Since the old lady opera first saw the light of the stage around 400 years ago, she has been happy to celebrate herself as queen of the realm of the arts. She also has – oddly enough – a penchant for self-satire. Mozart’s mischievous Acting director proves this, as does Donizetti’s slapstick Long live Mom!Strauss’s docile Whim and Bernhard Lang’s cheerful moral image I hate Mozart.
