Complex, large puppets perform nightly on stage, lip-synching to great operatic stars. This is, in case you can't hear the music, Don Giovanni. It was a bit scratchy and the speakers were of awful quality, but it was a good performance.

Prague, July 10, 2004; 8:15 pm
Focal length : 37.1mm (35mm equivalent: 146mm)
Exposure time: 0.033 s (1/30)
Aperture : f/3.2
ISO equiv. : 800
Whitebalance : Manual
Light Source : Incandescent



The puppeteer does CPR on his puppet.
We think this was part of the show, because not ambulance came for the puppet.

July 10, 2004; 9:45pm
Focal length : 31.4mm (35mm equivalent: 124mm)
Exposure time: 0.020 s (1/50)
Aperture : f/3.5
ISO equiv. : 400


The puppeteer got into a terrible argument with the faux conductor, and took a brom to him. A frightening thing to have to see; you wondered why they let children in, but no blood was shed.


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