I’m enjoying the Detective Comics story that’s been running since issue 1062, with Ram V writing (I’ve been a huge fan since These Savage Shores) and Rafael Albuquerque drawing. I’m just curious, since I keep hearing it called a “gothic opera”: is there a particular opera this story draws from? I don’t know a thing about opera, so I was curious if there are cues or homages going over my head here.
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To me, I’d say it’s evocative of such dramatic operas as Don Giovanni, L’Orfeo, and Mefistofele (as featured in Batman Begins). I wouldn’t be too surprised if he was building towards a Die Fledermaus homage. But most directly, I think you could tell the covers have been inspired by Phantom of the Opera.
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