La Bohème, Paris Opera

We went to see our first opera of the season, La Bohème (actually it was supposed to be the second, but the first was rescheduled due to a strike...).

I was not crazy about the music - probably not helped by the fact that the singer playing Mimi wasn't the greatest, and I found the orchestra too loud vs the vocals, but I actually think the music just isn't as good as the other operas I've been to. Being a novice to opera maybe that's unfair, but it was my gut feeling.

The sets were beautiful, and in particular act 2 was amazing - probably 80 people onstage.

After the opera, we went to eat dinner at Bofinger, a classic French brasserie, which was quite good.  A really nice evening!