A breathtaking woman standing on an ornate opera stage, waist-up, dramatically pulling a long crimson curtain aside with one hand while turning toward the viewer, her other hand resting elegantly against her chest. She has voluminous dark auburn hair decorated with ruby pins and wears an extravagant black velvet gown with a dramatic sweetheart neckline, layered lace sleeves, gold embroidery, jeweled corsetry, and a magnificent ruby necklace. Behind the curtain, an enormous empty theater glows beneath hundreds of tiny golden lights, with curved balconies disappearing into darkness. Crimson fabric sweeps across the composition in enormous painterly folds, thick velvet texture, warm gold highlights, deep shadows, dramatic theatrical atmosphere.
