ROH - La Bohème

its not breakfast at tiffanies which gives the world its shine, its a night out at the royal opera house. and today i discovered my favorite show there: la boheme. the best opera i have seen yet. beautiful music, an unusual (but romantic and fantasized of) setting in the poorer artist circles of fin de siecle paris, and a beautiful, touching, heart wrenching love story. halfway through act 1 i admitted for the first time: this is why i love opera. if nothing else had me converted, this production did the trick. today was a special night, the bbc was filming for a documentary. this meant i git ti see act 2 twice! lucky that! i had 9 pounds standing tickets, but after the first interval, gabriel (my good friend and opera/culture company) quickly converted those into 4th row seats. I need to attach some youtube for you to get an inclination of what it was that blew me away:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Y353fyL0w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5IJ_p6WHi8