I was at the Metropolitan Opera last night - Massenet's Werther with Jonas Kaufman - and was shocked to see origami!
There's a scene where the heroine's sister is trying to cheer her up, and talks about how happiness is like a little bird with wings (very much paraphrased - and the opera's in French, so I'm actually paraphrasing the English titles). To my surprise she pulls out an origami bird from her purse and flaps it around! I sit in the highest reaches of the opera house, so even with opera glasses I'm not absolutely certain if it was a crane or flapping bird, but it was definitely origami! I may have to go to the HD performance on the 15th and hope that there's a close-up. It was a wonderful performance, with that extra little bonus! Regards, Jan Polish Sent from my iPad
