M! The Opera

Much ado about the whole thing...

I didn't read the synopsis. I went without any clue as to what the performance was all about. I don't see what the obejctive was by placing Paula and Azean in their respective roles as those roles didn't seem to mean much.

Likes:
1) Those guys in long cloaks and short that did acrobatics and dances all the way through. They were good. Especially the guy in the pony tail.

2) Best actor -the guy who played Kerabat. (George Chan) Is he Singaporean?

3) Nice vocals overall except Paula and Doreen...Doreen was a bit shrill at times.

4) Wonderful choreography!

5) Very 'in'...

Dislikes:
1) Some scenes made me sleep.

2) The guy who played M didn't quite manage to bring out the charisma of M according to what was in the synopsis.

3) Kids under 16 should not have been allowed in the theatre. They got bored and kept fidgeting.

4) The illegitimate child part wasn't explained in the show. (i'm just kay-poh)

5) The translation on the digital board did not tally with the dialog.


All in all, good effort for Malaysian production. However, a lot of people make a mistake of comparing it to PGl-The Musical. People should understand that PGL is of a different genre.