Exciting Stuff, That Opera

Le ciel ouvert, la vie errante,

pour pays, l'univers;

et pour loi, sa volonté,

et surtout la chose enivrante:

La liberté! La liberté!

The open sky, the roaming life,

For a country, the universe;

And for law, one's own free will,

And above all, the intoxicating thing:

Liberty! Liberty!

So go the final sentiments before Carmen's intermission: La liberté!--which we as Americans, in the words of our director, "know a little bit about."  You can bet what I'll be thinking when I sing these words this Friday and Sunday at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre in my professional theatre debut.  (Seriously, you can buy your seats on Ticketmaster and everything!)