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What is the name of the stop-motion animated short film presenting body counts for various operas including Wagner's Ring Cycle to explain "What Opera is All About"?

I watched this short once two decades ago; I think it was on PBS. It featured a brief stop-animation tableau of each opera with a voice-over listing various macabre statistics (deaths, suicides, beheadings, etc).

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Hi Ed,

Sorry for the delay. I'm still working on this one. I've been tapping all my resources to find the title of this film. I remember seeing this film and can't quite remember where. I'll get back to you as soon as I can with the info.

Again, sorry for the delay,

Russell
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Russell Calabrese

Expertise

Technical questions about hand drawn and computer animation techniques and production. Historical questions about cartoons and animation.

Experience

30+ years as an Animator, Director and Producer of Television, Feature, Commercial and Independent Animation.

Organizations
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Senior Governorof the Animation Peer Group) Executive Board Member of The Animation Guild ASIFA Hollywood

Education/Credentials
SVA, Rutgers University

Awards and Honors
Emmy Award winning Director 2007 "Where's Lazlo?: Camp Lazlo"
Emmy Award winning Director 1999 for "Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky and the Brain"

Past/Present Clients
Warner Brothers, Disney, Cartoon Network

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