There’s an amusing, silly season thread doing the rounds on Twitter at the moment called “Less Ambitious Operas” (search tag #lessambitiousoperas). Here are some of my favourites (and some of my own):
Boris Not Quite Good Enough
The Love of Two Pears
The Tweets of Hoffman
Flu in Venice
La Spinta Gentile del Destino (The Gentle Push of Destiny)
Dildo and Aeneas
Nixon in China Town
The Semi-Functional Flute
Einstein on the Couch
Infidelio
The Floor Sweeper of Seville
Orpheus in the Cupboard Under the Stairs
The Mild Embarrassment of Faust
The One-Penny Melody
The One Night Stand of Figaro
The Turn of the Corkscrew
I could go on (and on)……….but I won’t. Plenty more on Twitter, or add your own in the comments box.