Food Festivals

Opera is meant to be dramatic. From the soaring peaks to the booming deep, the voice of an opera singer plays on a mortal like a master playing an instrument until the audience shivers in response and limb hairs rise. It's a point not lost on Mr NQN's colleague's wife who so enthralled by the performance on stage of Puccini's Madama Butterfly that she steadfastly refuses to clap for tenor Georgy Vasiliev who plays the role of B.F. Pinkerton. "I'm not clapping for him, he's a bastard!" she cries aloud passionately, speaking of the role rather than the opera singer.