At the MET Mozart's Opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Music lovers who are tepid about taking in the opera, you are likely not alone.  I suggest testing the waters with an opera by Mozart?  The MET's production of Mozart's Die Entfuhrung (which 1st premiered in Vienna 1782) was conducted by James Levine.  This 3 act production had 3 basic sets featuring the facade & courtyards of a Turkish palace.  Dissimilar from most operas, a running dialogue was frequently utilized.  The plot begins with Turkish pirates returning with their plunder including Spanish prisoners for the pasha.  A Spanish lady & her betrothed are taken prison along with their servants.  The pasha offers the lovely lady to his palace overseer whom she resoundly rebuffs.  Yadah, yadah after all four sing of their undying love for one another, they attempt a buffonish escape and are apprehended by the guards. Buzz kill alert-Ths pasha pardons them, allowing them to set sail for home having conceded to true love.  Okay, the story isn't the story.  It's the music, by Mozart that has endured for more than 3 centuries because true genius prevails.  And, if some of the singing gets in the way of the melodious music, there are some arias that astound with miraculous caliber.  My arias were sung by   the female servant, soprano Kathleen Kim (b. S. Korean.)   If opera is an acquired taste for some, the artform will thrive for centuries to come.