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This opera is fun. It is fun because
a. It has the stupidest plot in all opera, against some pretty stiff competition.
b. It has divine and very very over the top music - got to love a bit of Verdi
c. The principals rock. Leonora's voice is just amazing, and the willy waving contest that is the tenor/baritone scene is a complete joy. Nice to have a tenor who really acts and really goes for it without resorting to grandstanding it - and the baritone has a voice to die for. Add in a joyously bonkers and glorious mezzo, a Russian bass with a voice that goes aaaaaaaaaaaaaall the way down to hell and Donald Maxwell camping about and singing up a storm and it's a good show.
d. The MD is fantastic, and a nice bloke too. Yay.
e. The chorus master is a babe. Rawr.
Good stuff.
a. It has the stupidest plot in all opera, against some pretty stiff competition.
b. It has divine and very very over the top music - got to love a bit of Verdi
c. The principals rock. Leonora's voice is just amazing, and the willy waving contest that is the tenor/baritone scene is a complete joy. Nice to have a tenor who really acts and really goes for it without resorting to grandstanding it - and the baritone has a voice to die for. Add in a joyously bonkers and glorious mezzo, a Russian bass with a voice that goes aaaaaaaaaaaaaall the way down to hell and Donald Maxwell camping about and singing up a storm and it's a good show.
d. The MD is fantastic, and a nice bloke too. Yay.
e. The chorus master is a babe. Rawr.
Good stuff.