Stop! Stop! Stop taking pictures! Right now!
[This caption by Kernita Makilla replaces La Cieca's much inferior "psst... sandbag... SANDBAG!" The photograph by Ken Howard is of Christopher Feigum as Figaro, James Westman as Beaumarchais, and Dorothy Byrne as Susanna in Opera Theatre of Saint Louis's 2009 production of The Ghosts of Versailles by John Corigliano and William "It's because I'm gay, isn't it?" Hoffman.]
From left to right: “Here?” “No, here” “HERE!”
“Quick, grab me that bronzer before she does!”
Comme une vraie francaise, elle est en train de dire:
Qu’est-ce que c’est que c’est que c’est que ca?!?!?!?
Dorothy Byrne: It’s HER! It’s Rosina! Fools, HIDE ME. That b**** is NEVER getting her wig back.
Beaumarchais: “No, Figgy, you throw the penny against the wall, not up in the air!”
“Shhh… was that applause?”
“The chicken is already upstairs.” (Possibly you had to be there.)
Ed, you win.
Dodge the eggs, everyone!
That’s the kind of dorky opera photograph that alienates audiences.