This was a tentative, awkward piece of work, a cultural tragedy staged as comic opera.

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The songs are delivered lustily, although audiences may not be ready for what is, in effect, a murky comic opera.

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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.

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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.

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Where does our comic opera, "Deflator Mouse, " end?

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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.

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All this is more than comic opera.

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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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