Meanwhile, the orchestra was magnificent. Jakub Hrůša, in his first Czech opera as music director of the Royal Opera brought out the wonderful radiance of the score.

One of those text messages: "I'm trapped in a room full of rich people explaining opera to me"

I wonder if that was EM speaking at that moment or, perhaps, KM?

However, the production was, at times, extremely busy, asking you to keep track of the action of two plotlines happening simultaneously on stage, plus text messages happening on a screen above the stage, plus the surtitles.

For me that additional lightness throughout made EM's decision at the end feel even more poignant.

I thought the recontextualisation of Krista's was well done, without working against the original material or feeling.

I'm still mad they stopped doing the breakfast bagel. It's been five years and I'm bringing it up, unbidden, in people's replies.

The missing word is "nice". Don't post while excited, kids.

Ooh, there's an Osaka ODS in the off-season. We'll see how much I remember. 😅