| But his freshest sonic excursion, Young Widows, unleashes his most original and starkly honest opuses to date. |
| Dispensing with Metallica's usual meticulously-produced rock opuses, this is a red-raw, stripped-down, brutal, back-to-basics album. |
| A recent episode elevated this superior soap opera into deeply affecting drama. |
| The opening sinfonia for strings and trombones is remarkably like several opera overtures of the time, with square rhythms. |
| Either way, opera managers like Barron rather hope there will be a shift in the popular mindset. |
