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Regie est de retour

Der Barbier von SevillaThe end of the summer has been a quiet time for new opera production, but La Cieca realized she’d left you all having on the most recent Regie quiz. Or not hanging so much, actually, because calatrava guessed it: Il barbiere di Siviglia, a production by Claus Guth.  An all-new, insect-free quiz follow the jump.regie_08_23_01regie_08_23_02regie_08_23_03

49 comments

  • manou says:

    Okay, I know this one so I cannot say anything….except :

    La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid

    • Donna Carlo says:

      Merci, ma méchante. Maintenant, je vais passer une nuit blanche à essayer de comprendre ton allusion. Après tout, il y a un tas de vendette à considérer.

      Mais ce plat dont tu parles…. At-il quelque chose à voir avec une maison royale grecque? Et un certain repas de très mauvais goût?

    • Regina delle fate says:

      I think Manou is obliquely referring to an unfortunate digestive condition, n’est-ce pas?

      • manou says:

        Tout à fait – I do think anybody guessing this one is a genius…or a knave.

        • Donna Carlo says:

          Ton seul but, Monstre, est de me rendre complètement dingue!!

          Néanmoins, je ne peux pas résister à tes charmes:

          1. L’inconnu/e jure la vengeance par son drapeau ensanglanté
          2. Prisonnier/prisonnière maltraité, tué(e) peut-être.
          3. Le héros costumé comme un Inca confronte son ennemi, le conquistador PIZARRO.

          Fidelio, bien sûr!

        • manou says:

          Enfin!

  • MontyNostry says:

    Il Guarany?

  • A. Poggia Turra says:

    Clearly, this is the Merrill/O’Hearn production of Semiramide:

    Photo One – Assur plots to gain Semiramide’s throne

    Photo Two – Semi and her court enjoy the Babylonian

    Photo Three – Idreno, who is “Indian” after all, shows Azena what she has to look forward to, should she choose him over Assur.

  • ianw2 says:

    Oklahoma!

    1. Lonely Room
    2. I Cain’t Say No
    3. Oh What a Beautiful Morning (unfortunately, whether the corn is as high as an elephant’s eye is unknown at present)

  • CwbyLA says:

    il trovatore

  • LittleMasterMiles says:

    Funny Girl:

    1. Henry Street
    2. I’m the Greatest Star
    3. Dolce far niente

  • Melot's Younger Brother says:

    An operatic treatment of “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee?”

  • louannd says:

    I’m going with Don Giovanni.

    1. Don Giovanni twisting the curtain off of Donna Elvira’s window.
    2. Zerlina singing Batti Batti.
    3. Don Ottavio – O Mio Tesoro

  • Baltsamic Vinaigrette says:

    Is that an Italian flag at photo #1, I wonder?

    If so, Verdi. Nabucco seems an astonishingly obvious pick, given that we’re talking Regie here, but I’ll stick with it.