The evening at the Santa Fe Opera was spectacular last night. It started with a “Preview Buffet”dinner on the beautiful grounds of the opera house. The double rainbows captured in the picture below foreshadowed the pouring rain during dinner. We enjoyed conversation with two other couples — one from Dallas, TX (temporarily relocated from Orlando, FL) and the other from Colorado Springs, CO. 

Ready for dinner

Double rainbow

The Santa Fe opera house is open on both the left and right sides of the audience, as well as the back of the stage. Their production of Don Giovanni was superb in every way — the set, costuming, and music. For example, a 20-foot statue occupied the center rear of the stage throughout much of the performance but the lighting on it varied with the scenes. In the final scene, it shimmered with an ethereal, red glow, as Don Giovanni was tortured before descending into hell (below the stage) for his many misdeeds. 

View of stage from our seats

Today, we returned to the main plaza for awhile, followed by visits to Museum Hill, where several interesting museums are located. We had a great snack on the patio adjoining a wonderful plaza, set among the museums. Here is a shot of a significant statue at one end of that plaza.

On the plaza at Museum Hill

Our day neared its end in an unusual way — having dinner at a restaurant in the dark, using the flashlights on our phones to read the menu and see our food. A power outage that covered a very large area struck almost immediately after we had been seated at La Boca Restaurant, which ordinarily serves a huge array of delicious tapas. With the power outage, we were limited to salads and a cheese platter, which were quite good. We took Uber back to the timeshare instead of walking 15 minutes in the dark streets to find the happy surprise — lights were on at the timeshare.