Thursday, April 15, 2010

Puccini on the Cheap


In a Facebook related turn of events, I won tickets to tomorrow night’s performance of Madama Butterfly at the NYC Opera. Needless to say this offers a fairly broke 30 something a wonderful opportunity to see more Opera live and for that I am grateful. At an Easter dinner, my cousins gushed over the power of the Madame Butterfly. While the NY Times had mixed feelings about the performance in March, I go into the experience with no preconceived notions of the event. I made this year of classical a goal of mine, and well here I am living it!

A few notes, the NY Philharmonic will have Alan Gilbert conducting his new Contact! series Friday and Saturday. (Full disclosure: they asked me to attend) and as seasons come to a close for the summer there will be more outdoors and possibly free events to and to this venture.

Please let me know if you have attended Bargemusic or Philharmonic in the Parks or any other outdoor NYC music performances I should keep an eye out for!

You can always email me at yearofclassical (@) gmail.com


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