La Bohème

(The Metropolitan Opera, 29 September 2018)

Some things change. Others don’t. Individuals crave both. Opera belongs to the latter kind.

Change is a tree, not a path. Having some recollection of the past helps one retrace one's steps back to a less wrong position, if necessary. A memory of the past shared by individuals in disparate presents furnishes a shared vocabulary that helps debate a more promising future.