But pressing questions remains: Why? Who is this Figaro for?
If it didn’t all work, it wouldn’t work at all.
The seventeenth-century works of Francisco Cavalli may be easier for modern audiences to accept.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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