Opera

[isabinda]

A week ago I went to the Opera.  I go about once a year, when my mother-in-law gives me a ticket.  This year I got her ticket because she had to go to a funeral -- so I went with her friends, which is not as much fun as going with her (occasionally one of her friends can't go, and I get his/her ticket ....).

Despite having a best friend from

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Lyric Amplification

[anonymous]

"I am always conscious of the amplification of the music and singing

Re: Lyric Amplification

[isabinda]

I spent a good part of the opera trying to tell if the singers were amplified -- and finally decided they were. Clearly, I was wrong. But it sounded tinny where I was sitting, which was main floor, so I don't know what that was about.

I saw both Sweeney Todd -- actually in better seats on the main floor, much closer -- and Dr. Atomic. Dr. Atomic bugged me because with an opportunity for great staging of the bomb going off .... it was flat. I didn't notice the amplifications for either opera.

Clearly, I have a bad ear and am not an opera person. I do try, but it doesn't do anything for me.

I do enjoy learning about the opera and the composer -- though most of the music tends to be beyond my knowledge base.