tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post4538464996866172091..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: Betty and the Real WorldBetty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-71484851181618508792010-03-20T11:37:47.443-07:002010-03-20T11:37:47.443-07:00Oh, well, inconsistencies in opera -- where do I s...Oh, well, inconsistencies in opera -- where do I start? There's the one where the tenor sings to the soprano, in effect, "We must leave here without arousing suspicion, so be very very quiet," at the top of his lungs. There are those stories of Tosca where she leaps over the wall and bounces so vigorously on the mattress that the audience can see her again, like she's on a trampoline.<br /><br />But then you see Anthony Minghella's staging of Madama Butterfly, and it's so emotionally riveting that I could cry now, just remembering how I sobbed when we saw it at Covent Garden (or the English National Opera...) four years ago.<br /><br />Tuberculosis was such a scourge 100 years ago that it was the HIV of its day. That at least explains why Mimi and Violetta (among others) succumb to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com