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Title: Too much
Review: A typical Zefirelli-like production of a great opera. I wonder why such an amazing opera is always so much overdone in terms of stage production. Those pretentious sceneries with a lot of ornaments, gold, giant figures and "special effects" are completely unnecessary. As in most productions of Turandot and Madame Butterfly in this one it seems to be a complete ignorance about eastern cultures. Puccini's music is also a mock of chinese music, but it is great and, by itself conveys all the magic and action of this opera. Last but no less, a cast of mediocre singers lead by tenor Franco Farina and soprano Luana DeVol (horrible by the way: too fat,too ugly and terrible singer) makes this production of the Teatro Liceu of Barcelona a very poor production in spite of the shovels of money invested in it.
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