Although Martha bluntly expressed her regret, Arthur didn't feel any sense of loss for missing the opera.
Because according to the arrangement, they were supposed to watch Glinka's opera "Ivan Susanyin" yesterday.
Or, if you prefer, you might also call it by its name from 100 years later, "A Life for the Tsar".
The content of this opera is not complicated; it tells the story of early 17th century, during the invasion of Russia by the Poland-Lithuania coalition, Russian peasant Ivan Susanyin protected Tsar Mikhail Romanov by leading the Polish army into the forest, ultimately sacrificing himself.
From a literary and theatrical point of view, the opera is extremely artistic, especially the fourth act where Susanyin, feeling death approaching in the forest, sings the tragic aria "My Dawn Will Never Come", which is considered a classic.
If he was alone with nothing to do, Arthur would even be willing to pay out of his own pocket to buy a ticket.
