Renee Fleming (seated) and Barry Banks (standing) … in the Met’s 2010 Mary Zimmerman Armida
[This caption by rysanekfreak replaces La Cieca's original, "So it’s agreed: Roberto gets the house in Monte Carlo; Angela gets custody of the gays".]
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Mme Steber, I fell of the forecastle when I read your entry!
You’re the winner! Damme, as the Captain would say.
Yes, but can he heave his bosom like I do?
Das ist kein mann.
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#13 (courtesy of purple pimpernel) is truly the funniest thing I’ve read in a long, long time. Been laughing about it all afternoon.
Renee Fleming (seated) and Barry Banks (standing) sing a gorgeous coloratura-filled duet in the Met’s 2010 Mary Zimmerman Armida. In the TT review in the Times (4000 words long), the name of Rossini will not be mentioned at all.
Is this a Regie quiz? If so, all I will say is that the two central, clothed characters look like Susan Bullock and Simon O’Neill.