The Magic Glute

June 27, 2020 12:11 PM

People on Twitter are ruining great operas by changing one letter
posted by JimInLoganSquare (83 comments total)

Tossa?
posted by Paul Slade at 12:18 PM on June 27, 2020

The Marrage of Figaro
posted by SansPoint at 12:24 PM on June 27, 2020

oedipus sex?
posted by saturday_morning at 12:25 PM on June 27, 2020 [3 favorites]

Einstein on the Bench
posted by GenjiandProust at 12:28 PM on June 27, 2020 [16 favorites]

I like “Pilates of Penzance.” It could go one of two ways, depending on pronunciation.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 12:28 PM on June 27, 2020 [10 favorites]

Boris Goodenough.
posted by Fizz at 12:29 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

Catmen
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 12:31 PM on June 27, 2020 [8 favorites]

Nikon in China
posted by the man of twists and turns at 12:32 PM on June 27, 2020 [5 favorites]

The Whinegold
posted by GenjiandProust at 12:34 PM on June 27, 2020 [3 favorites]

I did not understand the challenge and changed an entire word, lol.
posted by Fizz at 12:35 PM on June 27, 2020 [2 favorites]

The Valkylie
posted by Lanark at 12:36 PM on June 27, 2020

Le comte Orgy
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 12:43 PM on June 27, 2020 [2 favorites]

Barmen?
posted by Fuchsoid at 12:46 PM on June 27, 2020 [4 favorites]

Can I cheat and ADD one letter, because we then get Dildo and Aeneas.
posted by Fizz at 12:49 PM on June 27, 2020 [15 favorites]

Piddler on the Roof
posted by RobinofFrocksley at 12:50 PM on June 27, 2020 [18 favorites]

OK so I don't know operas but I can look up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_important_operas

Peter Crimes

The Tedium

The Fieri Angel
posted by the antecedent of that pronoun at 12:55 PM on June 27, 2020 [2 favorites]

The Barter of Seville
posted by SansPoint at 12:55 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

The Snot Maiden
posted by pipeski at 1:00 PM on June 27, 2020 [9 favorites]

Norman
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 1:01 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

The Barfer of Seville
posted by parrishioner at 1:01 PM on June 27, 2020 [21 favorites]

The Faily-Queen
posted by skye.dancer at 1:02 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

I got so excited by my cleverness I did not read the word opera.

I think The Manic Flute is a pretty ruinous name.
posted by RobinofFrocksley at 1:03 PM on June 27, 2020 [6 favorites]

Fozzeck (wokka wokka wokka!)
posted by moonmilk at 1:07 PM on June 27, 2020 [4 favorites]

^ Don't forget Pigoletto!
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 1:09 PM on June 27, 2020 [2 favorites]

Tummy
posted by flabdablet at 1:09 PM on June 27, 2020 [2 favorites]

Nair
posted by flabdablet at 1:10 PM on June 27, 2020 [3 favorites]

Lucia di Lammermoog
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 1:12 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

Godsmell
posted by ricochet biscuit at 1:13 PM on June 27, 2020 [14 favorites]

Cuts
posted by flabdablet at 1:14 PM on June 27, 2020

Dong Giovanni
posted by Ahmad Khani at 1:18 PM on June 27, 2020 [7 favorites]

Aids
posted by mefireader at 1:20 PM on June 27, 2020 [5 favorites]

Pötterdämmerung
posted by stevis23 at 1:24 PM on June 27, 2020 [6 favorites]

The Turd of the Screw
posted by darkstar at 1:32 PM on June 27, 2020 [3 favorites]

Noses Off
posted by klausman at 1:38 PM on June 27, 2020

Madame Butterflu
posted by fileeditview at 1:39 PM on June 27, 2020 [3 favorites]

That delicious looking video with the Carmina Burrata tweet!
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 1:39 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

Death in Venire

Nixon in Chino
posted by Death and Gravity at 1:43 PM on June 27, 2020 [5 favorites]

Candida.
posted by sexyrobot at 1:45 PM on June 27, 2020 [11 favorites]

Cosi fan Butte.
posted by sexyrobot at 1:50 PM on June 27, 2020 [2 favorites]

Ojello
posted by sexyrobot at 1:52 PM on June 27, 2020 [4 favorites]

The Tails of Hoffman.
posted by Oyéah at 1:54 PM on June 27, 2020

The Peggar's Opera
posted by grimjeer at 1:55 PM on June 27, 2020 [4 favorites]

Le Kid
posted by grimjeer at 1:55 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

Gianni Scricchi
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 1:58 PM on June 27, 2020

Toe Barber of Seville
posted by sillyman at 1:59 PM on June 27, 2020 [17 favorites]

The Pose
posted by grimjeer at 2:00 PM on June 27, 2020

Withering Heights
posted by grimjeer at 2:02 PM on June 27, 2020

The Gartered Bride
posted by Oyéah at 2:05 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Ears
posted by mbrubeck at 2:15 PM on June 27, 2020 [5 favorites]

Peter Gripes
posted by sillyman at 2:16 PM on June 27, 2020

Repo! The Generic Opera
posted by mbrubeck at 2:18 PM on June 27, 2020 [2 favorites]

Pie Valkyrie
posted by stevis23 at 2:25 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

Mer-vampyr

Dim Fledermaus

Catmen
posted by mbrubeck at 2:27 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

If you’ll permit me one change and a deletion...

The MAGA Flute

I disgust myself.
posted by Special Agent Dale Cooper at 2:28 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

nice try, future-bugs-bunny-cartoon-scriptwriters, nice try.
posted by lalochezia at 2:42 PM on June 27, 2020 [4 favorites]

Lulz
posted by sillyman at 2:42 PM on June 27, 2020 [2 favorites]

Dido and Apneas

_{it takes your breath away}
posted by sillyman at 2:52 PM on June 27, 2020 [9 favorites]

The Sales of Hoffmann
posted by tzikeh at 2:57 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

La Damn Blanche
posted by sydnius at 3:10 PM on June 27, 2020

Bully Budd.

Peter and the Golf (I know it's not an opera, sue me)

Madame Butterly
posted by mark k at 3:13 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

Admirably broad understanding of the concept of opera here.

Deter Grimes.
posted by Grangousier at 3:18 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

Ron Giovanni

La clemenza di Toto

Thats
posted by dannyboybell at 3:30 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

The Fake's Progress

Trial by Fury

The Grand Puke

The Tedium

The Blood

Tasca

The Slow Maiden
posted by dancing_angel at 3:33 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

Le Nozzle di Figaro?
posted by mochapickle at 3:42 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

Der Hosenkavalier
posted by chrisulonic at 3:52 PM on June 27, 2020 [9 favorites]

Weinstein on the Beach
posted by 1970s Antihero at 3:57 PM on June 27, 2020 [3 favorites]

Dildo and Aeneas.

(This one is tough to cast for.)
posted by delfin at 4:06 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

Codspell
Jesus Crisp Superstar
posted by sciencegeek at 4:11 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

Moby-Duck
posted by mermayd at 4:11 PM on June 27, 2020

Doctor Atopic

"the bomb is so stressful it's giving me a rash"
posted by batter_my_heart at 4:12 PM on June 27, 2020

Dent
posted by basalganglia at 4:32 PM on June 27, 2020

The Borrows of Young Werther
posted by basalganglia at 4:34 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

Les pêcheurs de pères
Irlando furioso
Salope
posted by notquitemaryann at 4:51 PM on June 27, 2020 [5 favorites]

Orgy and Mess
posted by chavenet at 4:55 PM on June 27, 2020 [4 favorites]

Amahl and the Tight Visitors

Norm!

The Grand Nuke
posted by amtho at 4:57 PM on June 27, 2020 [5 favorites]

Alda

Just imagine it.
posted by jquinby at 5:20 PM on June 27, 2020 [12 favorites]

Twitter recommends "O hello" which works well if Tommy Wiseau can sing tenor.
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 5:34 PM on June 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

Mommy
posted by hototogisu at 7:02 PM on June 27, 2020 [4 favorites]

I like “Pilates of Penzance.” It could go one of two ways, depending on pronunciation.

I see what you did there.
posted by alasdair at 11:51 PM on June 27, 2020

Rats.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 5:58 AM on June 28, 2020 [2 favorites]

Porgy and Bees

...which is in TFA do not post before coffee
posted by Vervain at 6:39 AM on June 28, 2020 [6 favorites]

Hamiltoe
posted by Brachinus at 7:51 AM on June 28, 2020 [6 favorites]

The Vape of Lucretia
posted by TWinbrook8 at 9:44 AM on June 28, 2020 [4 favorites]