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Who could have predicted that the masters of the opera genre would grasp the plot of the ‘Legend of a Briton’ so soon?! As we of course know the dramatic value of the opera is not only reflected in the libretto, but in the music, too. Those who worked on the opera had to face an incredible challenge of reflecting with the imagery the platitude, the longitude and the depth of his soul’s influence on the souls of the world. Opera is ‘a drama expressed in music’; it is not some silly little play with shrieks and kicks. Thus the story of Blockhead’s one-sided love suits it in the best way possible.

Several of the world’s theatres are rehearsing the performance simultaneously, but with different libretti, written by various composers. Some groups are preparing performances in classical Italian style; others are developing versions of the opera buffa of the particularly astute comic nature. Many prominent opera singers fought for the right to sing the protagonist’s part. The most famous and the most brilliant singers (such as Nikolay Vaskov) competed with others perhaps less popular but also talented (such as José Domingo and Placido Carreras among others).