Cory WeaverEric Owens (Porgy) and Laquita Mitchell (Bess)Better than: Being trampled -- in your own seat -- by half the people in your section as they make for the Irish coffee at intermission. More on that later.On the BART ride home after San Francisco Opera's Sunday evening performance of George and Ira Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, I overheard a woman discussing the show with a seatmate who'd apparently just come from Wicked. She declared it "the best opera I've ever seen," largely because she
shirley77/FlickrDoesn't this look better than those itty-bitty seats at the Opera House?Here's the thing: Unless you're able to manage that willing suspension of disbelief better than we are, you might love opera, but you don't love LOVE opera. Yeah, you enjoy dressing up and milling around before everyone sits, mingling with other so-called opera lovers. And the first act is always cool, just to grok the sets. But the thought of sitting more than two hours in those torture seats (your ma
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