The Stoned Guest
Studio album by P. D. Q. Bach
Released	1970
Label	Vanguard
P. D. Q. Bach chronology
Report from Hoople: P. D. Q. Bach on the Air (1967) The Stoned Guest (1970) The Wurst of P. D. Q. Bach (1971)

The Stoned Guest is "the premiere recording of the Half-Act Opera by P. D. Q. Bach", the pseudonym used by Peter Schickele for parodic works. It was released on Vanguard Records in 1970. The title is a play on Dargomyzhsky's opera The Stone Guest. The record is a pseudo-radio broadcast hosted by "Milton Host" (parodying Metropolitan Opera commentator Milton Cross) including an appearance by "Paul Henry Lung" (a play on Paul Henry Lang) as a contestant on the intermission game "Opera Whiz" hosted by Schickele.

Performers

• Entire fiasco under the supervision of Professor Peter Schickele
• The Orchestra of the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople Heavy Opera Company under the direction of John Nelson
• Marlene Kleinman, mezzanine soprano (Donna Ribalda, a high-born lady of the lowlands)
• Lorna Haywood, off-coloratura (Carmen Ghia, a woman of ailing repute)
• John Ferrante, bargain counter tenor (Don Octave, an itinerant nobleman)
• Bernice, houndentenor (Dog)
• Will Jordan as Milton Host
• Bill Macy as Paul Henry Lung
• Amateur Musica Antiqua of Hoople

Track listing

• Introduction
• Half-Act Opera: The Stoned Guest, S. 86 proof, Part One
  • Overture
  • Aria: "Let's face it — I'm lost"
  • Recitative: "Boy!"
  • Aria: "Now is the season"
  • Recitative: "Gesundheit!"
  • Duet: "Woe"
  • Recitative: "Hark!"
  • Aria: "Look at me"
  • Recitative: "That's the end"
  • Trio: "I'm sure I'd be"
• Intermission Feature: Opera Whiz
• Plot Synopsis
• Half-Act Opera: The Stoned Guest, S. 86 proof, Completion
  • Recitative: "I hate to interrupt"
  • Quartet: "Don Octave"
  • Finale: "O saviour"
• Announcement
• Two Madrigals from The Triumphs of Thusnelda, S. 1601
  • "The Queen to me a royal pain doth give"
  • "My bonnie lass she smelleth"

Sources

P.D.Q. Bach: The Stoned Guest

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