La Boheme

[Globalti]

It would help if you familiarised yourself with some of the beautiful arias before going. The arias are the lovely solo bits that get used as film music or for TV commercials.

 

[Globalti]

It would help if you familiarised yourself with some of the beautiful arias before going. The arias are the lovely solo bits that get used as film music or for TV commercials.

 

[Kirstie]

Yes go - the opera is an excellent night out. They usually have surtitles (the words to the song on an electronic board above the stage) so you know what's going on. Listening to it on a CD doesn't do it justice. It is so overpowering it makes you tingle (though not in THAT way). Puccini is great too!

 

[Kirstie]

Yes go - the opera is an excellent night out. They usually have surtitles (the words to the song on an electronic board above the stage) so you know what's going on. Listening to it on a CD doesn't do it justice. It is so overpowering it makes you tingle (though not in THAT way). Puccini is great too!

 

[Kirstie]

Yes go - the opera is an excellent night out. They usually have surtitles (the words to the song on an electronic board above the stage) so you know what's going on. Listening to it on a CD doesn't do it justice. It is so overpowering it makes you tingle (though not in THAT way). Puccini is great too!

 

[andyfromotley]

Yes , go. La Boheme is a good choice for a starter.
Are there no seats between £10 and £50 ?

Snake

My Library

yup, pretty much all prices inbetween.

 

[andyfromotley]

Yes , go. La Boheme is a good choice for a starter.
Are there no seats between £10 and £50 ?

Snake

My Library

yup, pretty much all prices inbetween.

 

[andyfromotley]

Yes , go. La Boheme is a good choice for a starter.
Are there no seats between £10 and £50 ?

Snake

My Library

yup, pretty much all prices inbetween.

 

[Globalti]

Yes, as Kirstie says there's no substitute for sitting in front of a real orchestra and feeling the power of the big drums or the big organ pipes thrumming through you. We took our son aged 10 to see the Hallé in Manchester recently and he only fidgeted for a few minutes and now says he enjoyed it. He found the different instruments fascinating.

 

[Globalti]

Yes, as Kirstie says there's no substitute for sitting in front of a real orchestra and feeling the power of the big drums or the big organ pipes thrumming through you. We took our son aged 10 to see the Hallé in Manchester recently and he only fidgeted for a few minutes and now says he enjoyed it. He found the different instruments fascinating.

 

[Globalti]

Yes, as Kirstie says there's no substitute for sitting in front of a real orchestra and feeling the power of the big drums or the big organ pipes thrumming through you. We took our son aged 10 to see the Hallé in Manchester recently and he only fidgeted for a few minutes and now says he enjoyed it. He found the different instruments fascinating.

 

[karen.488walker]

I had to do an opera project at college. We had to go to see the magic flute. I listened to it days before and wondered how on earth I was going to be able to sit through it. I went to the live performance and was blown away. I have been asking Mr Walker to take me to the opera for 11 years. Am still waiting.

 

[karen.488walker]

I had to do an opera project at college. We had to go to see the magic flute. I listened to it days before and wondered how on earth I was going to be able to sit through it. I went to the live performance and was blown away. I have been asking Mr Walker to take me to the opera for 11 years. Am still waiting.

 

[karen.488walker]

I had to do an opera project at college. We had to go to see the magic flute. I listened to it days before and wondered how on earth I was going to be able to sit through it. I went to the live performance and was blown away. I have been asking Mr Walker to take me to the opera for 11 years. Am still waiting.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I had to do an opera project at college. We had to go to see the magic flute. I listened to it days before and wondered how on earth I was going to be able to sit through it. I went to the live performance and was blown away. I have been asking Mr Walker to take me to the opera for 11 years. Am still waiting.

They make you read Shakespeare at school, then if you are lucky you go see the RSC do it live. The jokes are funny, your disbelief is suspended, and despite yourself you enjoy it. Opera and stage plays are 3, or possibly 4, dimensional experiences. Why we subtract one dimension and then force them on people is beyond me.

I've never enjoyed opera recordings of operas I haven't seen.