Ahhhh, I loved the experience. We sat in the front at the top hovering over the stage. I was entertained. I cannot say how I would have enjoyed had I been sitting in the rear watching from the front. But I can tell you that looking down from above, watching the scenery turn, peeking behind […]
The Magic Flute
I never claimed to enjoy the opera. Often I like the sets, rarely the story (but the story is never the point). If I close my eyes I enjoy most of the music, tho the soprano less than the rest. As often as not the staging, setting, design hold my interest and last night at […]
La Traviata
We heard the double Aria. Thats right, we had taken our class at the Opera Guild on La Traviata. Though 97% was way above me I did remember that I would hear a double Aria and I did. I also noticed in the second act how Verdi gave his leading man some stage time. How […]
La Fanciulla Del West – Met Opera
Hmmmmm. We went a few weeks ago to a Met Talk about this Opera so we would have familiarity. I loved the talk, more a history of the idea of making an opera about the old west than anything about making of the actual opera. So I was prepared. Pleas remember I am not an […]
