Night at the opera

[geolinguist]

Monday night was a night of pretention with one of the least pretentious people I know, sionainn, she of the bubbly laugh and shining eyes. Thanks to her fiancee, she had two tickets to the opera.

The show was Romeo et Juliette. I will say this now--for the first time I think ever I'm grateful for the two months of hell I went through in Romeo and

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and the Marx Brothers turned <i>Il Trovatore</i> into a comedy

[chefxh]

I was a dresser and makeup artist for the Arizona Opera a decade ago. I knew little about opera, other than generally didn't much care for it. It was amusing to learn about it backstage for four seasons. I love parts of it and loathe much of it. I will never be an opera queen, though I certainly met one or two.

Re: and the Marx Brothers turned <i>Il Trovatore</i> into a comedy

[geolinguist]

So, what haven't you done?

Re: and the Marx Brothers turned <i>Il Trovatore</i> into a comedy

[chefxh]

Oh, lots!

[sionainn]

I bubble? I shine?

I'm a bubble bath! No, a hot tub but with less chlorine!

Thanks for going with me... I really enjoyed your company. :-)

[kornopolous]

A; Sionnainn, you do shine and are bubbly.

B: an opera with male skin exposed much as possible?? i suspect the chorus master had a hand in that....