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And, frankly, when you think of Rihanna's latest video, Lady Gaga's ditto or, for that matter, the ENO's Lucrezia Borgia smutfest, featuring videos by Mike Figgis, the man they call opera's Uncle Perv, it was a great disappointment, porn-wise.

Teenagers won't be shocked by a naked man on the stage | Catherine Bennett 2011

Not that this upper West Side soprano who's been called opera's golden girl has been keeping track.

NYDN Rss Joe Dziemianowicz 2011

That seems fitting, since the opera's genesis was a comic strip in a Brno newspaper, based on drawings by the Czech artist and forester Stanislav Lolek.

The Vixen Diaries Stuart Isacoff 2011

But both the physical and musical direction missed some of the opera's subtleties.

The Beauty of the Beasts Heidi Waleson 2011

Golaud—the prince who finds the mysterious Mélisande weeping in the forest, marries her and brings her back home—was aggressive and jealous from the beginning, unbalancing the opera's delicate love triangle.

Glum Season for St. Louis Heidi Walesom 2011

Theirs is really the opera's central relationship, bound up in an affection that grows before our eyes.

Donna Perlmutter: Postino and Figaro: Underclass Heroes Who Usher in L.A. Opera's 25th Season Donna Perlmutter 2010

The performance felt rather muscular and heavy, a contradiction to the wild, feminine energy of the opera's title character.

The Beauty of the Beasts Heidi Waleson 2011

Theirs is really the opera's central relationship, bound up in an affection that grows before our eyes.

Donna Perlmutter: Postino and Figaro: Underclass Heroes Who Usher in L.A. Opera's 25th Season Donna Perlmutter 2010

And since this summer marks Wolf Trap's 40th year, fourteen of its star alumni from the company's four decades will return next week August 24 to sing a benefit concert of "opera's greatest hits," honoring Wolf Trap's role in their success.

Susan Dormady Eisenberg: As Wolf Trap Opera Marks 40th Year, 14 Star Alumni to Return for Benefit Concert Susan Dormady Eisenberg 2011

Theirs is really the opera's central relationship, bound up in an affection that grows before our eyes.

Donna Perlmutter: Postino and Figaro: Underclass Heroes Who Usher in L.A. Opera's 25th Season Donna Perlmutter 2010