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Thread: Young, scrappy, and hungry— the 2018 Yankeevania thread.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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I had to post so we could get the Yankeevania thread to three pages!!
My orchids are blooming! They make me happy. It makes me happy that they all don't just die!
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Rossweisse
High Church Valkyrie
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Mine died. I'm glad yours are flourishing!
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Golden Key
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Miss Amanda--
quote:
Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
At the risk of spawning a new thread . . .
I don't dislike opera, but I feel it's a rich folks' pastime. The last opera I attended was Madama Butterfly, and that was for a class assignment last year. Loved it, but I paid $80 for a seat in the back row of the balcony. Fortunately I could move up closer at intermission -- it wasn't sold out. But $80 buys me two weeks' worth of groceries (almost).
Yeah, such things are usually out of my budget range, too. Some alternatives:
--PBS television. The "Great Performances" series sometimes has opera. Might be available at the PBS site, too.
--DVDs or tapes from the library.
--Online. Probably YouTube and lots of other places.
--Matinee performances are usually cheaper.
--Sometimes, concert halls and theatres will let people usher, in exchange for free admittance.
--Colleges sometimes do opera productions, and should be much cheaper than professional opera. I don't think high schools usually do opera, unless maybe an arts magnet school. But worth checking.
If you're new to opera, I'd recommend some Gilbert & Sullivan light opera, like "Pirates of Penzance". Great fun. Also the two Figaro operas--IIRC, one by Mozart and one by Puccini.
FWIW, YMMV.
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Pigwidgeon
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Another option is The Met: Live in Hd, which is shown in movie theatres. I know there are venues on my side of town, and I assume there is at least one over by you. They’re live broadcasts on Saturdays, usually repeated a weekday evening.
Golden Key, there’s really only one Opera company in these parts -- Arizona Opera -- which does five operas a year. They do a weekend of two performances in Tucson and a weekend of three performances in Phoenix for each opera. In Phoenix it’s Friday evening, Saturday evening, and Sunday matinee -- and the Sunday matinee is the most popular and, I believe, a bit more expensive.
As far as the Figaro operas, “Barber of Seville” (Rossini, not Puccini) is being performed next weekend (March 9,10,11), and “Marriage of Figaro” will be in April of 2019.
Symphony Hall, where AZ Opera performs in Phoenix, does have volunteer ushers, but I think they expect you to usher for a variety of concerts, and I don’t know how much choice you have.
Our local university does have an opera company, but I think the quality of the performances has gone down in recent years. Also, one has to deal with students texting throughout the performance, families there only to see ”their” person and talking when “their” person isn’t on, etc. (I had a rather heated exchange with someone about that one a few months ago.)
Miss Amanda, I'll let you know of any good deals I may hear about.
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