Cervantes

The Cervantino is terrific! We saw the national operas´production of Carmen. It was outdoors at one of the City's central plazas. With the sun just fading and the swallows ballooning across the rooftops of the colonial town, it was simply wonderful! A full orchestra behind a scrim onstage and a cast of at least 100, it was mesmorizing. As we waited for the opera to begin (we had to wait in line for an hour), their seemed to be a high level of security including a sniper team. Before we know it El presidente Fox arrives to great applause and opens the show! He really is incredibly presidential. Tall, elegant, handsome and well spoken with a deep baritone voice, if Bush had even a little of his gracious nature I probably wouldn't hate him quite as much.
Anyway, the show was truly Mexican with fireworks coordinated for the end of the third act. Like most mexican fireworks, some went up at least part of the way into the sky but several exploding right on the rooftop, the crowd seemed to like these the best...