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Review: ‘Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay’ at the Met

The Metropolitan Opera opened its season with a superficial adaptation of Michael Chabon’s novel “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.”

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“The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” with a score by Mason Bates and a libretto by Gene Scheer, tells a story about Americanness, love and pop culture during World War II.
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