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by | 1:36 pm | Nov 7, 2011

Among a number of very amusing guesses (bravi tutti!) at last week’s Regie quiz, our Camille actually was not too far off. No, it wasn’t Menotti, but it was a children’s opera, a new work called Mikropolis (“Die abenteuerliche Insektenoper von Christian Jost“) as performed at the Komische Oper Berlin. A more standard piece (though, obviously, in a less than standard production) follows the jump.

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  • A. Poggia Turra says:

    Clearly, this is the Nica Muhly production of Strauss’ ever-popular Der Rosenkavalier (Nica is Nico’s twin sister! :D )

    Photo One – Sophie directs the servants as the final preparations are made for the arrival of the silver rose-bearing knight.

    Photo Two – Act three, the scene in the Inn

    Photo Three – The Marschallin’s Levee; behind the bed, Octavian tries out his Mariandel disguise, while Valzachi gathers gossip at the lower left.

    on November 7, 2011 at 9:38 PM
  • louannd says:

    This is yet again another staged version of Handel’s Messiah:

    1. The soprano sings “Rejoice greatly oh daughter of Zion” while the ladies in the chorus act out a celebration of an impending holiday break from a very stuffy boarding school.
    2. The Hallelujah Chorus of rabbits to emphasize that this is really a part of the Easter portion of the work.
    3. Acting out a Zombie fantasy, with an appropriate horn-blown hairdo, the bass sings “The trumpets shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptable, and we shall be changed.”

    on November 7, 2011 at 10:08 PM
  • Hoffmann says:

    Britten’s Midsummer Night Dream…

    1. Titania and her fairies

    2. Assorted forest creatures

    3. Bottom awakes in Titania’s bed

    on November 7, 2011 at 10:15 PM
  • dallasuapace says:

    Macbeth
    1. The witches
    2. The Scottish people
    3. Lady Macbeth about to do the sleepwalking scene

    on November 7, 2011 at 10:29 PM
  • Don Rose says:

    This is
    Haensel und Gretel
    All those bunnies in the forest (also acting like bunnies from what I heard!)
    Last picture: “Abends wenn ich schlafen geh”!

    on November 8, 2011 at 6:23 AM
  • Despina says:

    It’s clearly Rusalka:
    1. The forest nymphs cavorting while Rusalka wishes she were a mortal.
    2. The guests at the palace. They’re wearing bunny ears to signify Rusalka’s disorientation at being among mortals.
    3. Rusalka tells the Prince he’ll die if she kisses him. (Though from the costume and makeup, you think he’d figure it out on his own!)

    on November 8, 2011 at 10:05 AM
  • adina says:

    La Traviata

    1. Sempre libera
    2. Flora’s party
    3. Act 3

    on November 8, 2011 at 10:33 PM
  • Sir Ferris says:

    Freischu”tz?

    on November 9, 2011 at 8:20 PM
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