Regiematazz
Will was the first cher pube to firmly commit to Don Pasquale, and as such he will be counted the winner of our most recent Regie quiz.
Special thanks to eckermann, who earned “Le Mot du Jour” for his meticulously detailed (if totally off-base) analysis.
So what’s up with all the tip-toeing through the tulips below?
This is clearly Götterdämmerung:
1) Siegfried is preparing to set off for his new adventures, all set up with a snazzy naval uniform. Brünnhilde has decided to decorate her rock Mod-style.
2) Brünnhilde, having just seen the ring on Siegfried’s finger, faints away and has to be helped by Gunther. The vassals, summoned by Hagen to a festive luau, look on.
3) Siegfried banters with one of the Rheinmaidens, who will give him a good martini if he’ll only hand over the Ring.
Everybody looks like they’re enjoying thsmselves so much it has to be a comedy. I was going to follow through on the Hanks/Holliday reference and say “L’Etoile,” but then I decided that La Cieca was maybe giving away the game, so I’ll go with “L’Ile de Tulipitan.”
Okay, okay, I get the picture. I just read through the thread and noticed all those hints. “Tahiti.” “Hawaii,” and Zerbinetta’s practically giving it away. This is all a big game of “Let’s help the dumb kid win one,” right. Well, I DON’T TAKE CHARITY ! ! ! ! !
I hereby officially take back “L’Ile de Tulipitan,” and say that it is a cross-dressed THE KING AND I with sailor Anna telling the curled up Chulalangkorn about life in England, Number Two being Madame Dingfod supporting the dying king, and Number Three is “We’d kiss in a shadow if this fuckin’ table weren’t in the way.”
Huh ! I nearly fell for it, you bastards !
I’m not sure if you’re being sarcastic, it’s hard to tell on the Internets, but I really did not mean to give anything away above. I meant to reference the leis, that’s all, which are often associated with ye olde tropical island culture.
Sarcastic? SARCASTIC !?!?! You think I would employ sarcasm on an issue of such vital and earth-shattering importance? ! !
(Here I’m trying to work in a couple of vaginal references plus a bunch of poo-poo and ca-ca talk, yada yada yada. anyway, then we pick it up with . . .)
Do not cajole ! Do not beg ! A girl has her pride, you know, and I always say that with her pride and her sanitary napkins a girl can go anywhere.
Well, I don’t “always” say that, but sometimes. Well, sometimes I say other things, so “always” is maybe not a good word to use. Sometimes I say some things and some times I say that. It all depends.
By the way, where does it say they’re giving away free leis on the Internet?
Whatever. I just wanted to make sure there wasn’t a perception that I gave it away, because if I’m right about what I think it is I definitely didn’t.
The leis indicate that the production is Simon Boccanegra as taking place in the Obama administration. Peter Orszag appears in picture number two.
Hilary should NOT be singing Fiesco at her age. She should admit her day in the sun is over, step aside graciously, and let some fuckin’ brit have a chance.
Your reference to the “lei” is indeed well taken, since in this opera the characters often address each other in a formal manner.
Here’s a bold thought. Italian opera, with a reference to the song ‘Tip-Toe Through the Tulips,’ which was written in 1926. Italian opera that also premiered in 1926? Turandot. I can’t puzzle out 1 or 3 off the top of my head, but 2 could be a dead ringer (N.P.I.) for Liu’s death.
OR – - – what if the clue is not the song itself but one particular word in the song — “TOE” which is a digit on the “FOOT’ and there are usually ten of them, unless one is oh, I dunno, a wolf or something. So we’re looking for an opera with ten letters in the title having to do with feet or “PED” and VOILA ! “PIEDIGROTTA,” which was written by . . . somebody or other. . . and which has exactly – - – crap, eleven letters. BUT – - – - La Cieca is blind, right, so she’s probably never actually seen the word and when you hear it, it sounds like there are only ten letters.
So, after recent Regie versions of Death in Venice, Grimes, Gloriana, Dream and Wingrave, we have at last reached ‘The Rape of Lucretia’.
1. Act 1 Male and Female Chorus. The Male Chorus’s hand gestures illustrate his line ‘the air sits on their backs like a heavy bear’ (a light one not being available).
2. Act 2 Tarquinius attempts to woo Lucretia with his doggerel but she is unimpressed. Tarquinius:’Give me your lips/Then let me rise/To my first sepulchre/Which is your thighs.’ Lucretia: ‘No, never!’
3. Act 3. Collatinus arrives home and questions a rather flirtatious Bianca who has been consuming the contents of the drinks trolley. ‘Has Tarquinius been here? Answer me!’ ‘O do not ask my Lord!’
The Vicar may be relieved to know that E. Bainbridge declined to play the role as a peroxided one-legged lush.
La Traviata.
1. Un di felice eterea.
2. Violetta’s act 1 breathless fall (Oh dio!) / post-Alfredo’s act 2 bashing
3. Flora & Marquis getting it hot.
Looks like the same guy in 1 and 3, the same woman in 1 and 2…
Don G.
All the purdy colors and funny faces make me think Rossini. I’m throwin my ten gallon in for Barbiere.
OT- I just heard JJ on NPR speaking about Maria Callas – how cool is that ?
Sometimes, late at night, I hear Maria Callas talking about JJ. How cool is THAT !
Zauberflote
1. Hallenarie
2. O zittre nicht
3. Pa pa pa usw
well the people in the 2nd caption sorta ruin my assumption, but I’ll leave it like this just the same