The opera last night was fabulous! I am definitely glad that I did some researching about the production beforehand, because I would've been so lost! My mom suggested I read about it on Wikipedia which I did, and then an Italian professor who went with us to the opera gave a 30 minute presentation about the characters, plot, and we even went through some segments of each scene. It was very helpful in understanding the background of the opera. The whole thing was done in Italian. There was subtitles (which I was hoping it would be in English), but they were in Italian as well. I am no where near fluent in Italian, so I had a hard time following along with it. I was able to pick up bits and pieces here and there, and that combined with knowing the background of the opera, I was able to get the "jist' of it.
We started the night out by getting all dolled up and fancy. I wore my Christmasy colored dress, and my friends went full out as well. We went in a small little group- Me, Lillian, Cierra, and Chelsea. These are all girls that live in my pensione as well, so we took lots of pictures before the event. (Much like prom or other high school dances). It was so cute because Karin (the main worker in the pensione) offered to take pictures of us, and she put us where she thought good lighting was, and of course took many pictures. She basically acts like our mother because she is so caring and nuturing. Anyways, she called a cab for us that met us outside right away and we were relived that we didn't have to walk all the way there in heels. Because we got there before the rest of the Gonzaga group (they walked), we had a drink at the bar across the street. I had peach vodka with fizz water. It was pretty good!
When we checked in at the show, me and Lillian were led to "special" seats that were literally written in pen on our ticket stub. By special, I mean they ran out of places to put us (being such a large group) so we were seperated from every one else. We were on opposite sides of the theater and were placed in what looked like an extra chairs in little boxed cubicles. We literally couldn't see a thing! I was in front of a huge person (not to mention my chair was way lower than the comfy red silky ones next to me) and Lillian claimed that her vision was blocked by a couple making out the whole time. Anyways, we were frustrated so during intermission we asked to be moved but an employee said there were no available seats. Hmm... so we talked to the Italian professor who came with us, and he was able to hook us up with some pretty good seats on the main level. Thank goodness! One pet peeve I have is not being able to see at shows... how annoying!
The opera was going sooo long and we were getting a little ancy that me and Lil decided to peace out a little early (it was getting late and we were kinda dozing off at this point), so we walked around and explored Florence a little and stopped at a couple bars on the way home, and then went to this lovely kebab place that is open late. We went there a couple weeks ago and one guy actually spoon fed us nutella from his huge jar! Haha sounds weird, I know, but these guys love us! The night ended up being pretty random, but we had a good time. We got a little lost, but we also ran into the Italian professor on the way back and he led us in the direction of the Piazza della Republica, and we knew where to go from there. Small world!
Well I feel much better now after taking a long nap. It was much needed! Tomorrow I have a Weds schedule class day because it is one of the required days to make up school because of the Bosnia trip next month. (We have to make up a couple days for being on the long Thanksgiving trip).
ttyl!
We started the night out by getting all dolled up and fancy. I wore my Christmasy colored dress, and my friends went full out as well. We went in a small little group- Me, Lillian, Cierra, and Chelsea. These are all girls that live in my pensione as well, so we took lots of pictures before the event. (Much like prom or other high school dances). It was so cute because Karin (the main worker in the pensione) offered to take pictures of us, and she put us where she thought good lighting was, and of course took many pictures. She basically acts like our mother because she is so caring and nuturing. Anyways, she called a cab for us that met us outside right away and we were relived that we didn't have to walk all the way there in heels. Because we got there before the rest of the Gonzaga group (they walked), we had a drink at the bar across the street. I had peach vodka with fizz water. It was pretty good!
When we checked in at the show, me and Lillian were led to "special" seats that were literally written in pen on our ticket stub. By special, I mean they ran out of places to put us (being such a large group) so we were seperated from every one else. We were on opposite sides of the theater and were placed in what looked like an extra chairs in little boxed cubicles. We literally couldn't see a thing! I was in front of a huge person (not to mention my chair was way lower than the comfy red silky ones next to me) and Lillian claimed that her vision was blocked by a couple making out the whole time. Anyways, we were frustrated so during intermission we asked to be moved but an employee said there were no available seats. Hmm... so we talked to the Italian professor who came with us, and he was able to hook us up with some pretty good seats on the main level. Thank goodness! One pet peeve I have is not being able to see at shows... how annoying!
The opera was going sooo long and we were getting a little ancy that me and Lil decided to peace out a little early (it was getting late and we were kinda dozing off at this point), so we walked around and explored Florence a little and stopped at a couple bars on the way home, and then went to this lovely kebab place that is open late. We went there a couple weeks ago and one guy actually spoon fed us nutella from his huge jar! Haha sounds weird, I know, but these guys love us! The night ended up being pretty random, but we had a good time. We got a little lost, but we also ran into the Italian professor on the way back and he led us in the direction of the Piazza della Republica, and we knew where to go from there. Small world!
Well I feel much better now after taking a long nap. It was much needed! Tomorrow I have a Weds schedule class day because it is one of the required days to make up school because of the Bosnia trip next month. (We have to make up a couple days for being on the long Thanksgiving trip).
ttyl!
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You "peaced out" on LaBoehme???? Scandalous dear, scandalous! This is your Dad's favorite opera, he has the CD. It was your grandfather EJ's favorite two and one of the duets the catalyst for man tears. I'm glad you could dress up but putting LaBoehme in the same post with a guy feeding you Nutella from a spoon, although not a surprise, is testament to the vibrant age that you are. I love it even though I say all this. I would have probably done the same. With time, with time, we sit and sit and sit and feel the beauty of the show in front of us.
Love to you, you Florentine!
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