Thought that I'd post this reply for those as are interested. If you can suffer actors singing for a couple of hours you should give the film a look. (How _do_ they make those brassy noises....ouch!!)
Kevin. -------------------------- Baz is well known in Opera circles here in Australia. He produced the most successful production of Les Bohemes a few years back (you may have seen it on video, with Cheryl Barker and David Hobson), and has also done an extremely successful Midsummer Night Dream. I think his style is very well suited to opera. Indeed, it appears mild in operas, though a little over the top in film.
He is used, often, by the Australian Opera, and always successfullly.
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