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The Marriage of Figaro

"Bond James, Bond."

Screenwriters pitch movie to studio boss: 'It's a reinterpretation of Bicycle Thieves, that classic of Italian neo-realism. We're calling it, Dude, Where's My Chopper?'

"I caution everyone to avoid taking the first field reporter job that comes along."

Demure lady with gloves

'Sorry sir, we've run out of parmesan cheese.'

Champagne

Pirate

"After the show, I'll be autographing any computer or phone screens where my albums are streamed."

Shakespeare does stand-up comedy in the round.

"They've remained remarkably faithful to the text."

Owing to a clerical error, Luciano Pavarotti receives kudus instead of kudos for his performance as the Duke of Mantua.

"I remember when the death of the hero meant the end of the sequels. Now it marks the beginning of the prequels."

Red Letter Days - A declaration of love in public

Scarpia from Tosca

Mikado

Little Buttercup HMS Pinafore

Mikado

"I love it when you use your 'All Things Considered' voice."

"You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the heck else are you talking... you talking to me?"

Sir Joseph Porter, KCB, First Lord of the Admiralty HMS Pinafore

Captain Corcoran, Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore

Silly wig.

"Can you speak up: there's a bloody racket going on in the background."

Wotan with eye patch

'Notice how with truth in packaging requirements all the labels begin with ‘OMG!''

Madame Rejane- Famous French Actress in the Part of Madame Sans Gene

A man taking a bow

"I guess someone got up on the wrong side of the podium today."

Drummer

Statue turns into conductor when it snows.

Brünnhilde's Funeral Pyre

'I've got two tickets to Handel's Messiah -- What time do you get off work?'

Johannes Sebastian Bach