Budapest Opera
There are things I could do in LA, that I just don't think about... like seeing an opera. I have to go to Budapest and pass by the Operahouse to think, "hey, how 'bout seeing an opera?" I don't know much about operas, but Marriage of Figaro is playing, so that's what I'll watch. Luckily, having watched the movie Amadeus, I'm familiar with some of the scenes. Four short breaks and 3.5 hours later, I really couldn't say much about the story. Singing in Italian, with Hungarian subtitles above the stage (or does being above the screen make them supertitles?), didn't help.But the experience was not so much this opera as it is seeing an opera in general. The opera house was exactly out of a scene from the Amadeus movie. Four stories of balconies, very well decorated, the orchestra pit below the stage. The sets, the costumes, everything very professional. I felt very sophisticated. Not to mention the excellent value. Nearly 4 hours of live performance for $20!
Labels: budapest, hungary, music
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