Comments on: Regie, how I loves ya

By: mafketis

mafketis — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:07:47 +0000

Can’t _anyone_ recognize Manon Lescaut when they see it??? I mean, what? Do you have to be drawn a map?

By: Sir Ferris

Sir Ferris — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:43:02 +0000

Faust?

By: dallasuapace

dallasuapace — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:03:07 +0000

Fidelio?

By: louannd

louannd — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:20:06 +0000

I thought House of the Dead was too obvious.

By: kashania

kashania — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:57:15 +0000

OMG, I can’t believe I actually got one of these quizzes right!

As for this one, it does scream Rheingold and I agree that it seems too obvious.

And rysanekfreak, I don’t know how your mind works but I love that you can see the black-face-in-feathers picture and think “Cortigani”. LOL

By: RDaggle

RDaggle — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:27:11 +0000

“La Cenerentola”, right?

pic 1 – a Mezzo among the ashes. (ok, a starved Mezzo)

pic 2 – the Evil stepsisters. (look at them. Evil!)

pic 3 – Prince Charming at the ball.

By: drbarbaro

drbarbaro — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:28:11 +0000

Schubert’s Die Zwillingsbruder.

By: Valmont

Valmont — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:12:22 +0000

I second Ariadne.

By: mox

mox — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:52:38 +0000

You’re close, but it isn’t Wotan, it’s Alberich.

By: opera muse

opera muse — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:28:55 +0000

[redacted]'s [redacted] at the [redacted] in [redacted]. I didn't have to guess. I saw it. Super. [Dear Muse: La Cieca apologizes for redacting you, but the point of this game is to guess what the opera might be. If you already know it, you're supposed to sit aside and watch others guess. However, since you did see this production, La Cieca would be very interested if you contributed a review. Just send it to lacieca@parterre.com.

By: rysanekfreak

rysanekfreak — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:18:42 +0000

Rigoletto?

1. Something happening during the Prelude.

2. The courtiers getting ready to abduct Gilda.

3. “Cortigiani, vil razza dannata!”

By: spiderman

spiderman — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:39:53 +0000

much too easy… everybody in europe knows what a kosky production looks like!

By: arepo

arepo — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:52:08 +0000

You’ve gotten them all mixed up.
Last one was “Lohengrin.”
THIS one is “From the House of the Dead!”

By: Zerbinetta

Zerbinetta — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:31:58 +0000

I think it’s Rheingold too, but that’s awfully boring to guess at this point.

So I’m going to say Entführung aus dem Serail. That one always gets the Regie treatment.

By: miss kitty litter

miss kitty litter — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:01:51 +0000

There is an undeniable Rheingold feel about it. But Wotan in black face mit der feathers? YES!

By: Krunoslav

Krunoslav — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:31:44 +0000

ST. FRANCOIS D’ASSISE

By: MontyNostry

MontyNostry — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:22:48 +0000

Jonny spielt auf.

Seriously, those twins keep making me think Rheingold too, but it’s too obvious.

By: Quanto Painy Fakor

Quanto Painy Fakor — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:12:59 +0000

It’s definitely “La serva padrona”

By: WeillFan

WeillFan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:53:33 +0000

Der fliegende Holländer?
First shot of the Steersman dreaming whilst in London’s Tate Modern Museum on the latest Turbine Hall Gallery installation.
Third shot of the Flying Dutchman himself. Note the feathers and/or the possible reference to LeRoi Jones’ 1964 one-act drama “Dutchman.”
Second Shot: ???????

By: louannd

louannd — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:21:58 +0000

I second the Belle Helene.

By: justanothertenor

justanothertenor — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:54:25 +0000

It Could alos be:

- Ariadne auf Naxos (those two “brothers” could be Brighella and Scarramucio)

- Die Frau Ohne Schatten (two of the three brothers)

- Turandot (Ping Pang, Or Pang Pong, or Ping Pong)

By: justanothertenor

justanothertenor — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:47:49 +0000

If it is not Rheingold…
Is it La Belle Helene? it is the only other piece in which I can think of two brothers (Ajax I and Ajax II)

By: squirrel

squirrel — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:43:43 +0000

They do not comport themselves like Faf and Faz. I’m going to guess…Oh La Cieca, can’t it ever be multiple choice??

Oberon?

By: La marquise de Merteuil

La marquise de Merteuil — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:25:13 +0000

Second Rheingold … unless it is Figaro …

By: Sanford

Sanford — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:15:45 +0000

I don’t know the ring cycle at all but when I see twins, I think Fafner and Fasolt.

By: Lindoro Almaviva

Lindoro Almaviva — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:15:44 +0000

Cieca cara: Could we get a close up of the sleeping beauty on pic no. 1?

By: Lindoro Almaviva

Lindoro Almaviva — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:14:55 +0000

OMG! Is that a man in black face? Could it be Zauberflotte? Could be something by Wagner…

By: WindyCityOperaman

WindyCityOperaman — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:14:53 +0000

My guess in Das Rheingold (Fassolt and Fafner as a two-headed giant in picture 2) and if not that Falla’s Atlantida (wait . . . that’s a three-headed gorgon, well, maybe not that one then!) Got NO idea what picture number 3 is about!