Top Ten Wacky Opera Clips

[Flosshilde]

I don't know if this qualifies as 'wacky', but Renee looks as if she's wandered in from Lucia di Lammermoor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz_Z9Tp_FrY

[eighthobstruction]

Does anyone know if Joan Miro ever did the sets for any operas??....

[hedgehog]

Thank you, thank you for this thread, cheering me up immensely: so far, this is just incroyable

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

[MrGongGong]

You must have the camel and trombone moment

[doversoul1]

Two more clips from Artaserse. Apparently, by the end of the performance, feathers were flying between (maybe just ‘from’) the two ‘ladies’ (white: Valer Barne Sabadus, red: Max Emanuel Cencic).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odOkXsb6jF8

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

There was an entire opera on youtube until last week but has now been deleted in anticipation of the DVD, I suppose. To think, an opera like this was broadcast live…

[Flay]

I'm enjoying all this too, although I'm in the Trossachs at the moment and signal is very iffy. But please keep it up!

I'll pop in when I can.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I'm in the Trossachs at the moment

We've all had days like that.

But I agree: great Thread!

[Flay]

I've found another wacky Rameau production clip to share

[pastoralguy]

I've found another wacky Rameau production clip to share

Fantastic! Thank you.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Fantastic! Thank you.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

It isn't really a video, but this has to be the worst singing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtf2Q4yyuJ0