At Curtain Call, Carmen Tossed a Rose Into Your Box – intro video

Winter of 1962. You sat in a La Scala box for the first time; the ticket was given to you by your boss at the last minute. At the curtain call of *Carmen*, the mezzo-soprano tossed the rose from her hair—and it landed right on your lap. After the show, a petite woman knocked on the door of your box: "Madame asks you to come to the dressing room. She says whoever holds the rose owes her dinner tonight."