Have I stayed too long at the Regie?
Right you are if you think you are, cher public! Our most recent Regie quiz did indeed depict a new production of Wagner’s Rienzi, directed by Philipp Stölzl. (Photo credit: Bettina Stoess im Auftrag der Deutschen Oper Berlin)
No handy dome-shaped landmarks in this next quiz, cher public, so La Cieca will leave you to it: 
Parsifal !
1. Guernemantz chews out Parsifal for killing the swan in Act I. That’s Kundry cowering on the left.
2. A prettier Kundry tries to seduce Parsifal in Act 2.
3. The consecration of the Holy Grail…end of Act III.
Medea.
1. Creon tempts Jason with thoughts of leading the Corinthian army (and navy).
2. Medea puts on something slinky and tries to remind Jason of better days, on the voyage back from Colchis.
3. A band of angels comin’ after me – but Medea and Jason ignore them and live happily ever after by the seaside. (Thank you, Melina Mercouri.)
I will be pissed if it is “Manon Lescaut” because I wasn’t fast enough to be #1. That last picture is surely the boat scene.
Ah well,,,
Did anyone say Meistersinger yet?
1) Walther, David, apprentices in Act 1
2) Eva & Walther in Act 2
3) hmmm….not sure if it’s the brawl or the Act 3 finale
Tristan?
1. Act III – Tristan’s delirium in Kareol
2. Mild und leise…
3. Act I on the ship, arriving to a rather bizarre Cornwall.
That’s not an opera; that was my New Year’s Eve party.
Cosi?
I think this has to be Rigoletto. 1) The beginning of Act I? 2) Gilda at home with the Duke 3) Act II, with Rigoletto and Gilda on the right.
pagliacci?
The Bartered Bride?