Monty Python and Bel Canto

[chickenfeet2003]

Inspired by Mr. Persse McGarrigle's celebrated work on the influence of TS Eliot on Shakespeare(1), I am thinking about a similarly scholarly effort documenting the influence of Monty Python on Rossini, Bellini and Verdi. This is partly brought about by the rather striking resemblance of Edita Gruberova, as Norma, to Terry Jones as Brian's mum and

Comments

[shezan]

You never expect the Spanish Inquisition!

[gillo]

Non sia il Messia - egli e' un ragazzo molto cattivo!

Yes, the influence of Python on Handel can also be traced.

Happy New Year!

[glitterboy1]

Though with the orchestral introduction that precedes him, that's one Spanish Inquisition that you *do* expect....

someone writes "Romanes eunt domus" on the druidic temple

Hee! [Roma] morrà pei vizi suoi - and its subjects' bad grammar.