For some reason ,opera seems to attract silly, ill-informed remarks by people who ought to know better (symphonies and sonatas seem mercifully free from this). I felt it a wasted opportunity when Radio Times invited two guests to give their opposing views on opera (for and against) . Actor David Threlfall's remarks made it clear he was referring to Lieder rather than opera , while Katie Derham talked about Handel's Saul, which is not an opera but a oratorio.
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