Kudos

Kudos to the Virginia Opera for its tremendous generosity in providing “comped” tickets to those federal workers caught up in the damaging shutdown of the government. This generosity included tickets to the production of Rossini’s “Cinderella” in Norfolk this past weekend.

They say it takes a village. The Virginia Opera has rallied to help individuals and their families in all of the Virginia venues where they perform. I attended Nov. 9’s magical performance of “Cinderella.” It was heartening to see the faces and excitement of the children who were present — many of whom undoubtedly come from families dealing with all the difficulties associated with losing pay for more than 40 days.

It doesn’t end in Norfolk. Tickets have been offered to federal employees to attend the producti

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