Let me get this straight:

An imaginatively-staged, well-performed presentation of a
not-as-often-as-it-should-be performed opera.

The audience loved it.

This is, somehow, a Bad Thing.

Am I missing something?

"Bruce Alan Wilson" <[log in to unmask]>

[The music?  How dare someone care about that!  Of course, the music
 should never be allowed to interfere with the special effects.  -Dave]