The choral singing thrills, and, in the pit, Antonello Manacorda (replacing Robin Ticciati, who is recovering from back surgery) proves to be an excellent Berliozian, getting classy playing from the London Philharmonic, on wonderful form.
They provided a reminder that pre-war string band music was played not just by white country artists but also by African-American musicians, and their revivalism involved both classy playing on fiddle, banjo and guitar, and a no-nonsense, stomping approach worthy of the early skiffle bands.
Croatia deserved to win for their classier play and the narrow margin is down only to the spurning of chances as they reached for sharpness during this Group D opener.
However, this classy stage play won him the Samuel Beckett award (though Beckett was more of a cricket fan).
It's not classy to play the victim, blame all your problems on someone else, or to say, "I would have been able to do thing X if only Y hadn't... ...... Stop whining or making excuses and understand that life is what you make of it and that you have the power to be as classy as you want and to have a life as good as you want it to be.
Paolo Fanale and Susanna Hurrell are drop-dead gorgeous as Rinuccio and Lauretta, while Elena Zilio, Marie McLaughlin and David Kempster stand out in the classy ensemble playing the appalling Donatis.
The Academy Award for best direction has usually been content to play classy second fiddle to the acting categories.
Yet Giroud's finishing nightmare against Monaco in February furthered the argument that he is a commendable but unreliable striker at the highest level and for all his classy link-up play, Arsenal looked more fluid when Theo Walcott was used in a central role when they beat Aston Villa 4-0 in the FA Cup final in May.
That proved to be costly as Ospreys produced a classy passage of play to score the opening try five minutes before the break.
