Friday night I went to Boston Lyric Opera's Dvorak "Rusalka", which was performed quite nicely with engaging staging. It's a lovely piece of music, and I'm glad I listened to the talk beforehand -- I had no idea that Dvorak was into the whole leitmotif thing, too. And I'm glad I brought binoculars with me -- being able to see the performers closer-up brings me much more into the experience, even if I don't use them the whole length of the show.

Unfortunately, the first half of the first act was marred by lobby conversations audible in the hall and an extremely disruptive latecomer seating mob, right at the beginning of the highlight aria. *sigh*