Casting Call

From: Scott Haney <n0gud_at_arrl.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 21:46:04 -0500


> From: Andrew Larsen <aelarsen_at_facstaff.wisc.edu>
> Subject: Glorantha the Opera
>
> Definitely Opera. Glorantha has all the elements of a tragic
> opera. I
> can see it now. Our lovers (the tenor and the soprano)

Dennis Deyoung and Madonna.

> Sartar, led by a villainous baritone,

Can't think of anyone....

> who takes the soprano prisoner,
> intending to send her off to the harem of the lecherous Red Emperor.

Puff Daddy. Harem played by Jennifer Lopez.

> The
> tenor strives mightily to rescue her, only to finally see her consumed by
> the foul Crimson Bat.

Gotta be Meat Loaf.

> A heroic combat between the tenor and the baritone
> ensues, in which the tenor signs the rousing aria "Oh Perfidious
> Moon!", at
> the climax of which he strikes down the baritone, but is driven mad by the
> powers of the wicked alto Moon Priestess.

Natalie Merchant.

I think I'd have to go with David Lee Roth as Orlanth (bloody annoying, but people like him anyway, seems to fit) and Cyndi Lauper as Vinga.

Baron von Moosehsunchen


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