Wow. Um. Thanks for seeing it and writing this up, because I thought reading your writeup was worthwhile and interesting (if depressing), and it sounds like I wouldn't have thought that about seeing the opera.

I do actually really love Bach's St. Matthew Passion (I have a Thing for Bach oratorio), but poking around reading about it vs. Klinghoffer, it sounds like they took exactly the wrong things from it, ugh. (I mean... I could see how it might be really interesting and thoughtful... but sounds like this wasn't it... and UNISON CHORUSES WHAT?! Knowing it's based on a Bach Passion makes that even MORE nonsensical!)