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Well, except the Madame herself of course, her fate = not so good.

I think that was the most packed I’ve ever seen TPAC. I don’t know if it was sold out, but it was damn close. The show had to start a little late because it took so long to get everybody through the ticket takers; when I got there at 7:45 the line into the tier section was backed up down the stairway, which you discovered after fighting the orchestra level crowd just to get in the front door. Very nice to see Nashville come out so strongly to support the opera — the question of course is where the hell have you been all season? Maybe I should take credit. Eh, probably not. Anyway, we didn’t get the accidental physical comedy that treated the Thursday patrons, but it was a wonderful show all the same. Their immediate and thunderous ovation was very well deserved.

On the side, here’s the basic plot: American military man goes to another country, takes what he wants without regard for anyone or anything, leaves starvation and suffering behind, then comes back a few year later to do it again, causing even greater tragedies. Metaphoric, eh? And we wonder why the rest of the world hates us. Obviously they hate our freedom.