Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: garish mess of a lovely work

If you've never seen/heard this work, please don't let this be your first experience. The opera is a lovely ghost story, a mystery set in the magical mists of Bruges, fragile romance offset by the passionate lyricism of Korngold's music. It is totally lost in this garish. grotesque production, more grand guignoll than ethereal. The artistry of the excellent singers is often harshened by the full-out volume of the sound engineering. Buy any other production!