“Unfortunately, this will be our last performance for Carmen,” the conductor announced to our packed audience of over 1,000 people on March 10, 2020.
We didn’t know how to react. Applause for the amazing opera performance we just saw? Or keep our mouths open in shock, as he shared that all large state-owned venues closed the next day due to the pandemic? Some guests coughed around me. I coughed too. Oh shit.