Backstage at Ariadne auf Naxos

So I actually got to be IN this opera, and not just lurk backstage with a needle and thread. Here's the amazing Amanda Moody

You may know her as the world-famous Marie Plette, but she'll always be my quilting buddy:

And here's the phenomenal Buffy Baggot, who appears as The Composer. We had absolutely no fun together at all, ever.

 Last, but not least, is Sacha the luminous makeup artist. Funny how she never seems to need any makeup with that gorgeous glowing skin she's got:

The San Francisco Chronicle loved us, by the way. Did I mention that part?