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From around the world: Santa Fe.(North America--five operas reviewed: La Belle Helene, Kata, Cosi Fan Tutte, Intermezzo, Madame Mao)(Opera Review)
It was probably unintentional, but the operas at the Santa Fe Festival last summer shared the same theme--infidelity, and not just casual infidelity but infidelity as the central occasion and the cause of the action's catastrophe. Infidelity is, of course, an inexhaustible topic, and the five operas in this year's repertoire (seen July 29-Aug. 2) revealed a fascinating variety of facets, from the grinding tragedy of Kata Kabanova to the inspired lunacy of La Belle Helene.
La Belle Helene was not merely a smash hit but a mega-hit. Offenbach's operetta addresses the Ur-infidelity, Helen of Troy's seduction by Paris, which started the Trojan War, though Offenbach ...
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