Last Friday...
...we were at a Toronto Public Library volunteer thingie, to see a performance by Opera Atelier. The performance was open to the public but as VIPs we were treated to a reception before hand - as usual with this sort of thing, I saw a lot of people who looked vagugely familiar or whose nametags rang a distant bell, but who I didn't feel qualified to talk to. Unfortunately, Dora Rust d'Eye, Opera Atelier's costume designer, wasn't there - I actually do know her from having volunteered with them a few years back. The actual performances were good but very intermittent. green_trilobite got quite annoyed at the constant interuptions by the company director to explain every single thing. "Less talk, more Baroque," I whispered.