Pros: funny, trenchant, wise, full of information both useful and useless Cons: while it is funny, it isn't as funny as the movie with the same title
A Night at the Opera
For those of you who want to cut to the chase: this is by far the funniest, most informative, least stuffy guide to grand opera I have found in the last two years of looking. If you are curious about opera, looking...
Pros: Very, very funny and more often than not spot-on... Cons: ...the subjective nature sometimes starts to grate rather than amuse.
Here is a book that in the context of discussing the great Berg psycho-drama, very probably one of the darkest operas ever written, Wozzeck, as such: The Drum Major is making a pass at Marie. Ain't I fine? Ain't I sexy? says he just feel me ...
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