Word: operaã
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However, an emphasis on accessibility, does not require a compromise on quality. The production has an abundantly talented cast and orchestra, who manage to take those features inherent to the opera??€”particularly its comic appeal—and make them shine more brightly than they usually...
...Pain simply use these places as backdrops from which the story is told rather than integrating them into the show itself. A stronger connection between the lives and the six characters portrayed here and the negligence of the Harvard community might have reinforced the proposed goal of the opera??€™s adaptation. In this way, a large gap develops between the high ambitions of the opera and its occasionally lackluster physical execution...
...awash in pastels, and the singers wore brightly colored costumes (sky blue and gold for Sarastro and his priests, green and red for Tamino). Even the moments of melodrama weren’t allowed to take themselves seriously. The dangerous monster that nearly kills the protagonist during the opera??€™s opening scene was more Puff the Magic Dragon than fire-spitting beast as it hopped humorously about on two legs...