Some responses to our Twitter trawl for pescatarian operas:
Salom(on)e
Tur&bot
Porgy and Bass
The Frying Dutchman
Twilight of the Cods
Madama Batterfry
Figaroe
Attilapia
The Eelixir of Love
The Exterminating Angelfish
Lucia di Lampreymoor
A Midsummer Night’s Bream
Toscarp
Tunadot
Loup-lu
Der Rheingoldfish
The Hake’s Progress
The Mackrelopoulos Affair
Tiddler on the Roof
Any more?
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