This is by no means a weaker opera than the other two; as usual, Puccini paces perfectly from genre scenes to focus on the central melodrama, rooting it all in a plausible realism with more felicitous ...

For centuries, operas have featured ballet sequences. It was very convenient for opera companies like the Paris Opera, since they had a resident ballet company. With the modern setup of opera and ...

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