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1970 studio album by P. D. Q. Bach

The Stoned Guest

Studio album by P. D. Q. Bach

Released

1970

Label

Vanguard

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

v t e P. D. Q. Bach
Albums	An Evening with P. D. Q. Bach (1965) An Hysteric Return (1966) Report from Hoople: P. D. Q. Bach on the Air (1967) The Stoned Guest (1970) The Wurst of P. D. Q. Bach (1971) The Intimate P. D. Q. Bach (1974) Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach (1977) Black Forest Bluegrass (1979) Liebeslieder Polkas (1980) Music You Can't Get Out of Your Head (1982) A Little Nightmare Music (1983) 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults (1989) Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities (1990) WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio (1991) Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion (1992) Two Pianos Are Better Than One (1994) The Short-Tempered Clavier and other dysfunctional works for keyboard (1995) The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection (1996) The Ill-Conceived P. D. Q. Bach Anthology (1998) The Jekyll and Hyde Tour (2007)
Compositions	The Abduction of Figaro Concerto for Horn and Hardart Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion Oedipus Tex Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle and Balloons The Stoned Guest
Videos/DVDs	The Abduction of Figaro (1984) P. D. Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem! (2006)
Books	The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach, 1807–1742? (1976, by Peter Schickele)

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