Waiter, there’s a fly in my Regie
Who better than Straussmonster to speak up at just the right time to identify Die Schweigsame Frau, a Barrie Kosky production at the Münchner Opernfestspiele. The “Walküre” in question is Aminta, in the person of the gallant and gravid Diana Damrau.
Following the jump, the ADD-rific trailer for the show, and then this week’s challenge.
And now, a presentation of the Entomological-Hysteric Theater:
barbiere di siviglia?
I’m calling it Don Giovanni –
#1 – Commendatore (Donna Anna caught in Giovanni’s “web” behind)
#2 – I think Giovanni should be the bee (because he goes from flower to flower), but he’s probably the leather guy, and Leporello is the bee – Elvira in the pink and Anna below overhearing?
#3 – EVERYONE gets it and goes to hell, instead of just Giovanni
The Yeoman of the Guard
1) 2nd Yeoman: “This is the autumn of our life…”
2) Fairfax, Elise, Jack Point and Phoebe: “Oh, the doing and undoing…”
3) Act Two finale. The spear carriers could be insect beefeaters, and since it’s become traditional to have poor Jack drop dead after Elsie and Fairfax “fly off,” why not get out the Raid and give him some company?
Wow, are they re-thinking Nixon in China already?
I think it’s Salome.
It can’t be SALOME; there’s no bathtub.