I have no idea if somebody is familiar to those cats or not, as I used the Search and didn't find anything about it...but I'm sure somebody knows Susan Herbert's cats. She does a plenty of them, not in opera, but in ballet, paintings...just cats in Art. They are all beautiful, but I prefer those...they are very nice and very operatic!
Guess who id who. ;)
1. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_a8431975.jpg)
2. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_7fcf2b0d.jpg)
3. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_c93478e9.jpg)
4. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_b8c5e0cf.jpg)
5. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_01ae428d.jpg)
6. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_1e240d57.jpg)
7. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_3f9eff2e.jpg)
8. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_d3fb4bf8.jpg)
9. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_da9753c6.jpg)
10. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_f8fb5279.jpg)
11. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_a02c3bf9.jpg)
12. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_e5d5ed90.jpg)
13. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_b596c44b.jpg)
14. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_40d6ea7e.jpg)
15. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_08d79512.jpg)
16. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_572aba84.jpg)
17. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_0c696561.jpg)
18. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_52876982.jpg)
19. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_a9b31304.jpg)
20. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_09ed0d7e.jpg)
21. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_e97aa520.jpg)
22. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_c8809e86.jpg)
23. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_afb1fa64.jpg)
24. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_6195ecc1.jpg)
25. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_e2a55ddc.jpg)
26. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_b8494a01.jpg)
I am sorry for posting them separately, but I couldn't start a new topic having them all in one post, so I just pasted one and then continued.
Sarastro! What a joy to watch them, all of them, but with a few extra special ones, at least I picked them out: Otello - Onegin - Rheingold - last but not least: Rosenkavalier!
Thank you so very much! :-*
Quote from: Sarastro on December 22, 2007, 10:58:25 AM
15. (http://cs1055.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_08d79512.jpg)
Figaro!
I'm happy you like it ;) then let it be a little quiz from me.
Oh God, one more now! (though it's not an opera, but almost - operetta)
(http://cs36.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_cb554587.jpg)
The one your forgot, did not work, Sarastro, please try again!
Done :)
They all worked, thanks!
But I don't think that's 'Figaro, E-l-i-as-, try again!
Quote from: uffeviking on December 22, 2007, 02:05:13 PM
They all worked, thanks!
But I don't think that's 'Figaro, E-l-i-as-, try again!
Sure it is, it's the last scene. The count asking the countess for forgiveness and all the couples around. Figaro and Susana, Basilio, Marcelina and Dr. Bartolo, and hiding in the corner is Cherubino and Barbarina.
What did you have in mind?
OK, let's see who can get them all! I couldn't! :-[
Decided I should not spoil it for others.
Anne, go to the head of the class! :D
Quote from: uffeviking on December 22, 2007, 02:57:44 PM
Anne, go to the head of the class! :D
I don't know if they are all right but it was fun trying.
Quote from: Anne on December 22, 2007, 02:52:45 PM
Decided I should not spoil it for others.
Well, I saw it before you changed it and
darn, you're good. Though you might want to reconsider #8. The cat on top looks like a Moor to me. ;)
My own calico just jumped on the computer desk. I think she likes this thread. Or maybe she just wants to be fed...
Quote from: Anne on December 22, 2007, 02:52:45 PM
Decided I should not spoil it for others.
PM's are welcome!
Yes, Wendell, No. 8 I too guessed Otello.
And you, E-l-i-a-s got it right, sorry, my apology!
Anne deleted it too soon and I forgot what she had for No. 11, 15, 23, 26 and that operetta.
Anybody else? 8)
I really enjoyed these, I think I have most of them.
Madame Pussyfly
MacCat
Queen Puss of the Night, Magic Flute
Cool Cat Onegin
Reingold Little cats being abused.
Pussies behind Bars in Fidelio
Otellopus doin' a bad deed
La Travicata
This one I have trouble with....Iagopus from Otello?
Aidamog
Romeo and Juliecat
Tosca killing Scariecat
Turanstripypuss
Marriage of Figgipus
Three Ladypussies with Tameow Magic Flute
Meistermeows
Boris Purrenough
Der Rosencatilier
Erda being catnapped in Rheingold
Meow Meow's death in Boheme
Walkure, Meow 1
Faust, another cool cat...well, cool for a while.
Catmen
Puskayries in Puskaeir
Leariepus
La Belle Feline
Let me know about that Iagopus one, what is the right answer?
Cheers,
Mike
Here is a still from a new DVD of Tosca! TopCat, thanks TC.
(http://www.deccaclassics.com/music/dvd/images/0743201/1.jpg)
Miaow
Mike
Here's mine.
1 - Brunnhilde
2 - Mme Butterfly
3 - Macbeth
4 - Queen of the Night Magic Flute
5 - Eugene Onegin
6 -Das Rheingold
7 - Fidelio
8 - Don Giovanni
9 - La Traviata
10 - Otello
11 - Aida
12 - Romeo et Juliette
13 - Tosca
14 - Turandot
15 - Marriage of Figaro
16 - Magic Flute
17 - Meistersinger
18 - Boris Godunov
19 - Rosenkavalier
20 - Das Rheingold
21 - La Boheme
22 - Siegfried
23 - Faust
24 - Carmen
25 - Die Walkure
26 - Wotan or Rigoletto
Good Morning, Mike! What a humorous solution to Sarastro's puzzle! Making my snowy day sunny! :-*
Quote from: knight on December 22, 2007, 11:55:15 PM
I really enjoyed these, I think I have most of them.
Madame Pussyfly
MacCat
Queen Puss of the Night, Magic Flute
Cool Cat Onegin
Reingold Little cats being abused.
Pussies behind Bars in Fidelio
Otellopus doin' a bad deed
La Travicata
This one I have trouble with....Iagopus from Otello?
Aidamog
Romeo and Juliecat
Tosca killing Scariecat
Turanstripypuss
Marriage of Figgipus
Three Ladypussies with Tameow Magic Flute
Meistermeows
Boris Purrenough
Der Rosencatilier
Erda being catnapped in Rheingold
Meow Meow's death in Boheme
Walkure, Meow 1
Faust, another cool cat...well, cool for a while.
Catmen
Puskayries in Puskaeir
Leariepus
La Belle Feline
Let me know about that Iagopus one, what is the right answer?
Cheers,
Mike
You made me choke with laughter, and after my wife has seen this, she too......
Thanks!
My pleasure guys, though I think Anne has it right with Moggleretto, rather than my Leariepus.
Mike
Ok, number 10 was il conte di Luna. And 26 is King Lear, not very well known, but still an opera. :)
I like "La Belle Feline" ;)
And here is a present.
(http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/738/111hg9.jpg)
Well, ladies and gentlemen, some more for you! ;)
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(http://cs1216.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_c7759a13.jpg)
(http://cs1216.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_d672ddef.jpg)
(http://cs1216.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_3803d8b5.jpg)
(http://cs1216.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_44f75065.jpg)
(http://cs1216.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_08968048.jpg)
(http://cs1216.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_ff8084de.jpg)
(http://cs1216.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_f88f75c1.jpg)
(http://cs1216.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_47443be1.jpg)
(http://cs1216.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_e28a8c93.jpg)
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I think there is only one there that stumps me; they are good fun.
Mike
Quote from: knight on February 23, 2008, 11:03:39 AM
I think there is only one there that stumps me; they are good fun.
Mike
I don't know about Mike, but this one stumps me:
Quote from: Sarastro on February 23, 2008, 10:35:09 AM
(http://cs1216.vkontakte.ru/u2916389/7864541/x_c7759a13.jpg)
As for the rest (in a small font so as not to spoil anyone else's fun):
02:34:43 PM Figaro
02:34:58 PM Mewsetta in Bohème
02:35:25 PM Così fan tutte
02:35:37 PM Don Giovanni
02:35:52 PM Fledermaus
02:36:03 PM Lucia di Lammermoor
02:36:14 PM Rigoletto
02:36:25 PM Traviata
02:36:36 PM Tristan und Isolde
02:36:55 PM Turandot
02:37:04 PM Die Walküre
Cavalleria rusticana
No way! Lola was already married and Santuzza was pregnant. They don't accept them as nuns in that condition! :'(
Quote from: uffeviking on February 23, 2008, 07:56:07 PM
No way! Lola was already married and Santuzza was pregnant. They don't accept them as nuns in that condition! :'(
This is just a white dress with black corset and mantle. And a Sicilian shawl on the head, as she is in church. :)
Quote from: Sarastro on February 23, 2008, 10:35:09 AM
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La Gioconda?
Let's wait 'till the night shift comes on, maybe they will identify it. Maybe using the elimination process we can solve it.
Sarastro, sorry to disagree with you, but it definitely is not Cavalleria; the woman following the priest is getting married with bridesmaid and witnesses behind her. And the kneeling one does wear a nun's habit. If I knew La Giaconda maybe I could agree with a friend of mine who is working on this too, off GMG, and he claims to know every opera ever written!
First, sorry for disappearance of the images, there are some problems with the server, next tume I would upload them somewhere else. >:(
Quote from: uffeviking on February 23, 2008, 09:32:11 PM
the woman following the priest is getting married with bridesmaid and witnesses behind her. And the kneeling one does wear a nun's habit. If I knew La Giaconda maybe I could agree with a friend of mine who is working on this too, off GMG, and he claims to know every opera ever written!
Let us discuss then. If it is a marriage, why is the bride in light-blue, bridesmaid is in red, and they both in the same-fashion shawls? And they are following the priest... I do not know such a wedding tradition. And I don't remember any marriage in La Gioconda, but I haven't
seen it, only audio recordings, maybe I missed that in synopsis.
Quote from: uffeviking on February 23, 2008, 09:32:11 PM
Sarastro, sorry to disagree with you, but it definitely is not Cavalleria
Well, the artist who created this illustration intended to picture the Easter sacred procession scene from the opera and named the piece "Cavalleria rusticana," I have nothing to do with it!! ;D So this is not my baseless guess, but I took it from the official web-site.
Look for Susan Herbert, she did also a lot of other cats: Shakespeare's Cats, Medieval Cats, Cats from Movies, Cats in Impressionism, etc.
For instance, here:
(http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/2719/11111111111111111ag8.jpg)
Lis, I would have thought that Sarastro would be right; as he has now explained, he is using the artist's designations for the pictures.
I won't get all smart with my titles this time...here are my suggestions. It was the first one that stumped me as there seem to be few visual clues. However, here goes.
Barber of Seville. (We once had a cat called Figaro)
Boheme
Cav
Cosi
Julius Caesar, or Mozart's Tito
Fledermaus
Lucia
Rigoletto
Traviata
Tristan
Turandot
Walkure.
Mike
Quote from: Sarastro on February 23, 2008, 08:26:29 PM
This is just a white dress with black corset and mantle. And a Sicilian shawl on the head, as she is in church. :)
Well, actually she never enters the church, since she's been excommunicated. It's a procession outside the church. Now that you've told us,
Cavalleria Rusticana does seem to be a sensible answer, though with the white, it does look an awfully lot like a nun's habit. Here are some pictures from the Met's current production, with Santuzza all in black:
http://66.187.153.86/Imgs/CavPag0607.htm
Mike's list agrees with mine, except for "Julius Caesar, or Mozart's Tito", which I believe is Don Giovanni and the Commendatore's statue.
Quote from: Wendell_E on February 24, 2008, 02:58:54 AM
Mike's list agrees with mine, except for "Julius Caesar, or Mozart's Tito", which I believe is Don Giovanni and the Commendatore's statue.
Oh yes, that's a good idea. I would not have thought of that one. I was not sure it was a statue, but it may well be.
Mike
Quote from: Wendell_E on February 24, 2008, 02:58:54 AM
Well, actually she never enters the church, since she's been excommunicated. It's a procession outside the church.
You are right, she is not in the church in the meaning of "building," it seems to me that I used the wrong expression; a pernicious habit to translate some idioms from Russian, I must have said "in faith,"(?) if it fits, or maybe simply "Christian." I just tried to say that she covered her head with a shawl because it is a tradition for the religious, not a nun's habit here.
Anyway, I didn't picture it, and have no idea why Susan Herbert used black-and-white palette. :)
Quote from: uffeviking on February 23, 2008, 09:32:11 PM
Let's wait 'till the night shift comes on, maybe they will identify it. Maybe using the elimination process we can solve it.
Sarastro, sorry to disagree with you, but it definitely is not Cavalleria; the woman following the priest is getting married with bridesmaid and witnesses behind her. And the kneeling one does wear a nun's habit. If I knew La Giaconda maybe I could agree with a friend of mine who is working on this too, off GMG, and he claims to know every opera ever written!
For the record, the only reason I picked Gioconda was because of this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAueXMs29IM)...
All the cats identified and even the non-believer uffeviking has been convinced that the artist really had in mind Santuzza!
Thank you, Sarastro for posting those and also for your patience! :-*
Without looking at anyone's guesses, here are mine:
1. Brunnhilde
2. Butterfly
3. Macbeth
4. Magic Flute (queen of night)
5. Onegin
6. Rheingold (scene 3)
7. Fidelio
8. Otello
9. Traviata
10. Rigoletto
11. Aida
12. Romeo and Julicat
13. Toscat
14. Turandot
15. Nozze di Figaro
16. Magic Flute (3 ladies and Tamino)
17. Meistersinger
18. Boris
19. Rosenkatalier
20. Rheingold (Freia and giants)
21. Boheme
22. Siegfried
23. Don G. and Zerlina (but a black Leporello? - probably wrong)
24. Catmen
25. Walkuere
26. looks like King Lear and his fool, though there's no standard opera of that name
27. reply 30: ?
28. reply 48: Pagliacci
29. reply 49: ?
30. reply 50: Manon or Manon Lescaut
31. reply 51: Cavalleria maybe, but Santuzza in a nun's habit looks all wrong
32. reply 52: Cosi
33. reply 53: Don Giovanni
34. reply 54: Fledermaus
35. reply 55: Lady Macbeth
36: reply 56: Lucia
37: reply 57: Traviata party scene
38: reply 58: Tristan
39: reply 59: Lohengrin
40: reply 60: Walkuere