TRACKLIST: 【ACT I】 - - Act I, Scene 1: 13:51 Aria: Found a Peanut/I Must Be Going (Al Donfonso, Susanna Susannadanna, Pecadillo, Chorus) 16:26 Chorus: Call Donfonso! Call Him Back! (Chorus) 18:22 Recitative: A Recommended Treatment (Donfonso, Chorus) 20:05 Aria: I Must Be Going (Reprise) [Donfonso, Chorus] 28:58 Recitative: My Dear Husband/Your Back Hurts? (Susanna) 22:00 Aria: Stay With Me (Susanna, Chorus) 26:20 Recitative: There's a Lady (Pecadillo, Susanna) 26:51 Aria: Perfidy, Thy Name is Donald/My Curse Upon Him (Donna Donna) 31:26 Recitative: I Am Distraught (Donna, Pecadillo, Susanna, Blondie) 32:30 Quartet: Love's Irony (Susanna, Donna, Pecadillo, Blondie) - - Act I, Scene 2: 34:57 Recitative: Here We Are/How 'Bout an Aria? (Donald Giovanni, Schlepporello, Susanna, Blondie) 36:36 Aria: Behold a Maiden/My Dog Has Fleas (Pecadillo) 40:46 Recitative: Just a Moment, My Good Fellow/A Poor, Wayfaring Stranger (Donald, Pecadillo, Susanna) 42:17 Duet: The Lofty Tree/You Mean to Say I'm Old (Donald, Susanna) - - Act I, Scene 3: 46:11 Recitative: And Here's My Husband/Here Comes the Doctor (Susanna, Donald, Donna, Donfonso) 47:52 Recitative: Hold It! (Captain Kadd) 48:13 Aria: My Name is Captain Kadd/I Sailed for Years (Kadd) 53:20 Recitative: Just a Moment/Where Am I? (Donfonso, Kadd) 55:50 Sextet: What a Downer/Leave Me Be (Donna, Blondie, Donald, Pecadillo, Donfonso, Susanna) - - Act I, Scene 4: 57:36 Recitative: Schlepporello!/What Do I Hear! (Donald, Donna) 58:31 Aria: No Man Would Flee/There Are Women (Donald) - - Act I, Scene 5: 1:04:28 Recitative: What a Strange Turn of Events (Donfonso) 1:05:36 Quintet: Though We Part, I'll Be True (Donfonso, Donald, Donna, Pecadillo, Blondie, Chorus) 1:09:25 Act I Finale: What Do I See/Their Ship is Sinking! (Donfonso, Donna, Blondie, Chorus) 【ACT II】 - - Act II, Scene 1: 1:12:43 Duet: God Be Praised, We're Safe At Last! (Donald, Pecadillo) - - Act II, Scene 2: 1:15:07 Aria: Not I/Infidels! This is the Palace of the Pasha! (Opec) 1:19:35 March: Make Way for the Pasha! (Opec, Chorus) 1:21:10 Ballet: Dance of the Seven Pails (Orchestral) 1:24:25 Recitative: I Found These Three Foreigners! (Opec, Pasha Shaboom) 1:26:14 None, But the Pasha/Make Way for the Pasha! (Reprise) [Donald, Pecadillo, Opec, Chorus] 1:27:41 Quartet: May I Introduce You? (Donald, Pecadillo, Donna, Blondie) 1:28:46 Dialogue/Reprise: I Cannot Forget Her!/Well, H-hello There! (Donald, Pecadillo) - - Act II, Scene 3: 1:30:22 Dialogue: Why Are Men Such Monsters? (Donna, Blondie) 1:31:23 Recitative: No! It Cannot Be! (Donna, Blondie) 1:31:56 Aria: Macho, Macho Man (Blondie) 1:38:21 Dialogue: I'll Never Forget Her! (Pecadillo, Donald) 1:38:52 Aria: I Will Feel No Pain (Pecadillo) 1:40:47 Duet: Donna Donna/Donald, Donald (Donald, Donna) 1:43:41 Recitative: No! You've Done It Before! (Donna) 1:45:25 Dialogue: Okay, We're Skipping Ahead (Peter Schickele) 1:45:40 Act II Finale: The Time Has Come/To the Land of Coconuts (Donald, Pecadillo, Opec) 【ACT III】 - - Act III, Scene 1: 1:47:37 To the Land of Coconuts (Reprise) [Donald, Pecadillo, Opec] - - Act III, Scene 2: 1:48:32 Ballet: Dance of the Forest Fairies I & II (Orchestral) 1:51:32 Dance of the Fairy Prince and Princess (Orchestral) 1:53:06 Dance of the Forest Fairies III (Orchestral) - - Act III, Scene 3: 1:54:59 Trio: A Magic Forest? (Donald, Pecadillo, Opec) 1:57:25 Dialogue: I Wonder Where We Are? (Donald, Pecadillo, Schlepporello) 1:57:58 Aria/Duet: I Am a Swineherd/Suwee! (Papageno, Mamageno) 2:00:50 Dialogue: I Don't Mind Telling You/We've Been Living in These Parts (Donald, Papageno, Mamageno) 2:02:09 Recitative: Ahoy!/And So We Meet Again (Kadd, Donald, Papageno) 2:04:12 Recitative: And How About the Family? (Mamageno, Papageno, Kadd) 2:05:06 Recitative: There's the Rock! And There's the Tree! (Kadd, Donna, Blondie) 2:06:53 Act III Finale: I'm a Very Wealthy Man (Kadd, Donald, Pecadillo, Donna, Blondie, Opec, Chorus) 2:09:08 (Missing Props Scene) [Cast, Schickele, theater management] 2:12:21 Jack Walsh performs Donald's cut aria 2:15:57 Act III Finale: I'm a Very Wealthy Man (Kadd, Donald, Pecadillo, Donna, Blondie, Opec, Chorus) 2:16:58 Character Epilogues (Spoken by Schickele)/Grand Finale
I, more-or-less, dragged four friends from university in SW Minnesota on a windy minus 20-degree night to see PDQ bach to see this. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Sitting far back in the balcony, it was hard to catch all the intractions. Didn't know until now about recording. So its great fun to see this up close.
Wow, Schickele manages to sustain his parody style in an evening length work. Not to everyone’s taste but really well done. The production itself even parodies the public television format. I really like Schickele. His non-parody style works are wonderful as well. Thanks to Im Walde for posting.
I saw Schickele in concert a long time ago, at a college in downstate Illinois; including a performance of PDQ's opera "Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice"... The man's been hilarious for ages!
Saw him many years ago with the Colorado Symphony, where the group performed "The Stoned Guest" (a parody of "Don Giovanni"). At the beginning of the concert (which I'm sure was a regular bit), everyone's in place -- orchestra, chorus, soloists -- and the stage manager comes out to announce that Schickele hasn't yet made his appearance. Suddenly, from the back of the auditorium, he comes running down the main aisle yelling, "Here I am," leaps up onto the podium, and immediately starts to conduct. It was hilarious.
My dad got me the DVD of this glorious monstrosity for my 21st birthday... Bear in mind, he introduced ME to P.D.Q. Bach, but about halfway through the overture he said "Jesus, he really does create the most singularly obnoxious music I've ever heard!" but he was chuckling through the whole opera... It's totally bonkers, but it's played dead-straight, which makes it 1,000 times funnier
At 22:00 -- Susanna, she has such a beautiful voice, I love this aria! even with the laughs and all, it is beautiful music due to her handling of her voice. ❤
Managed to see him in concert at least four times beginning around 1977 and the shows were never less than wonderfully entertaining. It's great to have a good quality record of this - and it must have been a kick for the opera professionals to have the opportunity to perform it. For a totally different Schickele experience, check out his soundtrack for the movie "Silent Running" on UA-cam.
Thank you for this.I had a copy 25 years ago but loaned it and never received it back again.So happy to watch it.It's fun to listen for the musical quotes and jokes. Thanks again.
One of my favorite eBay finds was the actual rehearsal score (all the spoken and sung parts, with a piano arrangement of the orchestral parts) with an extra duet [Saddness! Woe!] that even the score said could be cut. (It’s a bit redundant in coming after the funnier What A Bummer). The full score is also on issuu in the Theodore Presser page, but I don’t think it proper to tell you to view the page source for jpegs.
@@weirdbeard2244 Thank you for the information.P.S.The folks I loaned my bootlegged copy to were the founders of Opera Atelier in Toronto.They loved it but so far have not performed it.
this is so fantastic! it just gets better the more times you watch it and catch all the musical references to mozart's five operas! sooo funny and so ingenious! a crowning achievement for peter schickele! :)
I thought the most famous Bach was Bert, a contemporary descendant of Johann, especially when Peter picked up a pebble on his way to meet Bert so he could give Bert Bach a rock, but, what do *I* know?
PDQ Bach is the Stateunidensian equivalent of Johan Sebastian Mastropiero, the famous composer whose masterworks performed the argentinian musicians of Les Luthiers.
For those who are not aware of this, Schickele is the perfect follower of Gerard Hoffnung (1925-1959) who created in London at the Royal Festival Hall the famous Hoffnung festivals delirious concerts with the participation of famous artists of that time. You can find two great works by his accomplice Joseph Horowitz (1926-2022 - he passed away last February)" Let's Fake an opera or the Tales of Hoffnung" and "A Choral Extravaganza, or the wedding of Dracula' daughter to Frankenstein's son" performed at the same auditorium in 1961 as a hommage to Gerard Hoffnung. Both can be listened (there was no tv camera at that time capable of giving an acceptable recording) here on youtube: ua-cam.com/video/L-f5ygYzL7U/v-deo.html (unfortunately I cant find the libretto I have somewhere!) ua-cam.com/video/x_vO0mmfDwY/v-deo.html here libretto online.
There are probably other influences that I'm not catching because I'm not as well versed in classical and baroque music, but did anyone else pick up on the fact that the Dance of the Forest Fairies is a variation on the first movement of PDQ's "Octoot"?
The narrator... In a satire piece! I've heard that voice for 40 years on various Minneapolis classical and baroque presentations. He's as well recognized as Dr. Karl Haas! Good Lord!
Was this the only production of this opera? Were there any other performances recorded? I'd love to see this live someday!! Also, is it possible to get the sheet music online? Where can I get it?
@@Kawdek I suspect that one was probably part of The Intimate PDQ Bach, which used to have the *other* “two people play all the roles” operas, Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice. Besides being short enough to fit into a concert with two or three other pieces, The Intimate PDQ Bach was a three or four man show that could visit colleges and other places that didn’t have an orchestra.
@@andrewpfeiffer6218 It’s also the section of the third symphony that “attacks” Professor Schickele in the third album after he’s insulted Beethoven once too often.
It’s a parody of Dragnet and several “where are they now” endings. Animal House comes to mind, but I also remember seeing a western comedy, where the narrator finishes up with himself. Also, Figaro’s ending, which you either get or you don’t, is a reference to the French newspaper Le Figaro, whose motto is a line from the original Marriage of Figaro play: Without the right to criticize, there is no true praise. The opera got rid of much of the political barbs.
I really wish the Proms in the UK would stage this or a professional British Opera Company. I cannot stand the American singing accents. It would be good if it was more serious as it would be funnier.
TRACKLIST:
【ACT I】
- - Act I, Scene 1:
13:51 Aria: Found a Peanut/I Must Be Going (Al Donfonso, Susanna Susannadanna, Pecadillo, Chorus)
16:26 Chorus: Call Donfonso! Call Him Back! (Chorus)
18:22 Recitative: A Recommended Treatment (Donfonso, Chorus)
20:05 Aria: I Must Be Going (Reprise) [Donfonso, Chorus]
28:58 Recitative: My Dear Husband/Your Back Hurts? (Susanna)
22:00 Aria: Stay With Me (Susanna, Chorus)
26:20 Recitative: There's a Lady (Pecadillo, Susanna)
26:51 Aria: Perfidy, Thy Name is Donald/My Curse Upon Him (Donna Donna)
31:26 Recitative: I Am Distraught (Donna, Pecadillo, Susanna, Blondie)
32:30 Quartet: Love's Irony (Susanna, Donna, Pecadillo, Blondie)
- - Act I, Scene 2:
34:57 Recitative: Here We Are/How 'Bout an Aria? (Donald Giovanni, Schlepporello, Susanna, Blondie)
36:36 Aria: Behold a Maiden/My Dog Has Fleas (Pecadillo)
40:46 Recitative: Just a Moment, My Good Fellow/A Poor, Wayfaring Stranger (Donald, Pecadillo, Susanna)
42:17 Duet: The Lofty Tree/You Mean to Say I'm Old (Donald, Susanna)
- - Act I, Scene 3:
46:11 Recitative: And Here's My Husband/Here Comes the Doctor (Susanna, Donald, Donna, Donfonso)
47:52 Recitative: Hold It! (Captain Kadd)
48:13 Aria: My Name is Captain Kadd/I Sailed for Years (Kadd)
53:20 Recitative: Just a Moment/Where Am I? (Donfonso, Kadd)
55:50 Sextet: What a Downer/Leave Me Be (Donna, Blondie, Donald, Pecadillo, Donfonso, Susanna)
- - Act I, Scene 4:
57:36 Recitative: Schlepporello!/What Do I Hear! (Donald, Donna)
58:31 Aria: No Man Would Flee/There Are Women (Donald)
- - Act I, Scene 5:
1:04:28 Recitative: What a Strange Turn of Events (Donfonso)
1:05:36 Quintet: Though We Part, I'll Be True (Donfonso, Donald, Donna, Pecadillo, Blondie, Chorus)
1:09:25 Act I Finale: What Do I See/Their Ship is Sinking! (Donfonso, Donna, Blondie, Chorus)
【ACT II】
- - Act II, Scene 1:
1:12:43 Duet: God Be Praised, We're Safe At Last! (Donald, Pecadillo)
- - Act II, Scene 2:
1:15:07 Aria: Not I/Infidels! This is the Palace of the Pasha! (Opec)
1:19:35 March: Make Way for the Pasha! (Opec, Chorus)
1:21:10 Ballet: Dance of the Seven Pails (Orchestral)
1:24:25 Recitative: I Found These Three Foreigners! (Opec, Pasha Shaboom)
1:26:14 None, But the Pasha/Make Way for the Pasha! (Reprise) [Donald, Pecadillo, Opec, Chorus]
1:27:41 Quartet: May I Introduce You? (Donald, Pecadillo, Donna, Blondie)
1:28:46 Dialogue/Reprise: I Cannot Forget Her!/Well, H-hello There! (Donald, Pecadillo)
- - Act II, Scene 3:
1:30:22 Dialogue: Why Are Men Such Monsters? (Donna, Blondie)
1:31:23 Recitative: No! It Cannot Be! (Donna, Blondie)
1:31:56 Aria: Macho, Macho Man (Blondie)
1:38:21 Dialogue: I'll Never Forget Her! (Pecadillo, Donald)
1:38:52 Aria: I Will Feel No Pain (Pecadillo)
1:40:47 Duet: Donna Donna/Donald, Donald (Donald, Donna)
1:43:41 Recitative: No! You've Done It Before! (Donna)
1:45:25 Dialogue: Okay, We're Skipping Ahead (Peter Schickele)
1:45:40 Act II Finale: The Time Has Come/To the Land of Coconuts (Donald, Pecadillo, Opec)
【ACT III】
- - Act III, Scene 1:
1:47:37 To the Land of Coconuts (Reprise) [Donald, Pecadillo, Opec]
- - Act III, Scene 2:
1:48:32 Ballet: Dance of the Forest Fairies I & II (Orchestral)
1:51:32 Dance of the Fairy Prince and Princess (Orchestral)
1:53:06 Dance of the Forest Fairies III (Orchestral)
- - Act III, Scene 3:
1:54:59 Trio: A Magic Forest? (Donald, Pecadillo, Opec)
1:57:25 Dialogue: I Wonder Where We Are? (Donald, Pecadillo, Schlepporello)
1:57:58 Aria/Duet: I Am a Swineherd/Suwee! (Papageno, Mamageno)
2:00:50 Dialogue: I Don't Mind Telling You/We've Been Living in These Parts (Donald, Papageno, Mamageno)
2:02:09 Recitative: Ahoy!/And So We Meet Again (Kadd, Donald, Papageno)
2:04:12 Recitative: And How About the Family? (Mamageno, Papageno, Kadd)
2:05:06 Recitative: There's the Rock! And There's the Tree! (Kadd, Donna, Blondie)
2:06:53 Act III Finale: I'm a Very Wealthy Man (Kadd, Donald, Pecadillo, Donna, Blondie, Opec, Chorus)
2:09:08 (Missing Props Scene) [Cast, Schickele, theater management]
2:12:21 Jack Walsh performs Donald's cut aria
2:15:57 Act III Finale: I'm a Very Wealthy Man (Kadd, Donald, Pecadillo, Donna, Blondie, Opec, Chorus)
2:16:58 Character Epilogues (Spoken by Schickele)/Grand Finale
Thank you I love you
And don’t forget about the omitted duet in the first act:
m.ua-cam.com/video/peSO2FMi74E/v-deo.html
At last, at LAST, I can show people "I'm so mad that I'm not even going to sing my aria" instead of just having an inside joke with myself forever
YOU ARE AN AMAZING HUMAN BEING
Rest in peace, great scholar of the preposterous and curator of so many improbable discoveries. Listening to you has given me years of enjoyment.
I had the amazing opportunity to perform the role of Donna Donna a while back. It was the most fun I've ever had in my operatic singing career!
I, more-or-less, dragged four friends from university in SW Minnesota on a windy minus 20-degree night to see PDQ bach to see this. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Sitting far back in the balcony, it was hard to catch all the intractions. Didn't know until now about recording. So its great fun to see this up close.
R.I.P. Peter Schickele.
Wow, Schickele manages to sustain his parody style in an evening length work. Not to everyone’s taste but really well done. The production itself even parodies the public television format. I really like Schickele. His non-parody style works are wonderful as well. Thanks to Im Walde for posting.
A masterpiece; The Paris Opera house should stage this gem of humor!
And have another riot thanks to music? I’m down!
@@robertperez2262 kkkkkkkk
Basel might be up to do it
The cast is doing this just right--not winking at the audience, but playing it absolutely straight.
Don't scroll away.... This is brilliant. even if you don't have much music knowledge just appreciate the artists performing with a straight face.
Right?!? I don't know how they did it! Such talent as well!
I saw Schickele in concert a long time ago, at a college in downstate Illinois; including a performance of PDQ's opera "Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice"... The man's been hilarious for ages!
Saw him many years ago with the Colorado Symphony, where the group performed "The Stoned Guest" (a parody of "Don Giovanni"). At the beginning of the concert (which I'm sure was a regular bit), everyone's in place -- orchestra, chorus, soloists -- and the stage manager comes out to announce that Schickele hasn't yet made his appearance. Suddenly, from the back of the auditorium, he comes running down the main aisle yelling, "Here I am," leaps up onto the podium, and immediately starts to conduct. It was hilarious.
lucky you! :)
I saw him years ago in Princeton NJ. Still haven't gotten over it. He's an acquired taste; loved Oedipus Tex.
It's Alice Uberdeutschland!
Schickele is a GENIUS!
truly he is!
My dad got me the DVD of this glorious monstrosity for my 21st birthday... Bear in mind, he introduced ME to P.D.Q. Bach, but about halfway through the overture he said "Jesus, he really does create the most singularly obnoxious music I've ever heard!" but he was chuckling through the whole opera... It's totally bonkers, but it's played dead-straight, which makes it 1,000 times funnier
At 22:00 -- Susanna, she has such a beautiful voice, I love this aria! even with the laughs and all, it is beautiful music due to her handling of her voice. ❤
Europeans say this is the HIGH POINT of American Opera!!
Wouldn't be such a horrible work to be held as a high point
I think it's great, and I would be willing to bet that it would get a laugh from Mozart.
I swear if that’s true than this is a reverse UNO card on Pop Art from the 60’s XD
@@EyeShotFirst absolutely!
nonono, we say you have to be high to watch American opera 😂
I've had this DVD for years and regularly watch it. It is as funny and clever as the first time.
Managed to see him in concert at least four times beginning around 1977 and the shows were never less than wonderfully entertaining. It's great to have a good quality record of this - and it must have been a kick for the opera professionals to have the opportunity to perform it. For a totally different Schickele experience, check out his soundtrack for the movie "Silent Running" on UA-cam.
Thank you for this.I had a copy 25 years ago but loaned it and never received it back again.So happy to watch it.It's fun to listen for the musical quotes and jokes. Thanks again.
Just so you know, it's available on DVD at vaimusic.com.
@@LaserGryph Thank you,LaserGryph.
One of my favorite eBay finds was the actual rehearsal score (all the spoken and sung parts, with a piano arrangement of the orchestral parts) with an extra duet [Saddness! Woe!] that even the score said could be cut. (It’s a bit redundant in coming after the funnier What A Bummer).
The full score is also on issuu in the Theodore Presser page, but I don’t think it proper to tell you to view the page source for jpegs.
@@weirdbeard2244 Thank you for the information.P.S.The folks I loaned my bootlegged copy to were the founders of Opera Atelier in Toronto.They loved it but so far have not performed it.
this is so fantastic! it just gets better the more times you watch it and catch all the musical references to mozart's five operas! sooo funny and so ingenious! a crowning achievement for peter schickele! :)
I thought the most famous Bach was Bert, a contemporary descendant of Johann, especially when Peter picked up a pebble on his way to meet Bert so he could give Bert Bach a rock, but, what do *I* know?
@@musik350 His quote is straight from Schickele himself, so you've just exposed yourself as a pompous know nothing.
47:32 "With this ring I thee wed, or with this pistol I thee dead" 🤣 My favorite line!
PDQ Bach is the Stateunidensian equivalent of Johan Sebastian Mastropiero, the famous composer whose masterworks performed the argentinian musicians of Les Luthiers.
I collected all the albums and had never heard of this. My evening, no month, is made
Peter exposed the pretensions of classical snobs
At 12’20’’ « OPEC - Servant to the Pasha » I am dead LoL 😂
RIP, Peter Schickele.
For those who are not aware of this, Schickele is the perfect follower of Gerard Hoffnung (1925-1959) who created in London at the Royal Festival Hall the famous Hoffnung festivals delirious concerts with the participation of famous artists of that time.
You can find two great works by his accomplice Joseph Horowitz (1926-2022 - he passed away last February)" Let's Fake an opera or the Tales of Hoffnung" and "A Choral Extravaganza, or the wedding of Dracula' daughter to Frankenstein's son" performed at the same auditorium in 1961 as a hommage to Gerard Hoffnung. Both can be listened (there was no tv camera at that time capable of giving an acceptable recording) here on youtube:
ua-cam.com/video/L-f5ygYzL7U/v-deo.html (unfortunately I cant find the libretto I have somewhere!)
ua-cam.com/video/x_vO0mmfDwY/v-deo.html here libretto online.
Indeed, Joseph Horovitz wrote simular things.
it kills me every time donald giovanni calls schlepporello... lol
Thank you so, so much for posting this!
I loved every second of this.
There are probably other influences that I'm not catching because I'm not as well versed in classical and baroque music, but did anyone else pick up on the fact that the Dance of the Forest Fairies is a variation on the first movement of PDQ's "Octoot"?
10/10 best opera
Hilarious! This is the first opportunity I've had to see this!!
The narrator... In a satire piece! I've heard that voice for 40 years on various Minneapolis classical and baroque presentations.
He's as well recognized as Dr. Karl Haas! Good Lord!
William Pierce was also a staple of WGBH Boston. He can also be heard, 10 years prior, when they did the Concerto for Piano Vs Orchestra.
PDQ Bach is about the only opera I can actually sit through. Mozart operas, I pretty much just enjoy the overtures and then move on.
I don't understand opera but Bravissimo! Bravissmo!
Kurt Thornbladh this is making fun of opera so of course it doesn’t make sense lol
I MUST recommend this to more people haha.
Today is the 40th anniversary of the recorded performances.
This is so good! But I am disappointed that Goldie and Donna Donna didn't get together at the end of Act II.
"...chit chat, chit chat, chit chat, CHIIIIIIIIIIIIT chit chit chit chit CHAT!!" 😂🤣😂 That cracks me up like crazy🤪😆🤣🤣
1:10 was that... a sparknotes?
yes!! haha :)
The one on top was CliffsNotes, which is and older study guide created by *Clif*ton Hillegas in 1958.
Are there any non-live recordings of this opera available? I’d love a cast recording, but haven’t had any luck
Was this the only production of this opera? Were there any other performances recorded? I'd love to see this live someday!! Also, is it possible to get the sheet music online? Where can I get it?
This isn't the same calibre as the other PDQ Bach operas that have never been performed.
Which one are you thinking of? I only know about the Magic Bassoon, which is of far lesser excellence to be honest.
@@Kawdek I suspect that one was probably part of The Intimate PDQ Bach, which used to have the *other* “two people play all the roles” operas, Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice. Besides being short enough to fit into a concert with two or three other pieces, The Intimate PDQ Bach was a three or four man show that could visit colleges and other places that didn’t have an orchestra.
Funniest thing ever and a good plot
R.I.P.
MY FAVORITE!
1:44:21... Rite of spring?
Exactly!
no, it's from the first movement of beethoven's 3rd symphony, the "eroica"...
@@MartinBellemare no, it's from beethoven's 3rd symphony, the "eroica"...
@@debs4mysweetbaby the melody perhaps. But the orchestral stab thing at the timezone I wrote in is definitely the last movement of the rite of spring.
Yes!!!!! Its the Rite of Spring finale
What's the source of the I think Beethoven quotation at 1:44:25?
Beethoven 3rd symphony, 1st movement
@@tilenzlatnar4854 Thank you
@@andrewpfeiffer6218 It’s also the section of the third symphony that “attacks” Professor Schickele in the third album after he’s insulted Beethoven once too often.
Thank you.
Hilarious!
Am I the only one mystified by the ending?
it's a comedy... that's all... it's supposed to be absurd!
It’s a parody of Dragnet and several “where are they now” endings. Animal House comes to mind, but I also remember seeing a western comedy, where the narrator finishes up with himself.
Also, Figaro’s ending, which you either get or you don’t, is a reference to the French newspaper Le Figaro, whose motto is a line from the original Marriage of Figaro play: Without the right to criticize, there is no true praise. The opera got rid of much of the political barbs.
@@weirdbeard2244 Thank you!
Subtitles please!!!
Does anyone who says the things like "Worked as a hatcheck girl"?
I really wish the Proms in the UK would stage this or a professional British Opera Company. I cannot stand the American singing accents. It would be good if it was more serious as it would be funnier.
Wait, why is this in English?
:P
Clearly the original Germ...Ital....Fre...? was lost to time. Maybe Prof. Schickele might uncover an earlier manuscript at some point? lol
P.D.Q. Bach spoke fluent American. He was known as the American Bach, after all.
@@LaserGryph Since he was from Vile am Rhein, he clearly picked it up around Basel... (There are lots of big companies with international staff there)
Obviously it was translated from the original English back into English
schlepporello!! lol
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