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!
It’s gotta be some kind of Strauss. Die Aegyptische Helena, mayhaps?
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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!