This series of posts continues to be popular. So brace yourselves. Here comes another round of Stupid Reviewer Comments, all culled from Amazon customer reviews.
If it ain’t Baroque...
- Let's just face it...those of us enthralled by Italian composrs of the Romantic era...just cannot enjoy this kind of music at all, no how no way. If you do, then fine. …but if you think you don't liek Baroque music...stick with that...you don't, and you never will.
- If you don't like Baroque music, this is not the opera for you…
- If we can have original Baroque instruments, why can't we have castrati?
Well, duh! It’s opera...
The opera is silly, makes no sense.
Insulting to Italians...
The production is horrible. Very italian!!!
Insulting to choruses...
Where the
hell did they find this tenor? … He has no skills, no power, no breath and the
high notes come out horrible. … This guy does not deserve any role but perhaps
to be a chorus singer.
Wait…what?
It is the only recording currently
available of this opera which is complete… (I'm not sure it's absolutely
complete...)
Get this box set…or don’t:
It's a good price for a boat load of music. But if you don't
like Mozart, you're not gonna have a good time.
OK, now tell us how you really feel:
The staging is meaningless, worthless, uninteresting and an
ludicrous bore, bore, the idea a leach; an offense to nature and a disrespect
for talent and wonder.
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