sonofhector

Like many drip-fed Apple TV series - it's a week by week crawl along.

What started in the initial episodes as engaging and showing promise has descended into having all the hallmarks of a 'group of writers' plot line - i.e. Twisting and rambling along with little consistency.

At about 25 minutes an episode it's a con job.

So far it has swung back and forth with the mundane existence of the crew to their 'dramatic' instances - with no real plot advance - yawn.

It has quite honestly prompted keeping a wide berth from any of these drip fed series from the likes of Apple TV or whoever.

In the end series that are based on a book or book series, are usually a good start but here they miss the mark completely.

How can you do a history of Mozart and not mention Lorenzo DaPonte? Not even once.

His three most famous operas all with libretti written by DaPonte with whom Mozart had an amazing partnership - but not even mentioned!

For Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cosi - They repeatedly say that Mozart wrote the opera which is false. They are DaPonte's words, characters and stories to which Mozart set his timeless music.

DaPonte get no credit for which I am sure even Mozart would be sad about.

Also no mention that Don Giovanni was actually premiered in Prague and of his time there.

But plenty of teary-eyed swooning from the 'very important special personalities'.

So many obvious gaps and historical omissions that it does make you wonder what else might not be quite right.

The pieces chosen to highlight the operas have little coherence and the summaries lack enough to convey what they are really about.

Not really convinced that the actor chosen to play Mozart was quite right but probably an impossible task in any case.