One will either love it or hate it. It's an interesting idea, well done visually with great costumes; it looks terrific and certainly aspires; however — the abstract score was pretty awful, especially when sung in English, both not the most lyrical of vehicles for an opera. A Spanish libretto might have helped, at least a little; in English it simply bordered on a Loony Tunes parody of opera. The score would make a great stand alone concert piece, though. Still, there aren't two memorable notes or melodies in the entire thing, an odd sort of accomplishment. I kept wishing it to be an operetta instead, and all that kept running in mind at intermission was Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life.
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