TRACKLIST: 【ACT I】 - - Act I, Scene 1: 13:51 Aria: Found a Peanut/I Must Be Going (Al Donfonso, Susanna Susannadanna, Pecadillo, Chorus) 16:26 Chorus: Call Donfonso! Call Him Back! (Chorus) 18:22 Recitative: A Recommended Treatment (Donfonso, Chorus) 20:05 Aria: I Must Be Going (Reprise) [Donfonso, Chorus] 28:58 Recitative: My Dear Husband/Your Back Hurts? (Susanna) 22:00 Aria: Stay With Me (Susanna, Chorus) 26:20 Recitative: There's a Lady (Pecadillo, Susanna) 26:51 Aria: Perfidy, Thy Name is Donald/My Curse Upon Him (Donna Donna) 31:26 Recitative: I Am Distraught (Donna, Pecadillo, Susanna, Blondie) 32:30 Quartet: Love's Irony (Susanna, Donna, Pecadillo, Blondie) - - Act I, Scene 2: 34:57 Recitative: Here We Are/How 'Bout an Aria? (Donald Giovanni, Schlepporello, Susanna, Blondie) 36:36 Aria: Behold a Maiden/My Dog Has Fleas (Pecadillo) 40:46 Recitative: Just a Moment, My Good Fellow/A Poor, Wayfaring Stranger (Donald, Pecadillo, Susanna) 42:17 Duet: The Lofty Tree/You Mean to Say I'm Old (Donald, Susanna) - - Act I, Scene 3: 46:11 Recitative: And Here's My Husband/Here Comes the Doctor (Susanna, Donald, Donna, Donfonso) 47:52 Recitative: Hold It! (Captain Kadd) 48:13 Aria: My Name is Captain Kadd/I Sailed for Years (Kadd) 53:20 Recitative: Just a Moment/Where Am I? (Donfonso, Kadd) 55:50 Sextet: What a Downer/Leave Me Be (Donna, Blondie, Donald, Pecadillo, Donfonso, Susanna) - - Act I, Scene 4: 57:36 Recitative: Schlepporello!/What Do I Hear! (Donald, Donna) 58:31 Aria: No Man Would Flee/There Are Women (Donald) - - Act I, Scene 5: 1:04:28 Recitative: What a Strange Turn of Events (Donfonso) 1:05:36 Quintet: Though We Part, I'll Be True (Donfonso, Donald, Donna, Pecadillo, Blondie, Chorus) 1:09:25 Act I Finale: What Do I See/Their Ship is Sinking! (Donfonso, Donna, Blondie, Chorus) 【ACT II】 - - Act II, Scene 1: 1:12:43 Duet: God Be Praised, We're Safe At Last! (Donald, Pecadillo) - - Act II, Scene 2: 1:15:07 Aria: Not I/Infidels! This is the Palace of the Pasha! (Opec) 1:19:35 March: Make Way for the Pasha! (Opec, Chorus) 1:21:10 Ballet: Dance of the Seven Pails (Orchestral) 1:24:25 Recitative: I Found These Three Foreigners! (Opec, Pasha Shaboom) 1:26:14 None, But the Pasha/Make Way for the Pasha! (Reprise) [Donald, Pecadillo, Opec, Chorus] 1:27:41 Quartet: May I Introduce You? (Donald, Pecadillo, Donna, Blondie) 1:28:46 Dialogue/Reprise: I Cannot Forget Her!/Well, H-hello There! (Donald, Pecadillo) - - Act II, Scene 3: 1:30:22 Dialogue: Why Are Men Such Monsters? (Donna, Blondie) 1:31:23 Recitative: No! It Cannot Be! (Donna, Blondie) 1:31:56 Aria: Macho, Macho Man (Blondie) 1:38:21 Dialogue: I'll Never Forget Her! (Pecadillo, Donald) 1:38:52 Aria: I Will Feel No Pain (Pecadillo) 1:40:47 Duet: Donna Donna/Donald, Donald (Donald, Donna) 1:43:41 Recitative: No! You've Done It Before! (Donna) 1:45:25 Dialogue: Okay, We're Skipping Ahead (Peter Schickele) 1:45:40 Act II Finale: The Time Has Come/To the Land of Coconuts (Donald, Pecadillo, Opec) 【ACT III】 - - Act III, Scene 1: 1:47:37 To the Land of Coconuts (Reprise) [Donald, Pecadillo, Opec] - - Act III, Scene 2: 1:48:32 Ballet: Dance of the Forest Fairies I & II (Orchestral) 1:51:32 Dance of the Fairy Prince and Princess (Orchestral) 1:53:06 Dance of the Forest Fairies III (Orchestral) - - Act III, Scene 3: 1:54:59 Trio: A Magic Forest? (Donald, Pecadillo, Opec) 1:57:25 Dialogue: I Wonder Where We Are? (Donald, Pecadillo, Schlepporello) 1:57:58 Aria/Duet: I Am a Swineherd/Suwee! (Papageno, Mamageno) 2:00:50 Dialogue: I Don't Mind Telling You/We've Been Living in These Parts (Donald, Papageno, Mamageno) 2:02:09 Recitative: Ahoy!/And So We Meet Again (Kadd, Donald, Papageno) 2:04:12 Recitative: And How About the Family? (Mamageno, Papageno, Kadd) 2:05:06 Recitative: There's the Rock! And There's the Tree! (Kadd, Donna, Blondie) 2:06:53 Act III Finale: I'm a Very Wealthy Man (Kadd, Donald, Pecadillo, Donna, Blondie, Opec, Chorus) 2:09:08 (Missing Props Scene) [Cast, Schickele, theater management] 2:12:21 Jack Walsh performs Donald's cut aria 2:15:57 Act III Finale: I'm a Very Wealthy Man (Kadd, Donald, Pecadillo, Donna, Blondie, Opec, Chorus) 2:16:58 Character Epilogues (Spoken by Schickele)/Grand Finale

@theexcaliburone5933

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you I love you

@pdqbachfan

2 жыл бұрын

And don’t forget about the omitted duet in the first act: m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/opmHsZR_fcydZKg.html

@sidleyparkhermit6391

Жыл бұрын

At last, at LAST, I can show people "I'm so mad that I'm not even going to sing my aria" instead of just having an inside joke with myself forever

I had the amazing opportunity to perform the role of Donna Donna a while back. It was the most fun I've ever had in my operatic singing career!

Rest in peace, great scholar of the preposterous and curator of so many improbable discoveries. Listening to you has given me years of enjoyment.

R.I.P. Peter Schickele.

Wow, Schickele manages to sustain his parody style in an evening length work. Not to everyone’s taste but really well done. The production itself even parodies the public television format. I really like Schickele. His non-parody style works are wonderful as well. Thanks to Im Walde for posting.

A masterpiece; The Paris Opera house should stage this gem of humor!

@robertperez2262

4 жыл бұрын

And have another riot thanks to music? I’m down!

@johannpetersen3637

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertperez2262 kkkkkkkk

I, more-or-less, dragged four friends from university in SW Minnesota on a windy minus 20-degree night to see PDQ bach to see this. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Sitting far back in the balcony, it was hard to catch all the intractions. Didn't know until now about recording. So its great fun to see this up close.

The cast is doing this just right--not winking at the audience, but playing it absolutely straight.

I saw Schickele in concert a long time ago, at a college in downstate Illinois; including a performance of PDQ's opera "Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice"... The man's been hilarious for ages!

@pzachary2655

4 жыл бұрын

Saw him many years ago with the Colorado Symphony, where the group performed "The Stoned Guest" (a parody of "Don Giovanni"). At the beginning of the concert (which I'm sure was a regular bit), everyone's in place -- orchestra, chorus, soloists -- and the stage manager comes out to announce that Schickele hasn't yet made his appearance. Suddenly, from the back of the auditorium, he comes running down the main aisle yelling, "Here I am," leaps up onto the podium, and immediately starts to conduct. It was hilarious.

@debs4mysweetbaby

3 жыл бұрын

lucky you! :)

@joyceoneal3380

3 жыл бұрын

I saw him years ago in Princeton NJ. Still haven't gotten over it. He's an acquired taste; loved Oedipus Tex.

@drostropod9794

6 ай бұрын

It's Alice Uberdeutschland!

Schickele is a GENIUS!

@debs4mysweetbaby

3 жыл бұрын

truly he is!

At 22:00 -- Susanna, she has such a beautiful voice, I love this aria! even with the laughs and all, it is beautiful music due to her handling of her voice. ❤

Europeans say this is the HIGH POINT of American Opera!!

@somebodys7404

4 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't be such a horrible work to be held as a high point

@EyeShotFirst

4 жыл бұрын

I think it's great, and I would be willing to bet that it would get a laugh from Mozart.

@slendergirlvictoria

3 жыл бұрын

I swear if that’s true than this is a reverse UNO card on Pop Art from the 60’s XD

@debs4mysweetbaby

3 жыл бұрын

@@EyeShotFirst absolutely!

@phonotical

3 жыл бұрын

nonono, we say you have to be high to watch American opera 😂

Don't scroll away.... This is brilliant. even if you don't have much music knowledge just appreciate the artists performing with a straight face.

@JohnResciniti

5 ай бұрын

Right?!? I don't know how they did it! Such talent as well!

My dad got me the DVD of this glorious monstrosity for my 21st birthday... Bear in mind, he introduced ME to P.D.Q. Bach, but about halfway through the overture he said "Jesus, he really does create the most singularly obnoxious music I've ever heard!" but he was chuckling through the whole opera... It's totally bonkers, but it's played dead-straight, which makes it 1,000 times funnier

this is so fantastic! it just gets better the more times you watch it and catch all the musical references to mozart's five operas! sooo funny and so ingenious! a crowning achievement for peter schickele! :)

Thank you so, so much for posting this!

I thought the most famous Bach was Bert, a contemporary descendant of Johann, especially when Peter picked up a pebble on his way to meet Bert so he could give Bert Bach a rock, but, what do *I* know?

@davidbloss9134

2 жыл бұрын

@@musik350 His quote is straight from Schickele himself, so you've just exposed yourself as a pompous know nothing.

Thank you for this.I had a copy 25 years ago but loaned it and never received it back again.So happy to watch it.It's fun to listen for the musical quotes and jokes. Thanks again.

@LaserGryph

3 жыл бұрын

Just so you know, it's available on DVD at vaimusic.com.

@blairribeca5858

3 жыл бұрын

@@LaserGryph Thank you,LaserGryph.

@weirdbeard2244

2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite eBay finds was the actual rehearsal score (all the spoken and sung parts, with a piano arrangement of the orchestral parts) with an extra duet [Saddness! Woe!] that even the score said could be cut. (It’s a bit redundant in coming after the funnier What A Bummer). The full score is also on issuu in the Theodore Presser page, but I don’t think it proper to tell you to view the page source for jpegs.

@blairribeca5858

2 жыл бұрын

@@weirdbeard2244 Thank you for the information.P.S.The folks I loaned my bootlegged copy to were the founders of Opera Atelier in Toronto.They loved it but so far have not performed it.

Managed to see him in concert at least four times beginning around 1977 and the shows were never less than wonderfully entertaining. It's great to have a good quality record of this - and it must have been a kick for the opera professionals to have the opportunity to perform it. For a totally different Schickele experience, check out his soundtrack for the movie "Silent Running" on KZread.

I loved every second of this.

PDQ Bach is the Stateunidensian equivalent of Johan Sebastian Mastropiero, the famous composer whose masterworks performed the argentinian musicians of Les Luthiers.

I've had this DVD for years and regularly watch it. It is as funny and clever as the first time.

I collected all the albums and had never heard of this. My evening, no month, is made

Peter exposed the pretensions of classical snobs

10/10 best opera

47:32 "With this ring I thee wed, or with this pistol I thee dead" 🤣 My favorite line!

it kills me every time donald giovanni calls schlepporello... lol

Hilarious! This is the first opportunity I've had to see this!!

At 12’20’’ « OPEC - Servant to the Pasha » I am dead LoL 😂

Thank you.

MY FAVORITE!

RIP, Peter Schickele.

For those who are not aware of this, Schickele is the perfect follower of Gerard Hoffnung (1925-1959) who created in London at the Royal Festival Hall the famous Hoffnung festivals delirious concerts with the participation of famous artists of that time. You can find two great works by his accomplice Joseph Horowitz (1926-2022 - he passed away last February)" Let's Fake an opera or the Tales of Hoffnung" and "A Choral Extravaganza, or the wedding of Dracula' daughter to Frankenstein's son" performed at the same auditorium in 1961 as a hommage to Gerard Hoffnung. Both can be listened (there was no tv camera at that time capable of giving an acceptable recording) here on youtube: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fmGal9ugid2yZ7g.html (unfortunately I cant find the libretto I have somewhere!) kzread.info/dash/bejne/qpOqsZKmncmqp7w.html here libretto online.

@christophedevos3760

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, Joseph Horovitz wrote simular things.

I MUST recommend this to more people haha.

There are probably other influences that I'm not catching because I'm not as well versed in classical and baroque music, but did anyone else pick up on the fact that the Dance of the Forest Fairies is a variation on the first movement of PDQ's "Octoot"?

The narrator... In a satire piece! I've heard that voice for 40 years on various Minneapolis classical and baroque presentations. He's as well recognized as Dr. Karl Haas! Good Lord!

@weirdbeard2244

2 ай бұрын

William Pierce was also a staple of WGBH Boston. He can also be heard, 10 years prior, when they did the Concerto for Piano Vs Orchestra.

Today is the 40th anniversary of the recorded performances.

Funniest thing ever and a good plot

I don't understand opera but Bravissimo! Bravissmo!

@slendergirlvictoria

5 жыл бұрын

Kurt Thornbladh this is making fun of opera so of course it doesn’t make sense lol

PDQ Bach is about the only opera I can actually sit through. Mozart operas, I pretty much just enjoy the overtures and then move on.

This is so good! But I am disappointed that Goldie and Donna Donna didn't get together at the end of Act II.

This isn't the same calibre as the other PDQ Bach operas that have never been performed.

@Kawdek

3 жыл бұрын

Which one are you thinking of? I only know about the Magic Bassoon, which is of far lesser excellence to be honest.

@weirdbeard2244

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kawdek I suspect that one was probably part of The Intimate PDQ Bach, which used to have the *other* “two people play all the roles” operas, Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice. Besides being short enough to fit into a concert with two or three other pieces, The Intimate PDQ Bach was a three or four man show that could visit colleges and other places that didn’t have an orchestra.

Was this the only production of this opera? Were there any other performances recorded? I'd love to see this live someday!! Also, is it possible to get the sheet music online? Where can I get it?

R.I.P.

1:10 was that... a sparknotes?

@debs4mysweetbaby

3 жыл бұрын

yes!! haha :)

@weirdbeard2244

2 жыл бұрын

The one on top was CliffsNotes, which is and older study guide created by *Clif*ton Hillegas in 1958.

Are there any non-live recordings of this opera available? I’d love a cast recording, but haven’t had any luck

"...chit chat, chit chat, chit chat, CHIIIIIIIIIIIIT chit chit chit chit CHAT!!" 😂🤣😂 That cracks me up like crazy🤪😆🤣🤣

Hilarious!

What's the source of the I think Beethoven quotation at 1:44:25?

@tilenzlatnar4854

4 жыл бұрын

Beethoven 3rd symphony, 1st movement

@andrewpfeiffer6218

4 жыл бұрын

@@tilenzlatnar4854 Thank you

@weirdbeard2244

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewpfeiffer6218 It’s also the section of the third symphony that “attacks” Professor Schickele in the third album after he’s insulted Beethoven once too often.

1:44:21... Rite of spring?

@MartinBellemare

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@debs4mysweetbaby

3 жыл бұрын

no, it's from the first movement of beethoven's 3rd symphony, the "eroica"...

@debs4mysweetbaby

3 жыл бұрын

@@MartinBellemare no, it's from beethoven's 3rd symphony, the "eroica"...

@minerscale

3 жыл бұрын

@@debs4mysweetbaby the melody perhaps. But the orchestral stab thing at the timezone I wrote in is definitely the last movement of the rite of spring.

@vitoralvesdemellolopes

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!!! Its the Rite of Spring finale

schlepporello!! lol

Am I the only one mystified by the ending?

@debs4mysweetbaby

3 жыл бұрын

it's a comedy... that's all... it's supposed to be absurd!

@weirdbeard2244

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a parody of Dragnet and several “where are they now” endings. Animal House comes to mind, but I also remember seeing a western comedy, where the narrator finishes up with himself. Also, Figaro’s ending, which you either get or you don’t, is a reference to the French newspaper Le Figaro, whose motto is a line from the original Marriage of Figaro play: Without the right to criticize, there is no true praise. The opera got rid of much of the political barbs.

@andrewbuhman1066

2 жыл бұрын

@@weirdbeard2244 Thank you!

Subtitles please!!!

Does anyone who says the things like "Worked as a hatcheck girl"?

Wait, why is this in English?

@AdmiralSnackbar-iw5mg

5 жыл бұрын

:P

@ryano.5149

4 жыл бұрын

Clearly the original Germ...Ital....Fre...? was lost to time. Maybe Prof. Schickele might uncover an earlier manuscript at some point? lol

@LaserGryph

3 жыл бұрын

P.D.Q. Bach spoke fluent American. He was known as the American Bach, after all.

@karrobex

3 жыл бұрын

@@LaserGryph Since he was from Vile am Rhein, he clearly picked it up around Basel... (There are lots of big companies with international staff there)

@BaccarWozat

2 жыл бұрын

Obviously it was translated from the original English back into English