L'Opera

On Saturday night I went to the opera at the Met-I have to say the Lincoln centre is an impressive building. This was my first experience of the opera and I held no expectations, my mother loves it, my father hates it, I was just going to see what I thought. It was fun getting all dressed up and drinking champagne in the interval but was the experience of 'going' to the opera better than the opera itself? I went to see the barber of Seville-a comedy, it was funny I thoroughly enjoyed it for the first hour and a half but then I started to think-do they have to sing about that again? Ok we get the idea that you love her now-2 and a half hours later I have to admit I might have dozed off for a second. Don't get me wrong I was really impressed by the staging and the singing but it was very long and when we hit midnight I found it hard to keep my eyes open! The subtitles on the little screen in front of your seat I found distracting, I would often be looking a that than the action on stage. I think I need a tragedy, something that will sweep me up in the emotion and have me so enthralled I don't look at the subtitles. As we left the Met it started to snow-I have to say it was incredibly romantic and getting a taxi back home through the city was lovely, a truly enjoyable experience but a tragedy for me next time I think!