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Kukla, Fran and Regie

regie_02_21_04La 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.  regie_02_28_01regie_02_28_03regie_02_28_04

58 comments

  • Dawn Fatale says:

    Seems like someone made an opera out of this:

  • poisonivy says:

    This looks like Tristan for some reason. Last scene being the “Liebestod.”

  • spiderman says:

    that is totally unfair! One time I am the winner and then I get disqualified onl because I was message 1???

    buuuuuuhhhh

  • 79CXR says:

    LittleMasterMiles says:
    February 28, 2010 at 10:17 AM

    I just noticed the initials over the proscenium of the little stage in no. 2. They could be B.B. (so my Britten guess stands) but they might be B.E. (search me) or B.G. — so could this not be Boris Godunov?

    I think its BB, it looks Shakespearian, so I will opt for Beatrice & Bendedict.

    Whatever it is, it look like a fun production.

  • fagitarrius says:

    Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas

    1) “Vous allez à un couvent”
    2) Le meurtre de Gonzago
    3) Ophélie’s mad scene

  • justanothertenor says:

    I can’t answer this “legally” according to the rules!
    I sam seeing this production on Saturday! The production photos have made it into the press, so I know.

  • Vivaldi says:

    Tosca is too obious so I guess it’s
    UN BALLO IN MASCHERA

    1. Oscar’s first aria
    2. Renato conspires to murder the king with the 2 other
    3. Ecco l’orrido campo

  • iltenoredigrazia says:

    Porgy and Bess

  • La marquise de Merteuil says:

    trovatore
    maria stuarda
    or bolena

  • No Expert says:

    Is this still open? I only know about this opera from having read about it, but I’m guessing Der Vampyr, because one of the guys looks like Vlad the Impaler and Dracula means Dragon (as in Kukla, Fran and Ollie)Not a very pretty guess, but there you have it.