| rdfs:comment | - In the first act, Andronicus, head of the "Coalition of the West," fights the monsters of Bludtharst Heterodyne to a standstill and is "hailed as 'the Storm King' in the unforgettable Hammerhead Chorus!" "After the famous comic interlude" with a shoe-stealing maid named Capezia and the coalition recieving "the blessings of the five good emperors," Andronicus witnesses Euphrosynia Heterodyne being menaced by the "mad sorceror-prince, Ogglespoon," and falls in love with her. The act closes with the spirit of Europa prophesying that only when The Storm King and Heterodyne princess are wed will there be peace.
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| abstract | - In the first act, Andronicus, head of the "Coalition of the West," fights the monsters of Bludtharst Heterodyne to a standstill and is "hailed as 'the Storm King' in the unforgettable Hammerhead Chorus!" "After the famous comic interlude" with a shoe-stealing maid named Capezia and the coalition recieving "the blessings of the five good emperors," Andronicus witnesses Euphrosynia Heterodyne being menaced by the "mad sorceror-prince, Ogglespoon," and falls in love with her. The act closes with the spirit of Europa prophesying that only when The Storm King and Heterodyne princess are wed will there be peace. The second act features the Storm King's legendary Muses, a "bawdy" Jägerchorus, and the "intricately choreographed Rescue Dance," where Andronicus attempts to take Euphrosynia away from Ogglespoon, as well as the "Lover's Duet," apparently inspired by the sound of the mating call of the Irish Elk. Ogglespoon recaptures Euphrosynia, however, and traps Andronicus in a "bonsai hedge maze". The act closes with Andronicus vowing to search for Euphrosynia forever. Apparently the third and final act shows how Andronicus' vow led to the destruction of the Knights of Jove and brought his reign to a tragic end. The Vienna Mechanikopera recently performed a revival of the opera featuring the original choreography of the Rescue Dance ("all seventeen soup waiters, three ladder teams, and the original rollerskating giraffe," which was "recently discovered in a barn in Essen") and a cast that looked suspiciously like Tarvek (Andronicus) Agatha (Euphrosynia) and Gil (Ogglespoon). Whether the similarities of the legendary characters to their modern-day counterparts is significant to the plot remains to be seen. The conveniently-timed revival and felicitous discovery of the original giraffe also raise a few questions that might need answering.
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