Oh, I hesitate to even post this, but the news is just too exciting not to share! This Saturday, October 10, from 10 AM to 6 PM, over 2,500 costumes from the Los Angeles Opera are going on sale! According to the press release: “Pieces will include everything ranging from complete ‘merry peasant’ and ‘medieval courtier’ costumes to individual pieces such as capes, hats, shoes and fans. Highlights of the collection include a number of ‘diva dresses,’ stunning hand-crafted gowns worn by LA Opera’s leading ladies… as well as costumes worn by superstar tenor Plácido Domingo. The Company’s Costume Shop is staffed by dozens of highly skilled employees, including master tailors, cutter/drapers, seamsters and craftspersons, who create hundreds of costumes by hand every year. Sturdily constructed to last and often highly detailed, the costumes are built to fit singers of every size, from robust Wagnerians to petite Mozartians.” So, I’ll see you there, but by God, you’d better keep your stinkin’ mitts off those Wagnerian-sized diva dresses or I will go all “Ride of the Valkyries” on your ass.