Regie Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off
Congratulations LogeLizard for so adeptly pinpointing Manon Lescaut as the solution to our most recent Regie quiz. The production was by Graham Vick for the Teatro la Fenice, and we have a glimpse of this regie in action after the jump.
Now, to work. Can someone please explain the following Panic at the Disco?
I assume La Cieca chose Manon Lescaut in honor of the N.O. Saints in the Superbowl? Right?
Excellent! La Cieca always smells a winner!
I think it’s il Trittico.
1. Barge replaced by disco.
2. She’s married to god, right? Principessa is played by ugly bald woman in man’s clothing.
3. They couldn’t afford a costume change for the soprano for the third opera.
Monteverdi! Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria! all at the manse in Ithaca, with Penelope in bridal gear to confuse all the suitors.
Gosh. Thank you, La C. I am honoured—as were Lord Britten, Sir Peter and Dame Janet.
Lucia, somehow. It’s just gotta be.
It’s an opera with a bride in it – that narrows it down to 300 (since La Cieca is sticking to common repertory, right?).
Since the bride has no beard, I’m going with Lohengrin.
1. Brabantines and Saxons join forces to fight the heathen Hungarians (Act III, scene 2).
2. Elsa persuades King Henry of her implausible innocence – of fratricide and just about everything else. (Act I)
3. While Ortrud and King Henry complete the laying out of little Duke Godfrey in his coffin, Telramund eyes Elsa suspiciously. (Act I)
… unless this is a very sick production of Jenufa.