Any opera lovers?

[Vendetta]

I saw Carmen on Friday at the Met. It was great. Denyce Graves played Carmen and was awesome. I just wish I could afford to go more often. If anyone has a chance to go, I highly recommed it.

[deathstalker]

I usually go 2-3 times a year. Of the ones I've seen, The Queen of Spades was definitely the best and The Flying Dutchman takes a close second. So far this season I've only seen Sweeney Todd and I was a bit disappointed with it. The singing was very operatic, but it was in English and couldn't seem to make up it's mind if it wanted to be a comedy, tragedy, musical, play, or opera. There were a few good jokes in it, though.

If you have a choice, almost all of Mozart's operas are excellent, as are Wagner's. And yes, the opera can be incredibly expensive. Even the $100 seats are in the "nosebleed" section.

[Vendetta]

The funny thing though is that the highest seats, usually have the best sound. Of course it's like watching ants signing.

[BTAutoMag]

i like the newer ones like phantom of the opera and cats but i'm more into classical music

[RamboPreacher]

dunno about opera's, but saw catz several times, the phantom a few times, rent, and others. Missed tripple espresso, but will get to see contact and moma mia in a month or so.

[Vendetta]

Those are Broadway musicals not operas. Of course, La Boheme (an opera) is being preformed on broadway now.

[RamboPreacher]

that's why I said, "dunno about operas, but..." guess may be I assumed everyone knows what a broadway show is. (though I used to follow Povoratti pretty closely a while back, but he got too comercial, so I lost interest)

[Darkling]

Im not into opera, but I like the band Nightwish. Does that count?