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Footsteps on the Regie

by | 12:05 am | Mar 25, 2011

Much too easy was the recent “Reverse Regie” quiz: all too obviously A Kiss to the Flame is a version of Il trovatore!

A return to our traditional format does not mean a return to traditional staging, as you will see after the jump.

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  • Hans Lick says:

    It’s so obviously Fledermaus

    (1. Gabriel tells Rosalinda he’s dressing for prison

    2. The party – Prince O forgot that he wasn’t giving a costume ball

    3. Led by Adele, the cops show up to arrest Gabriel, and Alfred sneaks Rosalinda out of bed)

    that I’m going to say Die Ferne Klang.

    on March 25, 2011 at 12:40 AM
  • Lucy says:

    Oh! I’m disqualified instead of clueless! What intriguing novelty! I was surprised to see Philip Seymour Hoffman in the first photo, though.

    on March 25, 2011 at 10:31 AM
  • WindyCityOperaman says:

    Interesting that the two-room, split-level concept was used in another production I saw last year, and at first thought this was it . . . but on second glance it’s not. Still will abstain from a guess as I might also be disqualified . . .

    on March 25, 2011 at 10:36 AM
  • rysanekfreak says:

    It simply SHRIEKS Lucia di Lammermoor to me.

    1. Enrico tells Lucia she must marry.
    2. Chaos after the Sextet.
    3. A brilliant way to do Act III. The tenor-baritone duel duet is upstairs. The Mad Scene is getting ready to start downstairs…while the empty room will eventually be where Edgardo sings the final scene.

    on March 25, 2011 at 1:24 PM
  • jim says:

    On general principles, Don Giovanni.

    1. Madamina
    2. Act I finale
    3. Don Giovanni and Leporello change clothes while Elvira restores Zerlina to Masetto

    on March 25, 2011 at 3:31 PM
    • louannd says:

      I’m with you Jim – only

      1. Don Ottavio enjoys a glass of wine while declaring his love for DA.
      2. Zerlina and Masetto’s wedding.
      3. DG and Leporello switching clothes except Leporello needed to take a shower after. Meanwhile, down below, everyone is just milling around so that we can have an extra scene not normally seen in DG.

      on March 27, 2011 at 2:52 PM
  • Baritenor says:

    Im thinking Onegin

    1. Onegin rejects Tatyana
    2. Taty’s party, with lensky off to the side being an outcast
    3. Lensky and Onegin…uh….duel upstairs while downstairs Tatyana is introduced to Gremin.

    on March 25, 2011 at 5:14 PM