A $20 ticket to OPC offers better value than a $100 ticket to the Vancouver Opera.
If you agree, explain why.
Peter
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- Peter Moskos
- I am a chorus member of OPC. Singing in Rigoletto is the most fun I have had in years. Our company offers unique opportunites for singers to sing the roles they want to sing and for audiences to hear live opera in an intimate setting.
4 comments:
I agree with this 100%. When I go to Vancouver Opera, I need a pair of opera glasses even to see the singers' facial expressions. It is not intimate, and I don't feel like my individual presence makes a difference to anyone.
When I attend an Opera Pro Cantanti production, I am close enough to the stage to feel like I am really witnessing the emotions of the characters. Every time I see Rigoletto performed by OPC, I cry a little bit when Gilda is dying at the end.
I have never cried at a Vancouver Opera production. Why cry about a bunch of tiny ants way down there on the stage, when I am up in the mezzanine squinting to make out anything at all?
When I cheer for the singers after their arias at OPC, I know they can hear me and hopefully appreciate my enjoyment of their performances. Likewise for EVERY OTHER MEMBER of that audience.
And you can have popcorn at OPC...
Well, my 2 bits is that I just find OPC fun. I can see that people are enjoying themselves. Not always the case other places I see.
Wheeeeee that was fun :) Nothing better than making noise with not only great singers, but great actors, and particularly actressesessess. gj Lucia!
Friends and I saw Lucia di Lammermoor last night. Lucia was amazing, the mad scene was epic. We also were blown away by Norma. What a luxury to stroll a few blocks to our little community theatre to see an opera. Front and centre for $20.00. May I suggest a general discussion thread for fans who just want to drop by and say, "Bravo!"
Bravo!
~kat
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