Article: Opera season opens in supreme fashion.(LIFE - ARTS ETC.)(PARTY LINES)

Byline: Ann Geracimos and Kevin Chaffee, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

What Washington host wouldn't like having three Supreme Court justices, several ambassadors, two American Ballet Theatre stars and Placido Domingo at a party?

Such was the scene at the Washington Opera's slam-bang season opener when Prince Orlovsky, a character in Johann Strauss Jr.'s "Die Fledermaus," throws a Viennese ball at DAR Constitution Hall and - surprise - who should turn up onstage but a number of celebrity guests from the audience - all performing in a manner of speaking.

Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg (holding a colorful fan), Anthony Kennedy ("I'm a little nervous.") and ...

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