I saw the Met's production of War And Peace by Sergei Prokofiev tonight. The show started at 7:30 and ended at 11:45, so it was a marathon befitting the 1500-page epic by Tolstoy. The opera was certainly an epic production, with 13 scenes, over 60 solo singing parts, and huge numbers of choristers and actors on stage throughout (not to mention a few live animals).
