The Marriage of Figaro

Last night I attended my first opera, The Marriage of Figaro. Heidi spotted the show and got a group of us together, her, me, Rob, Beth, and Rich. So the five of us met for dinner at a Thai food place for dinner and then drove the 2 minutes to the brand new Cobb Energy Center for our show.

Apparently you can show up in everything from blue jeans to ball gowns for opera attire. I figure, there are only so many times I get to play dress up, so I hauled a dress from the closet and Rob threw on his tux. Even though we were sitting in the last row in the upper nose bleed section, we still looked good!

At the concession stands they were selling everything from wine and champagne to Rock Stars and coffee. I knew people found the opera boring enough to sleep through, but didn't think they would combat that by selling caffeinated drinks. How smart!

The opera itself was pretty good and was silly in a few parts. I had to read the summary in the program to help understand what was going on. The show lasted 3.5 hours, which was really too much for me. There are four acts to this opera and between the third and fourth there is only a pause, no intermission. During the fourth act, I started to nod a little and lost track of what was going on, but because I read the brochure, I knew basically how it ended anyway.

I haven't been to a live performance since college when I saw A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. I enjoy seeing live shows. There's just something about them. I think my true colors are being a music geek, I just bury it with an engineering degree.

Hopefully I will be able to get out and see some more now that they are moving more into the Cobb Energy Center which is approximately 5 minutes from the house. Jim Gaffigan is coming in September and we are going to try to see him. Fun stuff!