A Night (of Shite) at the Opera

[Justin Case]

Opera , but not perhaps as you know (or imagine it) Tonight we went to see Carmen via a live satellite link from London to our local cinema. All rousing stuff but a surprise bonus was the entrance stage right of an early, battered, W123 280E in a fetching shade of Autoshite Metallic Beige

 

http://intermezzo.typepad.com/.a/6a00d834ff890853ef017c33d6f001970b-500wi(sorry not allowed to paste direct link

 

After the interval things got even better. No less than five more W123s in assorted colours joined it, including this:

 

 

I never knew that they produced a cabriolet, but it looked a factory job?

[Shep Shepherd]

Crayford Auto Developments made a drop-top W123, which was known as the St. Tropez. The car in the production was most likely one of them:

 

 

I'm going to see Carmen at the ROH in the autumn. The production probably won't feature any cars, which is a pity.

[Alan_Green]

Director has made a schoolboy error there. He/she has taken the stage direction "a topless Mercedes enters stage left" literally. (Mercedes is the name of Carmen's sidekick and fellow floosie in the opera).

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Judging by the state of the front valance and gaffer tape repair to the wheelarch,it's more likely a hacksaw job for the production. Camera angles and cast helping to mask the lack of hood or extra doors etc.