On the evening of May 7, 2005, darkness engulfed the ornate auditorium of the Teatro Amazonas Opera House in the northern city of Manaus, the only sound to be heard - the primeval groan of a low, E-flat bass note - emanated surreptitiously from the theater's packed orchestra pit.
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Fraulein Mengele in Manaus written by Guest,
September 22, 2005
yes, me too I remember very well that night in the early years of the 40's when I came to the Amazonas Theatre to watch that magnificent play I cannot remember now but I think it was "Il Guarany" ( Carlos Gomes) and I saw horrified an anaconda, huge, coming from behind the curtains, ready to bite me and engulf me crude in its big mouth...