i was listening to some of the music from this mozart opera recently and decided it was brilliant (which i am sure will be music to mozart's ears).

then i started reading the story, and was reminded just improbable and at the same time flimsy, opera plots can be.

in a nutshell, i think, the womaniser tries to seduce everyone he meets, kills the father of one of his targets, the father comes back as a stone statue to warn him of the error of his ways, then poor old don (i call him don, no-one else is allowed to) is consumed by fire and the goodies who were fed up with him sing a song to say good riddance and life is quite good now really.

but it takes three hours, some fantastic music and stage sets, to tell this story.

and i love it!

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