UMimì (Ailyn Pérez) kunye noRodolfo (uMateyu Polenzani) badibana kamnandi kwiMet.U-Evan Zimmerman / uMet Opera Emva kweminyaka engaphezulu kwama-35, ndicinga ukuba ekugqibeleni ndiyifumene into engalunganga kwimveliso engapheliyo yeMetropolitan Opera yePuccini's IBohemian .
Le mveliso kaFranco Zeffirelli ibidlala, ngokusisiseko, nangonaphakade: Ndiqale ukuyibona njengosasazo lwentwasahlobo ka-1982 kwaye yayiyeyona opera yokuqala ndeva kwi-Met xa ndaya eNew York ngo-1987. (Yayingu-Hei-Kyung Indlu yokuqala kaHong kwindima kaMimi, kwaye ndiyakhumbula unanamhla ukuba ibintle kangakanani.)
Ukusukela ngoko, ndikubonile oku kubeka minyaka le okanye emibini, kutshanje ngolwe-Lwesithathu odlulileyo, ke bendihlala nayo into elungileyo ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sobomi bam. Kodwa, njengoko ndithethayo, kundithathe ixesha elide ukubeka umnwe wam kwindlela imveliso engahambi kakuhle ngayo.
Oko akunanto yakwenza naziphi na izakhono zohlalutyo ezimangalisayo kwicala lam; endaweni yoko, yayizenzekele. Ndithe xa ndiphuma eMet, ndihamba ngokukhawuleza ndinethemba lokufika kwisikhululo sikaloliwe esingaphantsi komhlaba eColumbus Circle ngaphambi kokuba imvula iqale, ndeva ukukhala kwiplaza yaseLincoln Centre.
Sukuba nexhala: akhomntu wenzakeleyo. Yayiligquba nje labantwana, ishumi elinambini nangaphezulu, bonke bekwishumi elivisayo, bebaleka bewela iplaza, behleka kwaye bekhwaza behambahamba, benyuka erimeni lomthombo ukuthatha iiselfie, olo hlobo lwento.
Umahluko wamandla abo e-anarchic angenasiphelo kwinto eyayiqhubeka kwi-Met ngaphambili (kokubini nangaphandle kweqonga) kwakubuhlungu nje. Kolu hlolisisi oluphakathi kweminyaka engama-arriti, olo lutsha lumele kanye le nto kaPuccini IBohemian Konke malunga noko kuthethwa nguZeffirelli IBohemian iyaphazama ngokuchanekileyo.
Imalunga nolutsha: kubalulekile, ukuba neenkani, ukungazi (okanye ubuncinci) bokufa. Amagcisa kunye Iigrisi Kwi-Puccini opera nabo bakwishumi elivisayo, kwaye babelana nabo bantwana kwiplaza umbono ophosakeleyo kodwa onika amandla wokuba sisizukulwana sokuqala sabantu emhlabeni kwaye baya kuphila ngonaphakade.