Opera Australia s Merry Widow a non-serious operetta highly worthy of support
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Opera Australia s Merry Widow a non-serious operetta highly worthy of support
By Peter McCallum
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Reviewed January 5
Karl Kraus, pointed satirist of early 20th century Austro-German affairs, is reputed to have remarked that in Berlin, things were serious but not desperate, whereas in Vienna they were desperate but not serious. In a different sense the same might be said of Opera Australia’s return to the stage this year with Lehar’s
The Merry Widow, although, in what they have so far committed to in their 2021 season, things promise to become more serious provided they don’t become more desperate.