Comments on: More than words can say

By: squirrel

squirrel — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:03:43 +0000

she moans “DIENEN” as I recall

By: Donna Carlo

Donna Carlo — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:15:57 +0000

Merci, Pene. Les fleurs sont toujours bien accueillis.

A few more ideas have struck, but alas-as always-too late. Since the party’s over, doors closed, I confide only to you:

1. PiqueClique
or ThwackClack
I especially like the adjectival form, thwackclackety, which has an onomatopoetic, Lewis Carroll allure, très piquecliquant, don’t you think?

2. Dienstregie. I have a hazy memory of quoting Elektra or Kundry ages ago and moaning “Ich Diene” to someone I must have liked a bit. I do remember much more clearly his big, Germanic consonant clusters.

By: m. p. arazza

m. p. arazza — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:22:34 +0000

well past my quota here, but has no one suggested (for #1)the “floggionisti”? (Not to be confused, of course, with the bloggionisti)

By: armerjacquino

armerjacquino — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:39:06 +0000

Haterati is fantastic, that gets my (alas non existent) vote.

By: ilpenedelmiocor

ilpenedelmiocor — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:08:08 +0000

Bravo on #2, had me LOL….

By: manou

manou — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:14:58 +0000

…or true love for cash, of course.

By: Conchita

Conchita — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:40:28 +0000

A: disserati.

B: merdafussing.

By: Donna Carlo

Donna Carlo — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:19:29 +0000

1. collective: the bootique
individual: bootiqueur/-euse

2. Gesamtwerkkunst

Query: I thought a claque could always swing both ways (cheering or booing), thereby expressing either true love or the need for cash. N’est-ce pas?

By: Hans Lick

Hans Lick — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:27:09 +0000

“booboisie” is an H.L. Mencken coinage, c. 1921.

By: Hans Lick

Hans Lick — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:25:20 +0000

I had to count myself tonight among the “sniterati” as we assembled, ignoring the blizzard, to observe poor Diana Damrau attempting the “fachschmerz” devised for Natalie Dessay in La Fille du Regiment.

By: nibelungen

nibelungen — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:32:04 +0000

Being a non native english speaker I still laugh my head off. No 2 read out in the french prêt-a-porter way. Potty´ I don’t know, but my association goes to the pot you have under your bed, used when youre too tired to walk a longer distance in the middle of the night, emptied by the maid at breakfast time.

By: rd

rd — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:20:27 +0000

1) grumpetto
2) factotalitarianism

By: melisma catatonia

melisma catatonia — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:53:59 +0000

I have been lured from the silent depths of lurkdom with the chance to win a Thais of my own! While most of the suggestions here are witty, many would be difficult to understand out of context. And shouldn’t a new-coined word be self-explanatory?

A. No need for a new word, really. The Italians use a fitting word that has an English cognate: denigratore (fem. denigratrice or pl. denigratori). It even has a nice ring in English: the denigrators.

B. The Germans have an excellent word from the realms of unemployment and psychotherapy: Ersatzbeschaeftigung, meaning replacement or substitute occupation. This could be attached to the theater term Regie, and you have Ersatzbeschaeftigungsregie, which is undoubtedly THE word for La Cieca’s concept. It is, however, a big teutonic mouthful, so I would suggest a simple English equivalent: Role-shifting-regie. Easy to say and understand sofort.

By: mozartFreak

mozartFreak — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:52:09 +0000

A. Craque, as many of these are crackpots anyway, and perhaps some are actually are on crack?

B. Schleptragerung/Schleptragerei (one “p” in schlep, to make sure it’s understood in the New York/Yiddish sense) depending on context. “The schleptragerung was by (director’s name)” or “The production included far too much schleptragerei.”

By: shishkebop

shishkebop — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:22:28 +0000

1. hequelers

2. DoyleCarterism,
performed by i multitasquerati

By: mooshki

mooshki — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:44:02 +0000

a) Boohoos (yahoos at the opera)

b) Fantutto (keep it simple)

By: Fricka Schicchi

Fricka Schicchi — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:29:23 +0000

And another possibility for A:
Pillistines

By: mdrob32

mdrob32 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:22:24 +0000

Don’t have one for (B). For (A): the “PECs”, for “Pre-existing Cuntitionists”.

By: m. p. arazza

m. p. arazza — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:52:47 +0000

But there’s also Schlepshtick … (as in “The Golden Age of Schlepshtick”)

By: operaddict

operaddict — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:21:54 +0000

Operasexuals (Those whose deepest passions are inflamed by all things operatic)

Comprimorti (Small role singers who die of embarrassment at what they are asked to do on stage)

By: LittleMasterMiles

LittleMasterMiles — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:09:47 +0000

A. Third-Norners
B. Verfremdungsoper

Best I could do on short notice. I’m not sure these improve of Clucque or Geschlepkunstwerk.

By: La Valkyrietta

La Valkyrietta — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:28:00 +0000

A. Gelboos.

Groups that go to the opera to boo. After the groups that multiplied during the tenure of Met’s general manager Gelb due to his sponsoring horrible productions such as Zimmerman’s La sonnambula.

B. Geldless.

Said of a production where there is not much money for things like sets, stage hands salaries and such. After German for money, geld. Remember ‘The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny’, “Er hast kein geld!”

Example of usage:

Many people are afraid that in the spring the geldboos might be in full force in the house for Zimmerman’s ‘Armida’; others hope this economic recession will not make that production a geldles one.

By: Alto

Alto — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:58:39 +0000

a. caboos
(from cabal)

b. maid of all work

By: Buster

Buster — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:01:59 +0000

B. Bauschdom

By: Avantialouie

Avantialouie — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:35:19 +0000

1. Boo-whos, dis jockeys
2. Port-a-party, set a porter, maulaprops

By: Low n grinning

Low n grinning — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:31:51 +0000

A) Haterati…gives the bitchyness a nice Jersey Shore flavor
B) Esultote

By: m. croche

m. croche — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:38:14 +0000

A. Bitterati
B. “Whatever, Martha!”

By: cosmodimontevergine

cosmodimontevergine — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:18:37 +0000

1. Trashionistas

2. Bricolageurs

By: Gianni B

Gianni B — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:11:49 +0000

Or for B) Prêt-à-Doyler

By: Gianni B

Gianni B — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:06:04 +0000

Pardon those whom participate in said behavior are Doyloniers and the style of the production would be Doylonic.