Opera

The only difference between Opera and madness is (according to Salzella) better scenery. The plot doesn't make any sense and relies entirely on people not recognizing their servants and husbands, mostly because the plot is just there to fill in time until the next song.

Opera is expensive. It doesn't make money--you put money in, and you get Opera out. And ballet shoes are very expensive. Very few things are more expensive than ballet shoes; violins just happen to be one of them. If you think there is passion onstage, you should see backstage. Everybody hates everybody and half the crew won't speak to each other.

Whistling on stage, live flowers, wearing new makeup on opening night and yellow are Bad Luck, but more horrific than these is stopping a performance: THE SHOW MUST GO ON!!!!!

Operas are performed mainly at the Opera House in Ankh-Morpork, in Bugarup, in Genua and Brindisi as well as in various Dwarfish and Trollish venues.

Roundworld Versions

Most operas resemble Roundworld operas.

Operas

Discworld opera	Roundworld opera	Roundworld composer
Die Meistersinger von Scrote	Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg	Wagner
The Ring of the Nibelungingung	The Ring of the Nibelung	Wagner
Lohenshaak	Lohengrin	Wagner
Chicken lake	Swan lake	Tchaikovsky
The Barber of Pseudopolis	The Barber of Seville	Rossini
La Triviata	La Traviata	Verdi
Il Truccatore	Il Trovatore	Verdi
The Enchanted Piccolo	The Magic Flute	Mozart
Cosi fan Hita	Cosi fan Tutte	Mozart
Miserable Les	Les Miserables	Hugo/Schönberg
Guys and Trolls	Guys and Dolls	Loesser
Hubwards Side Story	West Side Story	Bernstein/Sondheim
The Student Horse	The Student Prince	Sigmund Romberg
Seven Dwarfs for Seven Other Dwarfs	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Kasha/Hirschhorn
Bloodaxe and Ironhammer	Inconclusive, see separate article	-
Walter Plinge's unfinished	The Phantom of the Opera	Leroux/Lloyd-Webber

Annotations

Ring

Salzella sells The Ring of the Nibel..... a bit short when he calls it "Three days of gods screaming at each other". The Roundworld counterpart has four days of gods screaming at each other, for a running time of 15 to 17 hours depending on the pacing of the conductor.

Meistersinger

The German city of Nürnberg has a rich history in culture and science, particularly astronomy and grand historic architecture, the city of Scrote less so. Nürnberg boasts the Nürnberg Castle, the Hospital of the Holy Spirit and several notewothy cathedrals. Scrote merely boasts.

Several Nazi rallies were held in Nürnberg. Scrote has at least something to be proud of.

Lohenshaak

May be a take on the opera Lohengrin, but going downmarket by many notches, it also calls to mind the B-52's dance-floor filling stomper Love Shack.