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Title: IRRITATING BEYOND BELIEF!
Review: I was really looking forward to finally seeing this opera. I still don't feel that I have seen it. I concur fully with those who condemn the fact that we are constantly jumping back and forth from the stage to the orchestra. If the violins are required to play pizzicato, we cut to watch them pluck the strings. If a musician has a solo phrase, we watch him blow. Never does the timpanist strike a drum without the camera cutting to him. From what I can follow on stage it appears that that the production had a director who didn't trust the material and so worked in incongruous and silly bits. I still don't feel that I have seen this opera and certainly will not put myself through trying to watch this horror again. I'll stick to the CDs. You should, too.
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