[Zardoz]

Originally Posted by Livingston

I've heard of firefox, but not opera, is that a browser?

Yes, it was an attempt at humor.

[Bright Eyes]

Well, my joke was a very slender one to begin with, but it looks like Opera are going to have to promote their browser a lot more if they want people to know of its existence. (It's here, if anyone wants to have a look at it: http://www.opera.com/ ).

Sorry, I didn't mean to get the thread off topic.

[Zardoz]

Originally Posted by Bright Eyes

Well, my joke was a very slender one to begin with, but it looks like Opera are going to have to promote their browser a lot more if they want people to know of its existence. (It's here, if anyone wants to have a look at it: http://www.opera.com/ ).

Sorry, I didn't mean to get the thread off topic.

You didn't, no worries!

[Theta]

Oh me! I've been to Carmen and Don Giovanni both at the Lincoln Center at the Met. Hey, if you've watched two, make those two count.

[TM2-Megatron]

I've been an annual subscriber to the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto for the past few years. The first one I saw was The Handmaid's Tale, a fairly recent adaption of a Canadian novel... originally a Danish Opera, though. In retrospect, that was probably a good one to start with... it's much easier to watch an Opera of a more modern story if you're not overly used to that type of performance.

Originally Posted by Livingston

Les Troyeans: Berlioz

You and Picard both apparently, heh. This is what he was listening to in First Contact; 'Vallon Sonore" from the beginning of Act V, I believe. Ironically, I've got the same recording he was listening to on CD myself. Sir Colin Davies, conducting at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in '69.