That's very fair! I think sometimes those characters work for people and sometimes they don't. I know I've had ones that other people thought were fascinating that I didn't, though I can't remember a good example offhand.

I think the songs with lots of people singing really have to be sung well -- there were bits of the Royal Albert performance where it just sounded like total cacophony, which I don't think is how it's supposed to be... But I spent way too much time as a kid going through with the libretto and going through all the different voice parts, lol!