A small sampling of some of the music I'm going to be hearing this evening at a local opera production.

This is the prelude to one of my favourite opera's of all time, and believe it or not, I have never been to the opera, until an opportunity presented itself for this evening. The cast features some up-and-coming singers, whose names I'm not familiar with. This ain't gonna be no metropolitan opera or Canadian opera company performance by a longshot, but the high quality of the performances by The festival orchestra and it conductor have always impressed me. Will be sure to let you guys know how it turns out.