I also prefer my opera in german or italian, opera sung in english always sounds weird like it is andrew lloyd webber trying to write opera instead of music theatre. and having worked on some big classics like the ring cycle i find it hard not to be purist about what is and isn't opera. although saying that i do find my self struggling with the operas of kurt weill about wether they or aren't opera, like seven deadly sins and threepenny opera.
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