I take this to be a spoof, but here you go.
The artistic possibilities are endless! First, we need an elephantine baritone to sing the role of Al Gore and a screechy soprano to sing Hillary Clinton. Then we’ll need a truly malevolent bass to represent the evil Global Warming Deniers. I suggest Samuel Ramey, who has sung the role of Mephistopheles in Boito’s opera of that name.
As for the staging, I envision scenes with drowning polar bears, dying monarch butterflies, and wilting crops. This opera won’t be fun. It will raise awareness by frightening people. There will have to be a cartoon version for children.
Now, staging the opera itself would contribute to global warming, but that little problem could be solved by having everyone who buys a ticket also buy a carbon offset from Al Gore’s company.
