On the Regie again
Indeed those were Cretan windmills seen in the most recent Regie quiz, and once that fact was established, manou and MontyNostry quickly closed the case: the opera is indeed Idomeneo, as performed at the Tiroler Landestheater in a production by Peer Boysen. You’ll find more to puzzle over after the jump.
What work is this, cher public?
ANDREA CHENIER
1. Act One — “Un di all’azzurro” — the trailer metamorphises from the party to illustrate Chenier’s sympathy for poorer folk (this is a subtle production). . . Gerard’s mother and the others soon after come out of the trailer
2. Act Three — “Nemico della Patria”… with the jurors behind
3. Act Two — “Ora soave, sublime ora d’amore!”. This staging is repeated in Act Four –”Vicino a te” except there they are not interrupted so they get totally naked.
Thank you so much for this, Kruno. It may not be the right choice, but it’s so durn funny….would love to see that gator farm act I ….
Hah! I finally got one right.
It’s Follies, moved to New Orleans right after Katrina, and that’s a FEMA trailer and the guy is doing Heidi’s number. He was picked to do it instead of some aging diva because . . . well, because . . . hey, look at those legs !
Picture #2 is Buddy’s Song, while Ben waits for him in the Rooms-R-Us Rental they use while Sally and Phyllis are out shopping.
Picture #3 is the long-ago affair which is staged as a pantomime during the Overture. (Regie mimes are just out of camera range with soft drinks and catsup.)
Duke Bluebeard’s Trailer (including a scene that opens it up, showing us what’s behind door #2).
It has an inchoate Parsifal vibe to me, maybe because the sickly gent in #2 seems to be favoring a wound in his right side.
But, upon further consideration, Götterdämmerung: Siegfried after his Winnebago-am-Rheinreise; Siegfried welcomed to the Gibichung hall; Gutrune and Siegfried get it awn.