#WHAT SHOULD WE CALL OPERA

Poor Alberich

If Cavalleria Rusticana had a happy ending

 

NOOOOOOOOO FIGHTING!

Il Matrimonio Segreto: Elisetta is definitely like

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Pamina’s subtext

I really feel that this post never got enough love and attention…

If La Wally had a happy ending

Ping Pang and Pong

are often staged like

The Rhine maidens toy with Alberich like

When disguised Almaviva has to tutor Rosina in singing

he’s like

When Wagner plots sound suspiciously like Lord of the Rings

all the nerds are like

Peter Sellars brings you Don Giovanni

wheninmusicology:

Shirley Apthorp of the Financial Times: “It’s penis week in Berlin opera…!”