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Under the influence of an opening night full moon, everyone is in his or her own private operatic drama.

As the Bird Ladies of the Parking Lot flutter into view, all covered in feathers and not much else, the true nature of opera and opening night at the Santa Fe Opera becomes vividly clear. It is what is commonly called, I believe, “the tipping point”—that moment when things begin to unfold, or simply fall apart, depending. In this case it is the instant when you realize, if you didn’t already know, that the real cultural experience is actually going on here beneath the operatic...

Wednesday, August 1, 2007
by Tom Collins • THE magazine