A Day at the Opera: April 2022
The lights go down. The curtain goes up. Mom and I nestle into our cushy reclining loungers. The orchestra launches into the rousing, slightly ominous prelude of “Madame Butterfly.” We sigh with contentment and anticipation. Giacomo Puccini’s beloved score swells and soars and sweeps us through three hours of cherry blossoms and tragedy in 1940s …