SELCUK CARA = BETWEEN GENIUS AND INGENIOUS INSANITY - A FABULOUS EGOMANIAC - HE MAKES EXITING, ROUSING THEATER - THUS BEGAN A PRODUCTION THAT IMPRESSED ALL THE SENSES - HIGHLY EMOTIONAL PRODUCTION THAT DESERVES EVERY FORM OF SUPERLATIVES - I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN A FILM LIKE THIS BEFORE - THIS FILM HAD INCREDIBLE PRODUCTION VALUE - I CAN TOTALLY SEE WHY IT WON A PANAVISION AWARD - HISTORY WAS MADE WITH THIS OPERA PREMIERE - THIS PERFOMANCE IS FANTASTIC - REALLY AN EXPERIENCE - IT IS AN OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT - AND YET IMPRESSED BY THE INTENSITY WITH WHICH THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES OF THE TWO MAIN CHARACTERS ARE TRACED - ONLY LIGHT, SHADOW, FOG, SINGING AND ACTING - DEAD SILENCE IN THE OPERA HOUSE BEFORE THE ENTHUSIASTIC, PROLONGED APPLAUSE OF THE AUDIENCE BREAKS OUT LIKE A STROM - A VISUAL POEM
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