La Cieca would be fascinated to find out how you did it, Hoffmann. However did you guess that last week’s Regie quiz in fact portrayed Rusalka — as envisioned by that new parterre darling Stefan Herheim for Oper Graz! 

Here’s the trailer for the Graz production, demonstrating the trademark Herheim whatever-you-call-the-opposite-of-minimalism:

The next photos serve two purposes: they represent the only three visual images Herheim didn’t wedge into the Dvorak fairy tale, plus (more to the point) they depict our new Regie quiz. What’s the opera, cher public? (Guesses only, please!)