The Stoned Guest
Studio album by
P. D. Q. Bach
Released1970
LabelVanguard
P. D. Q. Bach chronology
Report
from Hoople:
P. D. Q. Bach
on the Air
(1967)		 The Stoned Guest
(1970)		 The Wurst of
P. D. Q. Bach
(1971)

The Stoned Guest is "the premiere recording of the Half-Act Opera by P. D. Q. Bach", the pseudonym used by Peter Schickele for parodic works. It was released on Vanguard Records in 1970. The title is a play on Dargomyzhsky's opera The Stone Guest. The record is a pseudo-radio broadcast hosted by "Milton Host" (parodying Metropolitan Opera commentator Milton Cross) including an appearance by "Paul Henry Lung" (a play on Paul Henry Lang) as a contestant on the intermission game "Opera Whiz" hosted by Schickele.

Performers

  • Entire fiasco under the supervision of Professor Peter Schickele
  • The Orchestra of the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople Heavy Opera Company under the direction of John Nelson
  • Marlene Kleinman, mezzanine soprano (Donna Ribalda, a high-born lady of the lowlands)
  • Lorna Haywood, off-coloratura (Carmen Ghia, a woman of ailing repute)
  • John Ferrante, bargain counter tenor (Don Octave, an itinerant nobleman)
  • Bernice, houndentenor (Dog)
  • Will Jordan as Milton Host
  • Bill Macy as Paul Henry Lung
  • Amateur Musica Antiqua of Hoople

Track listing

  • Introduction
  • Half-Act Opera: The Stoned Guest, S. 86 proof, Part One
    • Overture
    • Aria: "Let's face it — I'm lost"
    • Recitative: "Boy!"
    • Aria: "Now is the season"
    • Recitative: "Gesundheit!"
    • Duet: "Woe"
    • Recitative: "Hark!"
    • Aria: "Look at me"
    • Recitative: "That's the end"
    • Trio: "I'm sure I'd be"
  • Intermission Feature: Opera Whiz
  • Plot Synopsis
  • Half-Act Opera: The Stoned Guest, S. 86 proof, Completion
    • Recitative: "I hate to interrupt"
    • Quartet: "Don Octave"
    • Finale: "O saviour"
  • Announcement
  • Two Madrigals from The Triumphs of Thusnelda, S. 1601
    • "The Queen to me a royal pain doth give"
    • "My bonnie lass she smelleth"

Sources

P.D.Q. Bach: The Stoned Guest



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