Comments on: Have I stayed too long at the Regie? http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/ where opera is king and you, the readers, are queens Sun, 27 May 2012 11:43:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tcjr http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-3/#comment-117789 tcjr Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:46:54 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117789 The Bartered Bride? The Bartered Bride?

]]> By: traumgekront http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-3/#comment-117600 traumgekront Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:30:51 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117600 pagliacci? pagliacci?

]]> By: Un sagrestano http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-3/#comment-117579 Un sagrestano Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:59:57 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117579 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. 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.

]]> By: Valmont http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-3/#comment-117549 Valmont Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:29:57 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117549 Cosi? Cosi?

]]> By: ogiovetti http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-1/#comment-117501 ogiovetti Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:14:55 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117501 Hey, on the bright side it could be Massenet's Manon. Hey, on the bright side it could be Massenet’s Manon.

]]> By: ogiovetti http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-3/#comment-117500 ogiovetti Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:13:49 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117500 That's not an opera; that was my New Year's Eve party. That’s not an opera; that was my New Year’s Eve party.

]]> By: jfmurray3 http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-3/#comment-117496 jfmurray3 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:34:30 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117496 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. 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.

]]> By: Sir Ferris http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-3/#comment-117495 Sir Ferris Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:32:15 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117495 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 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

]]> By: arepo http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-3/#comment-117484 arepo Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:01:34 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117484 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,,, 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,,,

]]> By: Hans Lick http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-3/#comment-117480 Hans Lick Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:33:24 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117480 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.) 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.)

]]> By: rysanekfreak http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-3/#comment-117474 rysanekfreak Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:02:06 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117474 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. 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.

]]> By: Opera South http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-2/#comment-117473 Opera South Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:58:36 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117473 Rigoletto? Rigoletto?

]]> By: squirrel http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-2/#comment-117469 squirrel Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:33:05 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117469 oh for the lovvah god!! faust. oh for the lovvah god!!

faust.

]]> By: Zerbinetta http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-2/#comment-117467 Zerbinetta Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:57:26 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117467 Don Giovanni? Don Giovanni?

]]> By: eckermann http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-2/#comment-117464 eckermann Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:27:16 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117464 More Britten it would seem. This time 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. 1 Puck and the Fairies ponder the 'lovely Indian boy stolen from an Indian King.' 2 Tytania and Oberon squabble: 'I have forsworn his bed and company (but have constructed this lovely tangerine backdrop to remind him of what he is missing).' 3 The rude mechanicals put on their Regie version of 'Pyramus and Thisbe' but Hyppolyta prefers the Zeffirelli production: 'This is the silliest stuff that I ever heard (or saw).' Now can we move on to Tippett or Walton? More Britten it would seem. This time ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
1 Puck and the Fairies ponder the ‘lovely Indian boy stolen from an Indian King.’
2 Tytania and Oberon squabble: ‘I have forsworn his bed and company (but have constructed this lovely tangerine backdrop to remind him of what he is missing).’
3 The rude mechanicals put on their Regie version of ‘Pyramus and Thisbe’ but Hyppolyta prefers the Zeffirelli production: ‘This is the silliest stuff that I ever heard (or saw).’
Now can we move on to Tippett or Walton?

]]> By: Lucky Pierre http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-2/#comment-117461 Lucky Pierre Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:56:48 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117461 aida. 1st, "se quel guerrier" 2nd, radames & amneris (or aida) 3rd, triumphal march aida.

1st, “se quel guerrier”

2nd, radames & amneris (or aida)

3rd, triumphal march

]]> By: werther http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-2/#comment-117447 werther Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:17:39 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117447 the first photo made me think of zauberflöte... the first photo made me think of zauberflöte…

]]> By: Lindoro Almaviva http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-2/#comment-117446 Lindoro Almaviva Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:48:08 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117446 Don Carlos, God knows why. Don Carlos, God knows why.

]]> By: La marquise de Merteuil http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-2/#comment-117440 La marquise de Merteuil Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:02:05 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117440 I say Lonhengrin - the swan in pic one. I say Lonhengrin – the swan in pic one.

]]> By: iltenoredigrazia http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-2/#comment-117438 iltenoredigrazia Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:56:42 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117438 Porgy and Bess Porgy and Bess

]]> By: MirtoP http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-1/#comment-117437 MirtoP Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:53:27 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117437 Hey, great minds (see my comment one or two just below), etc. We must've been typing at almost exactly the same time! I'm especially convinced we're right because of 2 small details: She's in the same (horrible!) dress in #2 and #3, and the guy I/we assume is DG in #1 has changed from his school uniform into something resembling sailor garb in #3. Hey, great minds (see my comment one or two just below), etc. We must’ve been typing at almost exactly the same time!

I’m especially convinced we’re right because of 2 small details: She’s in the same (horrible!) dress in #2 and #3, and the guy I/we assume is DG in #1 has changed from his school uniform into something resembling sailor garb in #3.

]]> By: schweigundtanze http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-2/#comment-117436 schweigundtanze Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:30:47 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117436 Pic 2 looks like a reject set from Act I of the Bondy Tosca. Pic 2 looks like a reject set from Act I of the Bondy Tosca.

]]> By: tannengrin http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-1/#comment-117434 tannengrin Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:18:59 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117434 Les Troyens, with a trojan swan. pic 2 cannot be anything but Nuit d'ivresse. Les Troyens, with a trojan swan. pic 2 cannot be anything but Nuit d’ivresse.

]]> By: Dawn Fatale http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-1/#comment-117432 Dawn Fatale Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:10:33 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117432 Tales of Hoffmann 1. Giulietta - that's a swan gondola in the background 2. Antonia 3. Olympia Tales of Hoffmann

1. Giulietta – that’s a swan gondola in the background
2. Antonia
3. Olympia

]]> By: MirtoP http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-1/#comment-117431 MirtoP Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:06:37 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117431 Manon Lescaut: 1) Act 1, Des Grieux, Edmondo and the students 2) Act 2, Manon & Lescaut 3) Act 3, shipping those whores to Louisiana Manon Lescaut:
1) Act 1, Des Grieux, Edmondo and the students
2) Act 2, Manon & Lescaut
3) Act 3, shipping those whores to Louisiana

]]> By: kashania http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-1/#comment-117430 kashania Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:04:00 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117430 An excellent guess. And I'll help you out with the first one. 1. "Schläft du Hagen mein Sohn?" An excellent guess. And I’ll help you out with the first one.

1. “Schläft du Hagen mein Sohn?”

]]> By: willym http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-1/#comment-117429 willym Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:52:28 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117429 Billy Budd!!!! 1. Captain Vere remembers his time in a boarding school preparing for a stint in the Royal Navy. 2. Billy - in drag - is lusted after by Claggart 3. Well come on now - Billy is hung! And the same can often said for the barithunk playing the title role Billy Budd!!!!

1. Captain Vere remembers his time in a boarding school preparing for a stint in the Royal Navy.

2. Billy – in drag – is lusted after by Claggart

3. Well come on now – Billy is hung! And the same can often said for the barithunk playing the title role

]]> By: LogeLizard http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-1/#comment-117428 LogeLizard Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:51:38 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117428 If it's not MANON LESCAUT, it should be: Act 1: Inn Scene "Tra voi belle" etc. Act 2: Manon and Des Grieux Act 3: Embarcation scene, with cargo loading of fallen women If it’s not MANON LESCAUT, it should be:

Act 1: Inn Scene “Tra voi belle” etc.
Act 2: Manon and Des Grieux
Act 3: Embarcation scene, with cargo loading of fallen women

]]> By: MonkeyBoy http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-1/#comment-117427 MonkeyBoy Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:31:35 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117427 Gotterdammerung, IMO. The second shot could be the immolation scene. The third photo looks like it could be the end of Act II. But you got me on the clowns. Gotterdammerung, IMO. The second shot could be the immolation scene. The third photo looks like it could be the end of Act II. But you got me on the clowns.

]]> By: kashania http://parterre.com/2010/02/01/have-i-stayed-too-long-at-the-regie/comment-page-1/#comment-117426 kashania Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:26:47 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=12377#comment-117426 Clearly, La Cieca's tricking us by posting pics of three difference productions. 1. <i>Il Trovatore</i> -- Act II, Di Luna 2. <i>Ariadne</i> -- just because 3. <i>Die Walküre</i> -- Ride of Valkyries with the dead heroes watching in the background. Clearly, La Cieca’s tricking us by posting pics of three difference productions.

1. Il Trovatore — Act II, Di Luna
2. Ariadne — just because
3. Die Walküre — Ride of Valkyries with the dead heroes watching in the background.

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