I am an opera fan. When I was a kid, I fell in love with the movie Amadeus, especially the opera scene from Don Giovanni. Opera can take you from your humdrum world to true transcendence. In 7th grade, my music teacher took the band (I played the clarinet) and other music students to Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado.
It was very entertaining, even though some of the costumes were cringe-worthy: The gentlemen’s chorus wore karate outfits. The three little girls from school wore women’s sailor suits. In eighth grade, we saw an English version of The Barber of Seville. It was funny and eventful, too.
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