Comments on: Regie apocalypse

By: arepo

arepo — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:56:03 +0000

Someone beat me to it.
Lohengrin.

By: iltenoredigrazia

iltenoredigrazia — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:59:49 +0000

La Fanciulla del West

Minnie hides Johnson in the helicopter from where the blood then drips.

By: CruzSF

CruzSF — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:43:26 +0000

It looks like Oliver!, so I'll guess: Hamlet.

By: Zerbinetta

Zerbinetta — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:47:53 +0000

Boris Godunov?

Eventually I’m just going to have to admit that every single Regie production has some apocalyptic moment that looks like the Kromy Forest scene, though.

By: tannengrin

tannengrin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:35:53 +0000

I’m getting a Shakespearean vibe. Macbeth?

By: MontyNostry

MontyNostry — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:42:15 +0000

Trovatore.
Picture 2 is when Manrico makes his surprise rescue of Leonora — “dal ciel disceso”

Failing that, Signorina Saigon, with a plane instead of that f***ing helicopter.

By: Sir Ferris

Sir Ferris — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:14:32 +0000

Actually I find Jim’s answer (#8) pretty cogent, Durch euch kam er gezogen and all that. But would La Cieca give us two Wagners in a row? So I’ll say Elisir:

1) sergeant & troops;
2) Dulcamara entrance;
3) big tenor aria.

By: squirrel

squirrel — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:09:48 +0000

Billy Budd?

By: jim

jim — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:56:37 +0000

Lohengrin:

1. The Herald
2. Lohengrin arrives
3. The swan deswans

By: rysanekfreak

rysanekfreak — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:28:15 +0000

Matthew Bourne’s all-male Suor Angelica.

1. The opening chorus. Is that a dildo or a shoe? Anyway, it’s Angelica mixing her herb potions.

2. La Principessa arrives by private jet.

3. The vision of Angelica’s dead son dominates the final tableau.

By: Baltsamic Vinaigrette

Baltsamic Vinaigrette — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:57:46 +0000

Noel, good for you! Would you believe, I actually saw this at Maggio Musicale in Florence last May with Mehta conducting – the first La Cieca teaser I have ever witnessed – and, being intimately acquainted with hollow glory, I was sorely tempted to fake-guess the correct answer. Somehow, I managed to sit it out, but for this week I’m guessing Trovatore.

Knowing my luck it’ll turn out to be Der Freischütz.

By: Noel Dahling

Noel Dahling — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:10:10 +0000

OMG! Cant beleive I actually won one of these things. Not so very long ago, I was just a lurker on this site. And now I’m solving regie contests. Savoring my Moment of Glory…

By: kashania

kashania — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:00:31 +0000

From the House of the Dead

By: Quanto Painy Fakor

Quanto Painy Fakor — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:27:39 +0000

It’s obviously “The Little Prince”

By: justanothertenor

justanothertenor — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:09:25 +0000

Billy Budd?
I don’t think I see any men onstage…

By: Quanto Painy Fakor

Quanto Painy Fakor — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:07:12 +0000

Poor Jenifer… forced to look like that!!! But having see the whole Valencia Ring, there are marvelous effects of light, computerized animations, and plenty of real deep water for the Rhein maidens. One is rarely bored with it.

By: Hans Lick

Hans Lick — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:06:57 +0000

Flying Dutchman.

1. The Spinning Chorus, sung by men because … it’s regie. Don’t ask.

2. The Dutchman lands in Act I. Or departs in Act III. Or hovers. (note the NL on his landing gear.)

3. The Steersman dreams of his girlfriend back home.