I had competition for my son’s attention from girls and a YMCA dance. He is 14 and females his age are near-mythological imperatives. Seriously, if he had a tail it would wag when girls come near.

Not baseball fanatics? Here’s an alternative: Three singers from New York’s famed Metropolitan Opera. Fielding them tonight (at 7) and Sunday afternoon (at 2) will be the Nicholas Horn Theatre on the ...