We stayed for the first time early July so we had nothing to compare to but did read about the "woes" prior to our stay.
We enjoyed the pre-club shows but agree the opera, while good, didn't seem to be a good warm up for what was to come. A lot of the other live music was quite good but I think they could work a bit on merging the shows and music to the themes, especially Latin and Country, but it was a nice time to warm up and mingle.
As for the music in the club more variety is needed. No way were some of what they played "requested" EVERY night.
We actually liked the Eminem mix and a lot of the other stuff played the first two nights, but it then got old.
Come to find out, among other things discovered this trip, the wife has moves I never knew of and that combined with what she actually wore, or didn't wear, on dance floor kept me dancing for hours and coming back multiple nights and I NEVER dance at home. We were actually some of the last to leave a few nights but I will admit that may have something to do with the fact that some fine ladies got her to join them on the pole and that she kept me going by eventually not bothering to attempt to keep her dress puled down
By the way, FYI, the dance floor in spots is like standing on a mirror!
As a funny side note, we actually heard Eminem's "Shake That" which was played EVERY night while we were there at a very vanilla location here at home the other night and we both just looked at each other with what must have been the craziest look to others we were with. I was actually relieved that she wasn't wearing a skirt because she was immediately ready to let go.
I could go on and on, even with its flaws, the entertainment worked for us. Good times... Good times...