I was not aware that that was a thing (still very new). Maybe. Depends on what is showing and when. I do not think I could survive down there in the summer.
I highly recommend Santa Fe, an unusual, almost outdoor, setting with an open rear stage and only partial roofing. WE watched the Pearl Fishers there with real lightning against the mountains, nicely synchronized at the appropriate moments!
Take a picnic, eat outdoors, drink wine, then watch opera!!!!!
The Berliner staatsoper and Bayreuth festspielhaus are non negotiable imho; the met has a fine orchestra but acoustics are finer here at the sf war memorial
The Berliner staatsoper and Bayreuth festspielhaus are non negotiable imho; the met has a fine orchestra but acoustics are finer here at the sf war memorial
Yeah, Bayreuth would have to be on the bucket list.
The acoustics at the War Memorial are highly dependent on where you're sitting. There are too many locations where, for instance, tenors singing as they should get annoyingly attenuated. Despite that, we've enjoyed many fine performances there.
You two are making me really hungry for live music. Unfortunately, we are otherwise occupied those dates, even though we live close and are fully vaxxed :/
Point taken. How about yesterday’s or obsolete science? The state of science is an evolving one. My favorite science quote is Richard Feynman’s: “Science is belief in the ignorance of experts.”
Point taken. How about yesterday’s or obsolete science? The state of science is an evolving one. My favorite science quote is Richard Feynman’s: “Science is belief in the ignorance of experts.”
Before I rush off to California Schiit, let me hasten to add a few comments on opera houses, mostly good as well as bad. Please note I am not a FLIO (Fan of light Italian Opera) to speak of. My opera world revolves around mostly Wagner and Richard Strauss. Oops, forgot Mozart.
Mecca=Bayrueth although the hidden orchestra makes me feel I am watching a New York Broadway show.
Amazing sounding Santa Fe. Outside with few walls. Really sux when it rains, if you’re between the roof awnings..
The Met has variable sound and visiblity.
Vienna Staatsoper has a really good sound, and a less stilted norm of patrons. No broomsticks up their ass like Berlin or Paris. Neither are there sandwich munchers or farters like Milan.
I saved the worst for last. LA opera's Disney home sounds like ass. I would rather be chained to a 24 hour ride on “Its a Small World, After All” without a box cutters for relief. The old Dorothy Chandler Pavilion was soooooooooooooooo much better.
The first Beta switchers for Urd will really be shipping next week. More on that in the next post.
I do like the atmosphere at Verona, though it's extortionately expensive and if a drop of rain is within 5 miles the orchestra ups and buggers off, leaving (in our case) poor old Mario Cavardossi singing and looking around him wondering what the hell was going on. It looked as though there had been no brief for was happened in rain.......
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