“Opera Reviews § Madama Butterfly”, Gwern2019-02-02 (literary criticism, opera, personal; similar)⁠:

A compilation of opera reviews since 2019.

One of the most popular operas, relies heavily on beautiful visuals and interesting gimmicks like puppeteers, at the cost of establishing plausible psychology for either protagonist or justifying the tragedy. Beautifully staged, this is true “poster art”.

• Carmen
• Akhnaten
• Porgy and Bess
• The Ring Cycle
  • Die Walküre
  • Rheingold/Siegfried/Götterdämmerung
• Agrippina
• Manon
• Madama Butterfly
• Turandot
• Dialogues Des Carmélites
• The Magic Flute
• Wozzeck

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