“There is a water sprite (called a merman by the Juilliard), a witch and other flora and fauna of Czech folklore.”
La Cieca though you might be amused, or at least bemused, by a few published reactions to LoftOpera.
An opera revolving around chastity vows, adultery, slut-shaming, lesbianism, transvestism and much more!
Lincoln Center hosted two milestones this week.
“Rumors were that an ‘Occupy’-something group would disrupt Wednesday night’s US premiere of Kommilitonen! But the Juilliard Opera performance went off without offstage fireworks, and proved to be a well-crafted and moving meditation on student activism.” [New York Post] (Photo: Nan Melville)
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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