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Opera Asks Meme!

Thought it would be fun to create one of these, so, here we go, for those who want to participate:

Favorite opera generally

Opera people might be surprised to know you love

Opera you haven't yet seen that everyone assumes you've seen

Opera you're most looking forward to exploring in the near future

Favorite opera character

Opera character with whom you most identify

Opera character with whom your friends would most identify you

Opera character you would most like to be (situationally speaking)

Opera character you would most like to sing (does not have to be your voice part!)

Favorite opera singer

Opera you would most like to direct (including any production concepts you've been harboring and feel like sharing)

Favorite opera director

Favorite opera production

Opera premiere you'd most want to go back in time to see

Opera composer you'd most want to meet (living or dead!)

Best opera for newbies

Most under-rated opera

Opera you'd most like to tweak/rewrite (and how you would do it!)

You can provide more than one answer for each question, needless to say!

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Janie Bryant on Instagram

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RIP Nightly Met Opera Streams (16.03.2020 - 25.07.2021)

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Traviata ✅ It's gonna be a ladies' night with my mum and sister!

My BSO 25/26 Wishlist

Rigoletto with Tézier and Sierra

Faust with Tetelman

La traviata with Oropesa and Salsi

Il trovatore with Rucinski, Willis-Sørensen, and Beczała

Parsifal with Stemme and Mattei

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"Ohne Brille, keine Stimme!"

FESTSPIEL LIEDERABEND Prinzregententheater | 21.07.2024

Soloist Ludovic Tézier Pianist Maria Prinz

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FILMS in 2025: 25 | 12 Angry Men (1957) — dir. Sidney Lumet     

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Onegin and Tatyana

Mariusz Kwiecień and Anna Netrebko

Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky, Metropolitan Opera, 2013

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s Eugene “Devastating Charisma” Onegin, pt. 2

Eugene Onegin (Met 2007) also ft. Renée Fleming, Ramón Vargas, and Elena Zaremba

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It’s just that I’m used to you, that’s all.

William Powell & Myrna Loy The Thin Man (1934), directed by W.S. Van Dyke

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Montgomery Clift as Father Michael Logan I CONFESS (1953) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

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FESTSPIEL LIEDERABEND Bayerische Staatsoper | 18.07.2025

Soloist Piotr Beczała Pianist Helmut Deutsch

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VERDI: Rigoletto | Act 1: Questa o quella Metropolitan Opera, 2013

Piotr BECZAŁA as Duke of Mantua

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CARY GRANT in THE GRASS IS GREENER dir. Stanley Donen 

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CHUNGKING EXPRESS (1994) dir. by Wong Kar-Wai

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I didn't think you'd fall in love with me. I didn't either. I was only curious to know how it started. Now I know. Feelings can creep up just like that. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000) Dir. Wong Kar-Wai

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Notorious (1946), dir. Alfred Hitchcock Cary Grant as Devlin and Ingrid Bergman as Alicia Huberman

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It's only a piece of rope, Phillip, an ordinary household article. Why hide it?

ROPE (1948) dir. Alfred Hitchcook