English composer Peter Maxwell Davies to write opera about Parliament scandal
Leave it to Peter Maxwell Davies, great British composer, to find operatic inspiration in the financial scandal rocking Parliament -- all those MPs filing bogus expense claims, including the famous moat-cleaning one. Davies is putting his outrage about the mess into a comic opera, because "these people are a public disgrace and deserve to be publicly disgraced on stage. The bankers are also in for a rough ride in the work, too." Can't wait.
Now, what American composer will step up with a comic opera about Gov. Sanford?
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Come, come -- you know the _best_ comic-opera material would surely come from either George Dubya hisself (John Coolidge Adams has his "Atomic" drama, now he needs to do a "Nu-cu-lar" comedy!) or the late, great farce which was the McCain/Palin presidential campaign -- the libretto can even go up to the Letterman fiasco, a perfect example of why Sarah Palin as vice president (of anything) would be an utter disaster (good luck, Alaska -- she'd have Kim Jong raining warheads upon you in _no_ time!). Now, which singers can we blackmail -- I mean, encourage -- to take the two lead roles... ;^)
Posted by: Doug Halfen | June 26, 2009 1:48 AM