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Eventually, it will move on to Beijing, but not soon enough.
The productions grimness is a particular shame because it dampened the excitement of hearing a spectacular opening-night cast.
I can only think that Rattle was trying not to let the music outshine the demoralizing business onstage.
There is little respite from the steel-and-bilge-water decor once we make landfall in Cornwall.
It can: Whenever I shut my eyes and let the music lap around me, I was happy.
Tristan und Isoldeis at the Metropolitan Opera through October 27.
