"Is opera rubbish"? A typically crude and provocative question from some illiterate Philistine idiot crawling around on his hands and knees in some squalid little hovel, trying to find some dregs of lager in various opened cans lying on their sides, and scratching at crumpled bits of brown paper to see if there is any semi-edible yesterday's chips or pizza.
    How he can have the effrontery to dismiss the product of many centuries work by the cream of western Europe's composers, singers and orchestras in this uneducated yobbish way. It makes me despair of human nature.
   Sorry, I've gone into a diatribe. Well, the question is "Is opera rubbish". Taking a long dispassionate look, and bearing in mind that all opinions are subjective, de gustibus non diputandum est: I have to say, yes it is.