hi-res regie
Some very interesting responses to our previous Regie quiz included a correct one from Melot’s Younger Brother. The opera was indeed Król Roger, a fascinating work which (in audio form) will soon grace Unnatural Acts of Opera.
Now, cher public, it’s up to you to decide whether our puzzler this week is the sort of piece that belongs on La Cieca’s podcast — or is this so very obscure that your doyenne has never heard of it?Â
What else but Turandot? The soprano in (2) is so Liu-like, the tenor so much like a tenor; the clowns in (3) – and the middle one isn’t the lady in (2), I don’t think – have got to be the Masks.
But I’m always wrong on these.
I think it’s Aida. Pic 1 is Amneris, 2 is round about ‘o patria, patira, quanto mi costi’ and 3 is either a load of Ethiopian prisoners in the triumphal scene, or possibly a load of priests.
This looks like “La clemenza di Tito.”
1. Vitellia
2. Sesto and Tito
3. Vengo, aspettate, Sesto!
Oh, and perhaps you could fill us in on production and singers each time, La Cieca, please?