preserver and chunks of ice on stage, it looks like Titanic: the Opera, but I'll guess H.M.S. Pinafore.
If it looks like A Streetcar Named Desire, then it must be Turandot...end of Act One.
ADELE . Der »Löwe« schickt diesen wilden Schweinskopf.
ROSALINDE. Und du hast das Ungeheuer angenommen?
ADELE. Er hat sonst nichts vorrätig gehabt.
ROSALINDE (sinnend vor dem Schweinskopf.) So muß ich ihn denn annehmen?
Unless it's Salome, of course.
A sad man amidst happy surroundings . . . .Die Tote Stadt perhaps?
If it looks like Falstaff it must be Otello?
If it looks like Meistersinger of Nuremburg is must be Dialogue of the Carmelites.
If it looks like Zauberflote it must be Stiffelio
Would the corollary be true? I forget the names for the mathematical concepts here, but if a=b and b=c, then must a=c?
"If it looks like Zauberflote it must be Stiffelio," then "If it looks like Stiffelio it must be Zauberflote." Is that a true statement? Or does it chain into further transfigurations, eg:
"If it looks like Stiffelio, it must be Rosenkavalier." "But if it looks like Rosenkavalier, it must be Lulu." "And if it looks like Lulu it must be The Merry Wives of Windsor."
This Regie stuff is so bewildering.
Sieglinde hasn't given Hunding a sleeping potion; she's just gotten him trashed.
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