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Title: Not just for children
Review: About an hour into this opera, I asked myself, "Where in the operas of the past three quarters of a century (since Puccini) has there been music of such overwhelming beauty?" Well, there are some passages in "Rosenkavalier" and "Peter Grimes"--but where else? This is not to knock modern opera, for many such works succeed as great dramas, but for sheer melodic invention "The Little Prince" belongs with the best of them. Don't buy it for your kids--buy it for yourself. In fact, my one reservation is that the story could be a bit too complicated for most children. I'll ask my grandchildren when they get a bit older. But between now and then I'm sure I will watch it many times. (If anyone reading this has watched it with children, please post their impressions here).
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