I must admit that in my entire adult life I had never attended the opera. My mother was always a big fan and I have fond recollections of so many operas being played in our house on a Sunday afternoon. I can recall so many of the famous opera passages being sung even though at that time I had no idea what opera was all about. I was fascinated to learn and discussed it with my wife. She too was anxious and we both found something new on our bucket list. These tickets were a birthday present from my wife and sat from November until last night when it was show time at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. We had reasonably good seats in the orchestra about 2/3 of the way back and slightly to the left of the stage. I know the story of La Boheme. In fact I have it on vinyl which we played several times before last evening's performance. So we were ready
The performance was 4 acts with an intermission and a total play time of slightly over 2 hours. The acoustics were superb and the voices of the singers were unforgettable. The costuming especially at the start of the 3rd act was a feat in itself as it reminded me of the wonderful costumes seen in Phantom Of the Opera at the start of the second half singing Masquerade.
The singers voices were wonderful especially with the superb theater acoustics.
All in all it was a fun evening and both my wife and I enjoyed the performance immensely and we both said we want to do it again, We are looking at several during the opera season such as Tosca, Aida and Mme Butterfly.
If you have never attended and want to venture out and explore I would definitely recommend an evening at the opera
The performance was 4 acts with an intermission and a total play time of slightly over 2 hours. The acoustics were superb and the voices of the singers were unforgettable. The costuming especially at the start of the 3rd act was a feat in itself as it reminded me of the wonderful costumes seen in Phantom Of the Opera at the start of the second half singing Masquerade.
The singers voices were wonderful especially with the superb theater acoustics.
All in all it was a fun evening and both my wife and I enjoyed the performance immensely and we both said we want to do it again, We are looking at several during the opera season such as Tosca, Aida and Mme Butterfly.
If you have never attended and want to venture out and explore I would definitely recommend an evening at the opera