Welcome to Notes from the Grand Tier, a series of reviews of operatic performances that the author has attended at the Metropolitan Opera House.
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Don Giovanni Mozart's humorous look at overrequited love. |
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La Fille du Régiment Marie and her fun-loving soldiers bang Donizetti's drum. |
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Mahagonny Kurt Weill brings Berthold Brecht to the Met for a tale of our times. |
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Die Fledermaus Johann Strauss' homage to unadulterated silliness. |
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