Al Gore: The Opera

I think I'll wait for the Bugs Bunny version:

The legendary La Scala opera house in Milan has commissioned a full-length work to be based on [Al Gore's] book, An Inconvenient Truth, and the Oscar-winning documentary of the same title.

La Scala's artistic director, Stephane Lissner, told a press conference the new opera had been commissioned from an Italian composer, Giorgio Battistelli. He said it would be staged in 2011.

Comments

[Aresen]

Lemme guess:

It ain't over 'til Oprah sings.

[Colin]

Didn't someone already stage an opera about a deaf, dumb, and blind guy?

[dave]

Another myth becomes art.

[mrk]

ick

[Jacob]

Italian art has always been fond of religion.

[Jim Bob]

Yes, Al, there will be a buffet.

[smacky]

Wow, two of my least favorite things (Al Gore and opera) combined into one big oozing shit sandwich.

...Well, opera isn't that bad...so it can be the bread.

[modd]

Finally a fat person to be played and sung by a fat opera star. Art does imitate life.

[dead_elvis]

or a man sometimes described as the world's most famous loser, Al Gore is quite a winner. Since the start of last year alone, he has picked up...etc. etc. blah blah.

Until Rush, or The Who, or Pink Floyd, etc. (I guess I'll throw in The Kinks just because this is a Jesse Walker post 😉 has dedicated a concept album to your idea, you haven't yet "made it".

Speaking of contemporary self-consciously-art music with contemporary theme: The Katrina Ballads, a piece setting quotes from people during the crisis.

[dead_elvis]

Uhhhh, hello server squirrels. Link didn't show up, and something seems to be seriously fucked with preview*. Here it is:Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job.

*Oops. Jeez, you leave out one quote, and everything goes haywire.

Article about it at Yale Alumni magazine.

[Guy Montag]

Deja Vu all over again

In related news, the Star Trek theme song guy just died and some fellow who spoke at the Libertarian Party Convention is on Coast to Coast live as I write. Added bonus: there is a "peeping tom ET" lurking around.

Can we get more Yeti funding now?

[The Wine Commonsewer]

Why do Italian tanks have rear view mirrors?

[John C. Randolph]

First, we find the worst play ever written! Then, I raise two million dollars. Next, we open on broadway, and then we close on broadway! It's brilliant, bloom: brilliant!

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=2411094&id=2411127&s=143441

-jcr

[alexis]

uh, yeah John C - problem is all the rubes will lap this stuff up. Sadly this will be the most popular opera of the 21st century, i can guarantee it. People will be walking down the aisles selling carbon indulgences to the audience. Oy.

[Art-P.O.G.]

If the songs are as good as "Sweeney Todd", color me excited. The concept behind this album seems fitting for prog rock. On another note, I must be the only person here who likes Al Gore. Overshadowed by Bill Clinton, losing an election to Dubya. Poor guy.

Full disclosure: It should be noted that Al Gore seemed downright personable in "An Inconvenient Truth", but then memories were still fresh of John Kerry on the campaign trail.

[Art-P.O.G.]

*album should read "opera".

[Brandybuck]

I don't know. Why do Italian tanks have rear view mirrors?

[Guy Montag]

By the time this opera hits the stage it may well resemble The Aristrocrats. Not the Penn Gilette movie, the joke.

I wonder if human sacrefice will be includes in the theory behind countering AGW by then . . .

[Stephen Macklin]

Do these people have any idea how much carbon will be generated by this monstrosity?

The limo's on opening night alone will increase global temperatures by 3 degrees.

[Episiarch]

Off topic, but did anyone know that Mickey Kaus links fucking LoneWacko and uses him as a seemingly ReliableSource?

The ImmigrationNuts must be contagious or something.

[Bramblyspam]

I don't know. Why do Italian tanks have rear view mirrors?

Why do ergonomic keyboards have rear view mirrors?

[SugarFree]

I must be the only person here who likes Al Gore.

Have you met joe? I would imagine not. If Gore ate a Chinese baby on live TV, joe would be making excuses before the blood had dried on his chin. His man-crush is embarrassing.

[brotherben]

Starring that documentarian/thespian

Michael Moore

(thunderous applause)

[Lamar]

2011? We'll all be dead by then!

[Episiarch]

joe's real man-crush is on Obama, not Gore. Get your man-crushes straight, NutraSweet.

See how I defend you, joe? Where's the appreciation?

[TallDave]

At the end, they flood the opera house.

[Hugh Akston]

I'm just glad that someone is finally bringing environmental concerns to the wealthy, elitist culture-snobs of the world.

[Naga Sadow]

If the opera opens in January I think I will already know what the reviews will say.

Best opera of the year! Plus a free copy of "An Inconvenient Truth".

[Andy Craig]

How the hell do you make an opera out of a slide show?

[Naga Sadow]

Andy Craig,

Simple. You raise Paveratti from the dead and make him perform.

[Andy Craig]

I saw "Phantom of the Opera" once. That's my sum total of operatic knowledge, so a Paveratti joke goes straight over my head.

[Bramblyspam]

How the hell do you make an opera out of a slide show?

Why should that be so hard? They already made a music video out of a newspaper column.

[joe]

I imagine that the documentary about what George Bush spent that time doing, set to opera music, would be reminiscent of a Moliere comedy.

[BakedPenguin]

joe - Maybe if it was about Cheney (The Misanthrope). It was Dostoyevsky who wrote The Idiot.

[Douglas Fletcher]

"He said it would be staged in 2011."

That's being a bit optimistic, isn't it? Didn't Prince Charles (the English Al Gore?) say we've only got 18 months left?

By the way, was it ever proven that joe and jennifer are the same person?

[Art-P.O.G.]

I don't know about Prince Charles, but I worry about Ted Turner.

[joe]

By the way, was it ever proven that joe and jennifer are the same person?

It has been proven that we are not. People have met Jennifer.

[brotherben]

but have people met joe???

[Episiarch]

but have people met joe???

Yes, here is a picture of him.

[joe]

Not even close!

I used to look like Daniel Day Lewis in "In the Name of the Father."

Now I look like Jeb Bush at a 2AM hurricane announcement.

How the hell did THAT happen?

[Episiarch]

How the hell did THAT happen?

Nighttrain is a mean wine.

[brotherben]

Epi, I prefer Annie Green Springs wine myself.
peach creek, plum hollow, and cherry orchard.

seventeen dollars a case

[Episiarch]

How about a case of Colt 45?

[brotherben]

I'm more of a PBR man. or Schlitz. But thanks

[SugarFree]

Billy Dee can't never be wrong!

[joe]

The dirtiest look I ever got was when I bought one of each flavor of MD 20/20 at the Greenbelt co-op.

Shit, lady, YOU sell the stuff!

[brotherben]

While we are on the subject of top shelf hootch, I would feel like a real snob if I didn't mention Champale, which i believe would be the drink of note if Sex in the City was a show about men.

[Art-P.O.G.]

The dirtiest look I ever got was when I bought one of each flavor of MD 20/20 at the Greenbelt co-op.

Wait a minute...I thought Mad Dog 20/20 was involved in 85% of violent crime 😉

[R C Dean]

The dirtiest look I ever got was when I bought one of each flavor of MD 20/20 at the Greenbelt co-op.

That sounds like the beginning of a really good story of debauchery and debasement, joe. Don't leave us hanging!

[ChrisO]

Make sure to bring your beer to the opera in a can, in case they use a coloratura soprano.

[joe]

Sorry, RC, I don't remember much about the next few hours.