I laughed and cried when I learned from this morning’s news that Al Gore’s Magnum Opus An Inconvenient Truth will be converted to an opera (!) and premiere in Milan at La Scala (!!) in 2011. Verdi? Puccini? Rossini? Amateurs! All of them, amateurs! At least when compared to AlGoro Magnifico, aka the Great Die FlaterGreenHaus.
La Scala is one of the world’s most famous opera venues, having premiered/produced zillions of great operas going back to 1778 (Madam Butterfly, Turandot, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, etc.) But it’s safe to assume when Giuseppe Verdi debuted his opera Falstaff there in 1893, he probably had no idea the work of a real-life Falstaff would be performed there 118 years later.
Shakespeare’s Falstaff attempts to pad his wallet by sending the Merry Wives of Windsor his message of true love, and so too will the Great Green Gore attempt to woo the rich Italian opera fans with his carbon-based arias (carbonaria?) in 2011. Talk about Grand Ole Opry . . . Sheesh.
So, move over Mozart, The Great AlGoro is in ‘da (opera) house. Fi, fi, figaro-o-o-o-o-o-o.
I’m still laughing and crying. But mostly crying.
