A Night at the Opera

For my birthday, Alex took me out for a fancy sushi dinner and then to the opera. After a decadent dinner at a fantastic sushi restaurant by our apartment, we headed to Lincoln Center and walked up to the Met with the huge crowd of wealthy New Yorkers. We waited in the box office line and got our tickets before heading into the theater. The people watching at the Met Opera couldn't be better. Although my favorite was the father son duo in the front row wearing viking helmets and checking out the orchestra before the performance.



Second row tickets to the Met are insane. We could see directly into the orchestra. We barely had to look up from the individual seat tele-prompters to see the performers. I think my jaw was on the floor when we took our seats and saw our view. Behind us were so many rows and balcony levels of people and I felt like a princess to be in the second row with my favorite guy.

As the lights dimmed, the gorgeous chandeliers retracted four stories up into the ceiling. The curtain went up and my attention was entirely focused on the beautiful performers. The set was absolutely spectacular - planks manipulated electronically to form different sets throughout the performance. The singers were suspended from the ceiling floating around for most of the performance. It was breath taking. I was in love.



For Alex's first opera, he certainly chose an interesting one - Wagner's Das Rhinegold. A two and a half hour German spectacular with no intermission. But he was a great sport and actually enjoyed it - even asking whether I would like to see the "sequel"... little does he know there is a set of 4 operas that succeeds this one. I feel very lucky to have found a guy who enjoys the arts as much as I do. And I'm excited for our next adventure to the opera. I know it will be incredible.