I went to my first opera last week with my friend Pete. He's a long time opera fan and came to NYC specifically to see Satyagraha: The Force of Truth at the Metropolitan Opera.

Like I said, it was my first opera but this one seems much more like a performance art piece than the stereotypical opera of my imagination. It had everything. Including, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Tolstoy, Gods, giant puppets, video projections, a newspaper monster, stilt walkers, wrapping tape and of course the iconic and instantly recognizable Phillip Glass music.

All in all I liked it and look forward to going back and maybe seeing some singing Vikings next time.

There is more info on the work at wikipedia