To Yeoman of the Guard at The Wortham. I was given 2 free tickets, supposedly the best seats in the house, by a co-worker, but it seemed like everyone bailed on me as we moved closer to the time. I ended up giving them away. But my question is: are they any fun? I'm not a huge fan of choirs or ballets. Of course I like sporting matches, and hip hop, and rap, but is missing this opera worth shooting myself in the foot over? Or did I just miss out on a great nap?
I enjoy opera and would go more often if I could afford it. I think it has a bad reputation but, despite the silliness and glass-shattering sopranos, there's actually a lot of cool music to be found there. But to each his/her own.
You got tickets to the opera... Opera has been the premiere entertainment since civilization started...
The Miller Theater and the Ebony Opera Guild puts on a free Opera every year. I am more of a musical guy myself, but the Opera can be an amazing experience.
I saw The Flying Dutchmen recently in Seattle, which was really done well. The Seattle Opera is putting on the whole Ring Cycle next year, and I would love to go. The tickets, however, disappear pretty quickly since they only do 3 showings. I can donate to the opera and get preferential treatment for tickets but even throwing down $500 probably wouldn't guarantee me tickets (which would probably run $1000 for a pair of nosebleeds). Outside of seeing it in Bavaria, it's one of the few opportunities to see the full 4-show performance back-to-back-to-back-to-back.
Whatever. I'm a metal head. I love opera, and I would never turn down tickets to anything. If you're new to it and are thinking of broadening your horizons, I'd suggest starting with something well-known and more 'fun.' Mozart is brilliant and his operas have enough fun in them to appeal to folks who don't really know opera. What the human voice is capable of is truly a brilliant artistic wonder. I don't know anything about Yeoman, though. What I do know is that the Houston Grand Opera is a wonderful company. In other words, I wouldn't turn down much in the way of opera, and HGO putting it on means I'd be even less likely to turn it down.
are you joking..? i don't know whether to feel insulted or to el-oh-el.. considering the water-downed quality of your approach, 'praise' and overall take.. of opera.. i think i'll go with the latter..
Not only a fan, I'm a singer with the Austin Lyric Opera. Seeing any opera live is VERY different than seeing it on TV or just listening to it. I hope you went. You might not like it, but at least you can say you tried it.
Why would I be joking? I love opera, the ballet, the symphony, etc....I found your " " mildly insulting.
What is a rock opera? I've heard of those, but too lazy to find out. Also I would imagine going to a regular opera would be a great chance to meet elegant ladies with my friend Dimitri. During the intermission of course.
I used to be a season ticket holder so I obviously enjoy opera (and my wife much prefers it to the symphony). We stopped because it gets repetitive since every season they have to do Mozart operettas to bring numbers. They are fine but it doesn't take that long before they repeat. That and they have started with a heavy dose of mid-late 20th century and that makes me break out in a rash. Of course, Yeoman of the Guard is also not opera. Gilbert and Sullivan are all about operetta. The Houston G & S society is very good, though, for a non-professional group of singers. Would you have enjoyed it? Who knows. It is not as much of a crowd pleaser as Pirates of Penzance or the Mikado - not as much "topsy-turvey". I love me some G & S but that is a curse of my upbringing. The only way for you to have found out would have been to go.
