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Fedorais an opera about decor.
But a downmarket feeling creeps in as bits of one acts mansion get recycled for the next.
Yonchevas voice grazed the guardrails now and then.
Yoncheva isnt that kind of singer.
Letters get lost, then show up just in time to ruin everything.
Political extremism lurks at the margins of the story, where the red herrings are kept.
And through it all, Umberto Giordanos score keeps churning mightily, trying to make the whole plot soar.
It does kick up one two-minute gem of salon seduction, Loriss Amor ti vieta.
Dont take my word for it.
Im not going to pretend that this is a neglected masterpiece, McVicar recently remarked to theTimes.
But it is an extremely effective piece of music theater.
Id say thats a pretty soft sell.
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