Zurich Opera, opinions?
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rmSo, on a lark I went to see about opera tickets for Patty and I in Zurich Saturday night. Sold out and sold out hard. That said, there are a very few tickets for the Friday performance of Die Zauberflöte. The seats available are astounding and priced accordingly.
I am a little, tiny, novice baby in my opera education, and enjoy it for the broad experience of it -- yes the music and the singers, but I care deeply about staging and costume, audience behavior, opera house decor, the whole bloody fabulous thing because I was sort of ruined for How Opera Really Is by Luhrmann's production of La Boheme being the vehicle by which I discovered I actually really dig opera. My ruination for How Opera Really Is has also been compounded by an obsession with Baroque semi-opera, so I'm not just a novice, I'm a weird, picky novice.
So, in light of that should I drop almost 200 francs to go to the opera by myself on Friday night before Patty gets in?
Conversely, I could drop 98 francs to see La Fanciulla del West a week from tomorrow in somewhat less stellar seats (of which there is one left, so I need to make this decision like now).
I know Die Zauberflöte a little. I don't know La Fanciulla del West at all (but since it's Puccini, it will be easily accessible, so it's not really a worry).
Thoughts?
Particularly from opera buffs who've been to the Zurich Opera and can appreciate my novice state and interest beyond just sound?
Merci!
ETA: If I do this, I desperately need to know the level of formality for my attire, as I assume it to be different here than in the US.
I am a little, tiny, novice baby in my opera education, and enjoy it for the broad experience of it -- yes the music and the singers, but I care deeply about staging and costume, audience behavior, opera house decor, the whole bloody fabulous thing because I was sort of ruined for How Opera Really Is by Luhrmann's production of La Boheme being the vehicle by which I discovered I actually really dig opera. My ruination for How Opera Really Is has also been compounded by an obsession with Baroque semi-opera, so I'm not just a novice, I'm a weird, picky novice.
So, in light of that should I drop almost 200 francs to go to the opera by myself on Friday night before Patty gets in?
Conversely, I could drop 98 francs to see La Fanciulla del West a week from tomorrow in somewhat less stellar seats (of which there is one left, so I need to make this decision like now).
I know Die Zauberflöte a little. I don't know La Fanciulla del West at all (but since it's Puccini, it will be easily accessible, so it's not really a worry).
Thoughts?
Particularly from opera buffs who've been to the Zurich Opera and can appreciate my novice state and interest beyond just sound?
Merci!
ETA: If I do this, I desperately need to know the level of formality for my attire, as I assume it to be different here than in the US.
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Date: 2010-11-09 02:50 pm (UTC)OTOH, I'd recommend seeing Die Zauberflöte. Beautiful music, some of the most incredible voice artistry ever, heaps of weirdness, mystery and freemasonery, and as Die Zauberlöte has been done so often, most directors putting it on stage try to add something really outlandish, which is usually fun.