The Stoned Guest (album)

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"