The opera took place on an actual boat: the Lightship Ambrose in the South Street Seaport.
As you can imagine, oaths are sworn, curses are flung with avidity, and a mysterious shepherd sings a tune of foreboding from a distant mountain gorge just when you’d expect it.
In any narrative, the unmentioned—the unmentionable—will always be more alarming than that which is carefully described.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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