Nano-opera: More on Flute and Butterfly

Dad commented: Great opera review. I had never thought of Lady of the Night as Cruella DeVille. Now I’ll never be able to think of her as other than Cruella. I’m not sure I would make the comparison normally, but in this production it was hard not to. Take a look at the “Inside The […]

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Nano-opera: Magic Flute and Madame Butterfly

Magic Flute Another opera nano-synopsis, this time for Magic Flute, in particular San Francisco Opera’s 2007 production, which seems to take place on a Batman set and features characters and costumes from a bunch of other movies: Big chested ladies with scary bras headed by Cruella de Ville from 101 Dalmatians, aka the Queen of […]

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Nano-opera: Rosenkavalier

Just your basic girl meets girl, girl falls in love with girl, girl edges out guy, girl meets new girl, girl falls in love with girl, girl edges out guy, girl dumps girl, girl marries girl opera. With great music. For four hours.

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