When one character in this opera admires the Drum Major of the military band, her friend Margaret says that she can "stare through seven pairs of leat
When one character in this opera admires the Drum Major of the military band, her friend Margaret says that she can "stare through seven pairs of leather breeches."  The Doctor alters the title character's diet as part of an experiment and complains when he coughs in the street "like a dog".  The moon rises "like a bloody sword" and the title character kills Marie, the mother of his child.  In the final scene, a child riding a hobby-horse learns that his mother is dead.  FTP, name this controversial opera based on a Buchner play and composed by Alban Berg.
When one character in this opera admires the Drum Major of the military band, her friend Margaret says that she can "stare through seven pairs of leather breeches."  
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