The experience overall of the opera wasn’t what I was expecting. I thought that I would be asleep most of the time, wake up three and a half hours later, and be on my way home. But instead, I was pleasantly surprised that I stayed awake through the whole opera and actually enjoyed seeing the actors and listening to their super-human voices. Part of the reason why it was so entertaining is because I can’t imagine how much practice and hard work it must have taken to get to the level of singing that the actors are at. Not only do they have to sing and memorize lines in a different language, but to hold that voice for three hours is astounding. These people have more talent than I could ever dream of having.
I was actually entertained by the plot. Even though the plot was about a man who raped thousands of women, I still enjoyed it. I was also surprised that some parts actually made me laugh. It’s very impressive that even in an opera in a foreign language, actors still were able to make the audience laugh. My favorite part of the play was when the ghost of the Commendatore came at the very end to send Don Giovanni to Hell. It was entertaining to finally see justice be brought to this man after hours of watching him escape people.
So after the first Act Gil and I decided that we would move down to lower levels. At first, we didn’t want to risk it because we didn’t want to be kicked out of the theater. So at first we attempted to move down to the orchestra seats because we were very greedy to get the best possible view of the show. We made our decision to move down relatively late in intermission so we were rushing to get a seat. Sadly, we accidentally went to a section that exclusively had suit seats only and there was a man who stopped us and asked for our seat numbers and since we didn’t know what to say we had to move up. So we moved up to the second row of seats and we sat down in two seats that had nobody in them. Another minuet of wandering around and we wouldn’t have been able to see the second act because we would have been locked out. These seats had head rests and more leg room so the performance was a lot more enjoyable.
I’m looking forward to watching a Bronx Tale with the class.