the beautiful regie is empty
Our most recent Regie puzzler was telecast tonight, but La Cieca thinks her cher public will need no more than a sound clip and a review from the production to make the identity of the work plain:
Friedrichstadtpalast meets Christopher Street Day: Alles, was hier nicht glitzert, ist nackte Haut. Otto Pichler hat supersexy Choreografien für die durchtrainierten Körper erfunden, beim Opening ist die Bühne ein einziger Wirbel aus Armen, Beinen, Busen und Waschbrettbäuchen. Dagegen kommt keine aircondition an: Es ist – mit einer der Glanznummern des Musicals gesprochen – einfach viel zu heiß! (Der Tagesspiegel)
And now for something completely different (visually speaking, at least):
A reminder: if you recognize the production, don’t blurt it out!
lay o-a-lay o-a-lay HEE HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I propose it to be Faust or Mefistole. I wouln’t want to see it, but it is my guess.
…or maybe Traviata…
I’m guessing Makropolis too.
Barber of Seville. In the top pic, the scoundrel Almaviva pays off the serenading musicians in act one, keeping a slutty little sweetheart for himself. In the second shot, the music lesson isn’t at the keyboard but a reality check: you want a career in opera? how are you going to manage it financially? Let’s set up your 401(k). The third image has Berta the housekeeper pondering why old farts foolishly marry young women, ‘Il vecchinotto cerca moglie’, whilst she feels her sexuality, i.e. womb, wither in a pool of light. I had to fight back the tears when i saw this production in Dortmund.
It might also be the film-noir, non-animal production of Cunning Little Vixen that so many people raved about a couple of years back.
Ballo.
Le nozze di Figaro. Pic 1: Rod Gilfrey (Conte), pseudo-Heinz Zednik (Basilio), and Susana (back): Atto I, terzetto, “Come, che dicon tutti! – Oh bella! – Oh cielo!” Pic 2: Antonio (in this production, a lawyer), and Susana (now, with a Christine-Schäfer-look): Finale secondo, “Vostre dunque saran queste carte?” Pic 3: Contessa: Atto III, “Dove sono i bei momenti.”
I vote Onegin too.
Now that the Krauts have got Barrie Kosky I do hope they keep him.
I guess Don Giovanni. 1. Giovanni, Masetto and Zerlina. 2. Leporello and Elvira, “Madamina, il catalogo e questo”, 3. Donna Anna, “Crudele”.
I say Pelleas too……..
In re American musicals sung auf deutsch – has anyone heard the translation of West Side Story? Apparently there are two German translations and the one I heard was quite good. Didn’t Gruberova play Eliza Doolittle in German?
Boulevard Solitude?
For some reason, this says Simon Boccanegra to me.
Well, I guess I’m more of an opera queen than a show queen since even realizing it was “Too Darn Hot” didn’t clue me in to “Kiss Me Kate” .
Lulu — but that would be too obvious
La Nazi di Figaro?
I’ve seen this production which is excellent btw, and I like it a lot.
A hint: it’s a German opera.
PS. I’m rather surprised that La Cieca didn’t show the pic with Rod in his undies.
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i think its FAUST,
or else SALOME
It’s gotta be some kind of Strauss. Die Aegyptische Helena, mayhaps?
WindyCity-
I’ve heard My Fair lady in German, and have “In der Strasse Wohnst Du” in my Ipod. It’s one of those things I bring out at parties for a laugh.
A German opera? Some kind of Strauss? A letter? A lawyer or notary? Bingo! It must be “Intermezzo”.
I can’t believe I’m the only one guessing what it clearly is:
Hansel and Gretel.
tosca
God, I miss Germany.
this is clemenza di tito,obviously
Possibly “Der Freischutz”?
1.) Kaspar threatening old Kuno or young Kilian or some villager. It doesn’t really matter who.
2.) The director has determined that Annchen will be depicted as a cross-dressing lesbian. The old, boring business of the mixup of bridal wreath with funeral spray has been discarded. The bridal chorus brings a briefcase with, supposedly, the pre-nup contract. In checking the document, Annchen discovers that Agatha has been signed up for a pre-need cremation plan by the Neptune Society in Bad Ems. Agathe pouts at the disturbing news.
3.) Agathe has fallen to the ground, in a convenient and picturesque fetal position, at the sound of Max’s fstal discharge. The bright light signifies something or other.
Since the third picture looks like a good way to do Rusalka’s Song to the Moon, it must be The Merry Widow…one of the festive crowd scenes.
See if you can find the Original Mexican Cast Recording of “Mi Bella Dama”. Placido Domingo is listed as singing the chorus! American musicals are very popular with zarzuela companies. The Lloyd-Webber Evita is also in translation and can be performed anywhere – except Argentina!