Top Ten Wacky Opera Clips

[Flay]

Watching this clip from Artaserse last night has inspired me to ask for your suggestions for outlandish operas or productions. You must include video clips please.

Here are my suggestions:

(We can only include one video per post)

[Flay]

And this incredible Doll's Song from Hoffmann (stratospheric top note ending!):

What have you found?

[Bryn]

Great production:

[Flay]

Bryn, there's nothing one can possibly say about that other than !!

I should add that one of our friends here has kindly pointed out that the production of Artaserse has just been released on DVD

[Madame Suggia]

Love the Artaserse clip

Here's a favourite of mine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zegtH-acXE

[Flay]

Love the Artaserse clip

Here's a favourite of mine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zegtH-acXE

I love it when they start to do the birdie dance!

[Flay]

I have found this which links Artaserse (note the hair style) with Hoffman and your galant Indes: Patricia Petibon (shame about the sound quality).

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt-1eWQEg0o

[hmvman]

Pretty wacky and thrilling singing!

[doversoul1]

Another Patricia Petibon:from Platée (not an opera clip but from a concert)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-HspCeuMd8

Sound quality is extremely poor (sorry about this). Turn the volume up.

Incidentally, the subject of this week’s Early Music Show is Platée

[ed.] I know we are allowed only one per post and this is not a clip (the entire opera) but…Good grief (I only watched the first few minutes, not been able to make up my mind)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5YAVtqQIiA

Rameau: Les Indes Galantes, opéra-ballet | Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

The performance at Barbican seems to have been less wacky.

http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/les-indes-galantesles-talens-lyriquesrousset-barbican-hall--music-review-9176575.html

(Sorry, Flay)

[Quarky]

Stockhausen was known to have the occasional Wacky moment:

Bullfight from Mittwoch aus Licht.

But this may be more appropriate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYzwHMfyY0I

[eighthobstruction]

Very enjoyable thread....

[Flay]

Very enjoyable thread....

Thanks eighth. But really Dover! Towards the end of the Rousset the costume budget must have run out

[MrGongGong]

And of course

[Flosshilde]

Thanks eighth. But really Dover! Towards the end of the Rousset the costume budget must have run out

I thought the thread said wacky, not wobbly

[Flosshilde]

And this incredible Doll's Song from Hoffmann (stratospheric top note ending!):

I thought that it looked like quite an entertaining production (if one can judge from a brief clip). & topping top note indeed!