Spitball Army

It sure is a good thing that most opera-goers already know the plot of the piece, because if one was planning on going to see this performance of Tosca to find out what happens in the story, there would be no surprise!

This is a really funny ad.  I laughed out loud when I got it in my mailbox.

Opera Birmingham could really top this marketing hilarity by having Cavaradossi rise from the spot of his death, a la Romeo and Juliet, after Tosca has jumped from the castle ramparts, and give a “4th wall” soliloquy about unknown unknowns.  “She never could have guessed that we’d be fooling her with a phony execution!”

Splat!!