Going to the opera tonight: The Marriage of Figaro

[HERVEPA]

Have others of you seen it?

[redqueen]

1. I haven't...

but I'd like to.

I'd love to see Carmen.

[likesmountains 52]

2. Yes! You will have a lot of fun...the opening (prelude) is one of my favorite

preludes in opera...

[Phillycat]

3. I have.

I was surprised at all the different songs from that one I actually knew. I thought I only knew one or two, but I was humming along to a lot of them!

What opera company is doing the production?

[HERVEPA]

It's the Curtis Opera Company in Phila.

From the Curtis School of Music.
It was excellent. My only disappointment was that they were not in period costumes, but rather in modern clothes, and set was modern also.

It's my second opera, and I'm planning on seeing many more.

[HERVEPA]

17. Dup. Delete

[momto3]

4. Oooh - wonderful!

Definitely one of my favorite operas.

[seemunkee]

5. Yep

Wish the opera wasn't so expensive. We used to go to Baltimore because it was cheaper than the Kennedy center, but even that got to be outrageous for season tickets.

[HERVEPA]

18. This was cheap. $16.50 per seat. (1/2 price seats)

Not the same as the Met or NYC Opera or Philadelphia Opera Company, but still very good.

[kwassa]

6. Going to the opera tonight: Don Giovanni

Washington Opera at the Kennedy Center, yes the tickets are damn expensive but the productions are superb.

We saw "View from the Bridge" two weeks ago and it was wonderful.

[malta blue]

7. So jealous....

I have seen it several times!

Enjoy :hi:

[WolverineDG]

8. Yeah, I've seen it

If it ain't got a cross-dressing rabbit & a gay wedding ceremony in it, it's a snoozer.

Damned Looney Tunes has ruined classical opera for me.

dg

[SeattleGirl]

9. I have.

I loved it. Hope you do too.

[HERVEPA]

19. Thanks, I loved it also,

[SacredCow]

10. Unfortunately no....

Just tapings.

I went to see Faust a few weeks ago, and will be going to Rigoletto in March.

[AllegroRondo]

11. I played in the orchestra for it

and let me say, that bassoon part can be a real bitch!

but its an amazing piece, one of Mozart's best.

[CBHagman]

12. Are you seeing the one with Bryn Terfel & Simon Keenlyside?

Are you going to the Met? If so, then I would say it's all your damned fault that you're making me commit the sin of envy.

I may have to buy a box of tissues and a pound of expensive chocolate to make up for it...

[applegrove]

13. F-i-g-a-r-o F-i-g-a-r-o F-i-g-a-r-o

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. That's from "The Barber of Seville."

[applegrove]

20. Shows you what I know.

[HERVEPA]

21. Funny, I was waiting for that all evening.

Finally found out it was from another opera.

[applegrove]

23. I was surprised nobody else had done it. So I did.

[underpants]

14. I AM the babba ob da BILL!!!

Biggarow BIG A ROW!!!

[CBHagman]

15. Right character, wrong opera.

I'm sure Buckwheat knows from Beaumarchais adaptations.

[AwakeAtLast]

22. I've seen it twice

Probably one of the most accessible operas for those who haven't seen many operas.

Glad you got to go!

:hi:

[MiniMandaRuth]

24. We played the overture last year in band.

F******* amazing. One of my favorite pieces EVER.

[Aristus]

25. It's bogus. Mozart ripped the overture off a cool commercial I saw once.

B-)

[BrotherBuzz]

26. Nope, I've never advanced beyond "The Rabbit of Seville"

Pure genius!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STlXBJJaDIE

[Oeditpus Rex]

27. Greatest. cartoon. short. EVarrrr

Utterly without peer.

:headbang: