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When the opera ends, he seems unlikely to succeed or even survive.
The mood of the news jibes with the operas somberness.
Its a tough story undergirded by death and spangled with glorious music.
David McVicars new production amps up the gloom.
It also contains genuine characters and relationships.
Verdi allows us to hear all the kings layers of self-doubt and the yearslong petrification of the heart.
