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[opera-shitpost]

Le Comte d'Oberthal in Act III, Scene 2 of Le prophète trying to infiltrate the Anabaptist camp in the worst disguise of all time:

Jonas and Zacharie (two of the leading Anabaptists) after initially not recognizing him despite one of them formerly working for him and then proceeding to swear him into the movement with no vetting whatsoever AND reveal their plans to invade Oberthal's home city and kill Oberthal's father and eventually him too and then only recognizing Oberthal when he *checks notes* takes his hat off:

(oh, and the disguise in question, as seen in the Toulouse 2017 staging:)

Oberthal is on the left.

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