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Title: What's with the sound mix?
Review: I'm puzzled by the other reviewers' positive comments. First, the sound was clearly recorded in studio and synched to the live performance, sometimes quite poorly. The mix is terrible, which is bizarre given the above. The acocmpaniment, especially the harpsichord, is very clear, but the singers are muddy and hard to hear. It's generally considered pretty important in opera to be able to hear the singing.Costuming is mix and match-most of the characters wear clothes in quasi-Roman tailoring, but made of silkish polyester. You'll know why when you see the title singer's admirable endowments through her translucent top. However, the one major "good guy," Otho, wears Nazi black leather; I'm really not sure what they had in mind here.Set is an opera house one that probably looks great live, but as usual appears cheesy on screen. If they were not going to record a live performance, I'm not sure why they used it.
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