NEW YORK (AP) ' Call it a pastiche. Or a Baroque fantasy in two acts. Or the best opera Handel and Vivaldi never wrote.

By any name, "The Enchanted Island," which had its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on New Year's Eve with an all-star cast, is irresistibly entertaining. It's a light-hearted romp with enough fizz to send a dozen Champagne corks popping.....