Title: Absurd trouser role for Horne
Product review: I am beginning to think that opera should be heard and not seen. It is bad enough that trouser roles still exist in the 21st century but to cast a 56 year old stubby fat woman played by Horne as the young male lover is painful to watch. I do not care how beautiful her voice is...and to make matters worse she is the long lost son of her love interest...come on she is old enough to be the mother of her love interest. The MET did the same with Price in Verdi's Forces of Destiny. It is extremely annoying. I see no reason why these young male roles cannot be sung by young attractive tenors. Only in opera is everyone oblivious to the absurd in miscasting it seems. Along this line I refuse to watch a 60 year old Sutherland as a daughter of the regiment.
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