Natalie Dessay as Marie, la fille du régiment
Before the opera began, we enjoyed listening to the people sitting behind us.
"Do you speak French? It looks like we're in for a lot of French today."
"I don't speak French."
"Well, we're in for a lot of French today in this opera by Donizetti. Wait. Donizetti. That's Italian. Then why are we in for a lot of French?"
They then started talking about their travels. "No, they're not dead people! What they are is mummies." I was glad to have that distinction clarified.
At all the operas at the Lensic, I noticed a woman who seemed to know everyone, and everyone appeared to know her. I figured I should introduce myself, just in case we should know each other. So I went up, introduced myself, and shook her old cow hand. She introduced herself to me. Well, the woman is richer than God. She raised $9 million to renovate the Lensic, owns the Eldorado Hotel, and does other philanthropic work. I thanked her for all she does. Yep, she's someone worth knowing.
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We saw La Fille du Régiment, too, and enjoyed it very much. We got to hear Juan Diego Flórez take his bis on Ah! mes amis during the first performance. That was fun. I guess you can't expect that every day.
You Santa Fe Opera goers sure were lucky to get to see Natalie Dessay in La Sonnambula. But we all have that opportunity next year when the Met send Natalie Dassay and Juan Diego Flórez's performance of that opera out to movie theaters. I can hardly wait.
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