This was a tentative, awkward piece of work, a cultural tragedy staged as comic opera.
Coping with all these problems requires a star performance from the new president, not a comic opera.
The songs are delivered lustily, although audiences may not be ready for what is, in effect, a murky comic opera.
At last we got it officially, the entry of Russia, the Atomic Bomb and the acceptance of the Potsdam terms and the Mikado's comic opera script ending the war.
Shortly after that, the poor kid was dragged off to a performance of "Die Fledermaus" by his parents, who must have been on more comfortable terms with comic opera than with child psychology.
After all, this is the same company that enjoyed a triumph three years ago with another "site-specific" staging, performing Haydn's comic opera "Il mondo della luna (The World on the Moon)" at the Hayden Planetarium.
The version most of us know about the comic preparations for a mythical opera, also called "Ariadne auf Naxos, " followed by the sublimely sad opera itself is actually a rewrite.
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These days, with Hollywood churning out big budget movies based on comic book characters such as Iron Man, the Silver Surfer and the Incredible Hulk, a comics-based opera about a cute little fox may sound a bit tame.
Its characteristic melody (kunqiang) and its dynamic structure, with its cast of a young male lead, a female lead, comic roles, and the role of the old man, have also been borrowed by the other forms of opera.
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