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swisstone and I> are off to see Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz.
A brief (but not brief enough) plot summary follows, from which we see that traditional operatic conventions are in full swing:
BENVENUTO CELLINI: Opera in three acts, by Berlioz. Words by du Wailly and Barbier. Produced, and failed completely [that's encouraging], Grand Opéra, Paris, September 3, 1838, and London a fortnight later.
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swisstone and I> are off to see Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz.A brief (but not brief enough) plot summary follows, from which we see that traditional operatic conventions are in full swing:
- Wear even the tiniest mask and no one will recognise you
- no operatic lover ever chucks a bouquet at the wrong window
- Characters in opera are tremendously self-referential and will state the bleedin' obvious at considerable length
- any excuse for a drink (all that emotion is terribly draining)
BENVENUTO CELLINI: Opera in three acts, by Berlioz. Words by du Wailly and Barbier. Produced, and failed completely [that's encouraging], Grand Opéra, Paris, September 3, 1838, and London a fortnight later.
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