Dvorak Rimsky Korsakov
120 Opera titles that never made it
Here’s an article for the opera devotee. Opera composers are busy people, but sometimes they don’t get the title quite right the first time.
Here’s a list of 120 opera titles that didn’t make it past the dress-rehearsal:
Bizet: Vanmen
Bizet (again): Les pecheurs de prawns
Monteverdi: L’Incontinenzione di Poppea
Handel: Dynorodelinda
Handel: Semoline
Gluck: Inceste
Mozart: Mitridate, re di Pontypridd
Mozart: Il bartender di Siviglia
Mozart: Die Zauberbanjo
Beethoven: Infidelio
Spontini: La Vest (string)
Rossini: FakeTancredi
Donizetti: Spag Bolena
Bellini: Norman
Wagner: The Flying Dutchcap
Verdi: Limpelio
Verdi: Rigomorto
Verdi: Un balloon in maschera
Wagner: Der meistercrooner von Nurnberg
Wagner: Das Rheintanzanite
Wagner: Die Shufflekure
Verdi: FirstAida
Mussorgsky: Boris Reasonablunov
Strauss: Die Fledersquirrel
Wagner: Damntheguttering
Saint-Saens: Samsung and the Lilo (the perfect opera for the beach)
Verdi: Simon Boccaafricanamerican
Delibes: Shishme
Massanet: Personon
Strauss: The person of no fixed abode baron.
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of AfricanAmericans
Verdi: Realstaff
Rimsky-Korsakov: Happyko
Debussy: Pelleas and his smelly sandals
Verdi: Madama Slug
Lehar: The Smeary Window
Delius: The Village Romeo and Julian
Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-ginger
Richard Strauss: Powercutta
Wolf-Ferrari: Ill secretion di Susanna
Rossini: Il Turdo in Italia
Puccini: La Fan Chiller del West End (air-conditioned theatres)
Richard Strauss: Der Pansykavalier
Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Neasden
Bartok: Bluebeard’s End Terrace (with off-street parking)
Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Scheisen
Massanet: Donkey Shot
Gershwin: Porky and Butch
Menotti: The XXL
Britten: Bertie Sprat
Menotti: The iPhone
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors and the Social Worker and the Registered List
Verdi: Inani
Tchaikowsky: YouGin? OneGin!
Bellini: I Impuritani
Krenek: Jonny Spielt Banjo
Janacek: Katya KabtoBrixton
Rossini: La Donner Del Lager
Poulenc: La Voix Grenouillante
Catalani: Where’s Wally?
Donizetti: Excretia Bogia
Wagner: Parsimonious
Bellini: Poliutio (a murky tale)
Richard Strauss: Salame
Rossini: Fullyramide
Walton: Sir John in Hove
Puccini: Candied Angelica
Sondheim: Onis Todd
Handel: Tamburino
Nyman: The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hag
Shostakovich: Snot
Stravinsky: The moving ho(e)
Britten: The Turn of the IKEA fitment
Mozart: Cozzie, fan, tutu (an opera about ballet)
Weber: Der Freiup
Verdi: I LombardDirecti (the loan arranger)
Verdi (really, it’s too easy): Windy Miller
Mozart: Le Nose di Figaro (It’s in for a long run)
Verdi: The Hilton Otello (a place to lay your head)
Verdi: The Sicilian Vespa (fast, economical and stylish)
Weill: The Rise and Fall of the City of MDF
Berlioz: Beatrice et Benedictine (the sorry tale of a love that tippled over into addiction)
Hindemith: Cardillac Arrest
Rossini: La Cenebuytoletola (following the demise of the rental market)
Britten: Deaf in Venice
Meyerbeer: What’s that din (or Pardon My French)
Busoni: Trainee Nurse Faust (the doktor will be along shortly)
Prokofiev: The Duennythingforcash
Stravinsky: The Fire extinguisher Bird (Health and Safety)
Thomas: Cheese and Ham Omelette
Humperdinck: Hans Werner Henze und Gretel
Weill: Miserable End
Weill: The Seven Deadly Singers
Maxwell Davies: Eight Songs For A Mad Baritone
Ravel: Quinze minutes Espagnole (at time and a half)
Mozart: The UnimpressAria
Lalo: Le Roi D’Yfronts
Rimsky-Korsakov: KönigskinderSurprise (there’s a hidden toy inside each one)
Reimann: Leer (a king with a roving eye)
Donizetti: Lendus di Chamouleather
Wagner: Longandgrim
Verdi: The Scottish Widow Play
Poulenc: Les Mammals de Tiresias (coming soon on ZooTV)
Donizetti:Maria’s Too Hard (the stirring tale of a prizewinning Scottish female boxer)
Rossini: Mose is an Eedjit (a great tenor role)
Bellini: Abnorma (the subject of a Channel Five documentary)
Britten: Noye’s Incontinence
Monteverdi: Orfullo
Dvorak: Rusalkaselzer
Wagner: Siegincarcerated
Richard Strauss: The Talking Woman (well, the Silent Woman is mythological…)
Walton: Sir John in’t Loo
Bellini: Il Piranha (starring Marina Callous)
Massenet: Silk Thaiis
Puccini: Tosser
Verdi: La Travelscrabble
Wagner: Tristan and ‘is older sister
Berg: Catsick
Sullivan: HMRC Pinafore (investigation pending)
and finally Puccini: PerDiem (Touring Dough)
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