Libera-etto

Announcing the future premiere (or not) of:

Libera-etto, the grand neo-postmodern tragicomic opera (that I will never write).

Jon Fast, a long suffering Kia dealer and aspiring pop singer, meets Mepho, a hard of hearing devil who wants Jon's Soul. "For your soul in 10 years time," Mepho says, "I will give you anything now."

"What's wrong with the other other Souls on the lot?" Jon asks, not sure why his 8-year-old Soul with a couple of dents in it should be so attractive to this fine gentleman. Anyway, it looks like a great deal, since he couldn't even be certain that the car will still be running in a decade. He takes up the offer.

"I want to be a pop star," Jon announces.

"A what?" Mepho asks.

"You know, a pop singer, with adoring fans."

"Ah! In exchange for your soul, you will be an opera singer!" Mepho exclaims, waving his arms.

"No, a pop ..."

"What?"

"A pop star!"

"That's right, an opera star! You will be magnificent!" (The curtain falls.)

What follows (or not) is a series of misadventures, including a walk on part (literally) as Parsifal, a love affair with Susanna and/or Rodolfo, and (of course) Jon speaks neither Italian, French, nor German. He marries Musetto, but can't understand a word.

The scenes appear in random order, and some of the action happens backwards.