maleficent

after years of hearing about it and seeing pictures of it- finally getting excellent seats to see la traviata at the Sydney opera House. What a disappointment, it was like a road show of an off broadway production. The sets were mediocre, the singers were mediocre, the words in english running across the bottom of the stage was distracting -- if you pay attention to the opera... you know what the words are...

Seeing La Traviata at the Met -- lincoln center is so beautiful, the fountain outside, the chandeleir inside, looking up when you are close to the stage and seeing all old sets hanging from the rafters. Luciano Pavarotti was extraordinary, as was the rest of the cast...

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