1.   But the only emotion you feel for its doomed lovers is contempt for their stupidity in teaming up with an obvious nut case.

2.   As the doomed young lovers, Hunter Foster and Jennifer Laura Thompson exude a charming earnestness, not to mention a fine sense of comic timing.

3.   He is played by baritone Carlo Guelfi, who sings strongly, as does tenor Neil Shicoff as Luigi, her doomed lover.

4.   The doomed lovers were finally reunited with divine intervention.