![]() ![]() More COVID-19 stories: 'Stuck on the Couch' for a year, Louisville musician performs 365 days of virtual concerts In the meantime, though, he's enjoyed bringing families and couples into the spotlight for a little friendly competition. Matt Bledsoe, the opera's technical director, says he's hopeful that all the new faces they've seen will come back for shows once performances resume. Prior to the shutdown, the theater welcomed productions like the Broadway tour of " SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical" country music concerts, nationally known comedians and even some of Lexington's youngest dancers with the local Bluegrass Youth Ballet. There’s a certain stuffiness that comes with a name like the “Lexington Opera House." Even though the theater has welcomed a variety of national, regional and local talent, the term “opera” can imply the building only host operas, Franklin told me. "People just enjoy being up here (on the stage) and going 'wow, this is what it feels like,'" Franklin told me. ![]() Some people had never been in the theater before the golf course opened in December let alone seen what the audience looks like from the stage. Instead, they’re letting the 135-year-old opera house use its own charm to set the scene for this unique chapter in its history. ![]()
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