Kukla, Fran and Regie
La Cieca is going to claim doyennical privilege here and say that the correct answers for last week’s Regie quiz are disqualified on grounds of a) silly guess and b) prior knowledge. Otherwise how could she go on with these Regie quizzes, knowing that such wildly unlikely images would immediately shout “Die Meistersinger” to you? Anyway, more “unlikely images” after the jump. 
Macbeth !
1. First act duet…with a super standing guard.
2. The party festivities…with Banquo’s ghost lurking.
3. The Sleepwalking Scene.
If I’m wrong, it’s because I didn’t recognize the obvious Fanciulla del West clues.
The Monty Python version of Lohengrin?
The Stefan Herheim production of “Spamalot?”
Haha!
I wish I lived in a world where this was obviously the correct answer.
Le roi Arthus
I love me some MET…but why the hell don’t we have a single DAMN regie production that looks as wild, weird, and crazy as this???
Come on well-healed subscribers…lets join together and us just one (so says a less well-healed balcony box subscriber – but my new Burberrys are QUITE stunning)!!!
Caveat: Let that *one* not be directed by Mary Zimmerman (even though I do adore her Lucia…be that the minority opinion).
Aren’t you forgetting Julie Taymor’s Die Zauberflote? Regie or not it’s not everyday you get costume design that looks like Play-Doh.
What about the Sonnambula, or the coffin Lucia, or the Lohengrin (which looks kind of weird) or the Midsummer Night’s Dream (that one I think, has an upside down car), or the Lady Macbeth of Mistenk (or however you spell that one), or the new Strauss’ Frau or the Helena they have done recently?
I think the met has several productions that are quite visually weird, without having to go to Butterfly slicing a doll representing Dolore in half.
I wouldn’t mind if the Met did the Miller Rigoletto (even if it is over 20 years old) and the Bieito Ballo (the one with the male chorus in bathroom stalls)
Don’t forget HANSEL AND GRETEL, ORFEO, DAMNATION, ATTILA.
Read: “wild, weird, and crazy”
HANSEL AND GRETEL, ORFEO, Sonnambula, or Lohengrin – each DULL
Julie Taymor’s Die Zauberflote – beautiful, but tame.
Helena of Egypt – weird, but not exactly stunning or interesting to watch (Damrau was certainly wonderful though).
DAMNATION ATTILA – visually stunning (and in the case of Damnation, a wonderful tech achievement) but not exactly weird or crazy.
Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Lady Macbeth of Mistenk, or Strauss’ Frau – Truth be told, I have not personally seen any of these productions. Perhaps I should convert my “Give us (the occasional) new Regie!” to “revive one every once and a while, damn it!” (and spare us yet another Angie Traviata).
Hey, just sayin’!
Oh, and I’ll offer the obvious guess: Pagliacci. I suppose it could also be Hamlet.
After some serious wikipedia searching and hunches, I’m going with Verdi’s Giovanna d’Arco.
Never seen it, never heard it, but I’m going for it.
These quizes are hard, hard, hard. I can never guess one. Well, if the last one was Die Meistersinger, then I’m going to guess this one is Tannhauser.
I’m guessing Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Princess Ida.” Either that, or “Patience.”
Here, from Berkley, is the gay-ist Leporello I have ever seen:
Somebody please write them a check so they can afford costumes.
Am I alone in thinking that this is an intelligent piece of modern staging?
No.
You’re not alone. Very successful, cheeky and funny without being vulgar. And relating to the text.
Regietheater came about because people couldn’t afford costumes!
Count me among those who like this- I think the presentation is a brilliant idea.
Ingenious!