Early this week, just a few days before I went to Texas, a friend posted about the
Opera Arlington performances of "Carmen", for which he'd designed the lighting. So we did a quick rearrangement of our plans so that I could see it, accompanied by a friend who had never seen opera before. The production was updated to the 1920's and instead of bullfighters, they had soccer (futbol) stars, in part as a tribute to the upcoming FIFA World Cup events. While the set was minimal and the costumes sometimes sketchy, the voices were amazing and I was very glad we had the opportunity to attend.
The next day we did a double header of "
Laura" (with fun guessing the murderer among all the red herrings) and "
Home, I'm Darling" which had a cute set and nice costumes but an unsatisfactory script and direction. Well, it was a rare dud in our many weekends of seeing shows.
I got to see friends and do some catching-up with people. I also finished a baby blanket, with just a very few feet of the pink yarn left, just barely winning at what is called "yarn chicken":
