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Title: Apparently this is no joke
Review: A bizarre warped conceit of a production. Weber would be too stunned to roll over in his grave. I love this opera and here the singing is fine, as is the orchestral playing, and the sound. The costumes are tolerable as well. But was that an elevator going up in the middle of the overture, a character mooning the audience, and the cover of a men's fitness magazine being waved around seemingly to symbolize amorous attraction? Infantile stuff just too clever for its own silly good. Did I hear boos at the end for the director? Deserved every one of them. And more.
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