San Miguel de Allende has its own symphony orchestra. Do you know what that means?
It is the central gem in our cultural crown.
The city, for its small size, sparkles with opera, chamber music, writers, painters, and poets. (You know the saying, “If you aren’t an artist when you move to San Miguel, you will soon become one.”)
For the longest time, we’ve gotten by on occasional fly-bys from big-city orchestras and the wonderful youth symphony adventures.
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There is a comedy – a musical sitcom – about a powerful man who believes he has the right to do whatever he wants to women.
It’s a sequel, in fact, that gives off a sort of a bro-boy’s “Your body, my choice” vibe.
But the women in this comedy are smart and savvy, with a sort of a “Me too” vibe. They know how to stand up to power in clever ways. They know how to work the angles on the patriarchy.
And, no, it is not called “Trump’s Second Term.”
The musical is actually an opera and it was written in 1786. A huge hit in its day. Now, it is considered one of the greatest operas of all time.
Apparently, things haven’t changed all that much in the last 239 years.
The opera is Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” with a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
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