5/10. Friday. Portland Opera performed Verdi's Falstaff at Kellor Auditorium. Excellent acting, especially Falstaff. 
Falstaff - Eduardo Chama Alice Ford - Pamela Armstrong Nanetta - Susannah Biller Dame Quickly - Angela Niederloh Meg Page - Caitlin Mathes Fenton - Nicholas Phan Dr. Caius - Carl Halvorson Bardolfo - Marcus Shelton Pistola - Nicholas Nelson Ford - Weston Hurt Stage Director Christopher Mattaliano Conductor George ManahanI won two tickets by lottery at work. Good orchestra seats. Kellor Auditorium is not the best for music. Sound is flat. The tenor and lady's voices travel better here than the lower pitches. Seats are hard, not comfortable for long operas. The audience needs some education. At one pause, many people still chatted when the orchestra started playing. A pity, only 4 performances.
On my way home, saw quite some young people sleeping on the pavement on 4th between Jefferson and Salmon. A demonstration is going on tomorrow?
