“il est toujours bon, sur ma foi, / d’avoir les femmes avec soi”

I’ve been putting it out there for *years* that I wanted to sing Carmen. Not only is it finally happening, but <full gay gasp> I’M SINGING IT OPPOSITE STEPHANIE F'ING BLYTHE AS JOSÉ!!! @ChicagoOpera is making my queer 💜 so happy…and Blythely Oratonio won't know what hit him.😘 pic.twitter.com/at49nU6kAf

— Jamie Barton (@jbartonmezzo) June 22, 2021

Thank you, @ChicagoOpera, for making a dream come true. September 16 and 18- be there or be square. Blythely Oratonio and @jbartonmezzo are going to bring it! #yeswecan #mezzoslivinglarge pic.twitter.com/lPVz6UTJrh

— Stephanie Blythe (@BlytheMezzo) June 23, 2021

…

I will just leave this out here.

I think I can now retire in peace (also, in pieces): Chicago putting on two concert performances of “Carmen” with Jamie Barton in the lead and Stephanie Blythe’s Drag Tenor Alter Ego Blithely Oratonio as Don José?

I rest my case. I rest all my cases.

“…Et sans elles,
Mes toutes belles,
On ne fait jamais rien de bien.“