comic opera

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In this showstopper from Rossini’s elegant comic opera “Le Comte Ory,” Oropesa’s classy singing sneaks subtle flecks of color into fiendish runs taken at the speed of light.

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They could go from being a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it novelty to something that New York desperately lacks: a standing, smashing comic opera company.

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That’s evident not only in his comic operas, such as “Lucrezia,” but also in the wild transitions embedded within his instrumental works.

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He decided to set “Tenor Overboard” in the 1940s and to cram it with what he called “the great tropes of comic opera.”

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Chou brings receipts, in the form of endnotes, that include, for instance, a 2014 Seattle Times article detailing a production of the comic opera “The Mikado” starring 40 white actors in yellowface.

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