Opera Fanatic Gifts

Wolfgang Mozart

Richard Wagner's other Ring Cycle.

'Scottish Arts Council? I'm looking for sponsorship to help me sit through a performance of Gotterdammerung.'

Luciano Pavarotti.

Brunhilde and her ring of fire

"He wields his culture like a blunt instrument."

Barber of Seville

Demure lady with gloves

'Fine stencilling. But have you never thought - Tit Willow, Tit Willow, Tit Willow?'

Tut and Carmen.

Felix Mendelssohn

Women's Bonnets Block the Audience View

Papageno from The Magic Flute

Pirate

Red Letter Days - A declaration of love in public

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

Daughters on the beach

Modern Major General

Scarpia from Tosca

Mikado

'She sounds like your mother when you told her that you were going to marry me.'

Little Buttercup HMS Pinafore

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

Wotan with eye patch

"Bravo!"

"Toi Toi Toi!"

Senta jumps into the sea

Mikado

Deflator mouse

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

Silly wig.

Reginald Bunthorne

Falstaff

Cafe Momus from La Boheme

Mendelssohn Finds His Inspiration