Thread: Opera Companion?

Just wondered if you visit opera's alone or with another, and if so, who? Is your 'other half' into opera, and if they are not, do they go along anyway with you out of politeness or do you have an 'opera companion'?!

I'm lucky, in that my significant other is an opera singer. (Get it?.... Cavaradossi?... ) So he's an eager attendee. Although for the last several I've resorted to going on my own because he's been on stage.

Originally Posted by Cavaradossi

I'm lucky, in that my significant other is an opera singer. (Get it?.... Cavaradossi?... ) So he's an eager attendee. Although for the last several I've resorted to going on my own because he's been on stage.

Oh lucky you!

When i used to go to the opera, i used to go with someone very close to my heart. I used to call her Tosca. But she's gone. And since i moved away from where opera was staged, i haven't seen an opera ever since. It's been a while.

I don't like going to any event without company (even though i had). Maybe someday i'll meet another Tosca.

BTW, i think i would never like to have an opera singer as my significant other. The chances about wanting her to sing to me instead of having "intimate" moments with her would be huge. But i don't know, i've never meet an opera singer intimately.

Originally Posted by dionisio

When i used to go to the opera, i used to go with someone very close to my heart. I used to call her Tosca. But she's gone. And since i moved away from where opera was staged, i haven't seen an opera ever since. It's been a while.

I don't like going to any event without company (even though i had). Maybe someday i'll meet another Tosca.

BTW, i think i would never like to have an opera singer as my significant other. The chances about wanting her to sing to me instead of having "intimate" moments with her would be huge. But i don't know, i've never meet an opera singer intimately.

Awwww..Boss....me heart strings! The thought of going alone I have to say makes me uncomfortable, dunno why. My other half will go, but you know when someone is there just in body....you feel like if they had a newspaper they would be doing the crossword with a torch! I hope someday you will meet Tosca II !!

Originally Posted by belfastboy

Awwww..Boss....me heart strings! The thought of going alone I have to say makes me uncomfortable, dunno why. My other half will go, but you know when someone is there just in body....you feel like if they had a newspaper they would be doing the crossword with a torch! I hope someday you will meet Tosca II !!

Nahh Schoppenauer does wonders

I understand when you go with someone there just in body. It's the same feeling when i show something like "Non piú andrai" and i start almost to cry with such music and the person next to me doesn't understand.

Normally what i do is to start explainnig what is going on, the motifs, the subtle changes, musical details, etc. and i try to explain it with all my heart. They end up liking but only superficially. That's at least something Once, about the Beethoven's 9th, i wrote a long letter to explain it in every detail possible (that i knew) before attending the venue. I think they end up having a completely different experience

Originally Posted by dionisio

Nahh Schoppenauer does wonders

I understand when you go with someone there just in body. It's the same feeling when i show something like "Non piú andrai" and i start almost to cry with such music and the person next to me doesn't understand.

Normally what i do is to start explainnig what is going on, the motifs, the subtle changes, musical details, etc. and i try to explain it with all my heart. They end up liking but only superficially. That's at least something Once, about the Beethoven's 9th, i wrote a long letter to explain it in every detail possible (that i knew) before attending the venue. I think they end up having a completely different experience

You go to great lengths! I'd just say, sit there and listen (buy me a drink at the interval)....!!

Originally Posted by belfastboy

Just wondered if you visit opera's alone or with another, and if so, who? Is your 'other half' into opera, and if they are not, do they go along anyway with you out of politeness or do you have an 'opera companion'?!

I don't have a partner & the first time I went it was on my own & I felt awkward, thinking everyone would be in couples but I was totally wrong. Lots and lots of people go on their own & I don't even think about it now.

I've since made friends with fans from other parts of the country & sometimes meet up & go with them but still love going on my own. I'm a bit of a Stage Door groupie & often make friends with other fans while we wait for the artists to appear. This is how I met Jon, my gorgeous gay boy friend. This is us at the ROH Stage Door in May after the Falstaff rehearsal.



I also make friends on the internet & this is me with Anne (who I met on Twitter) after Les Troyens rehearsal with Fabio Capitanucci who sang the role of Chorèbe.



(Just realised I'm wearing the same clothes - I do have other clothes! )

But I've made the most friends right here on TC & this year I've met several in person & five of us saw Les Troyens together in July. That was very special.

Originally Posted by sospiro

I don't have a partner & the first time I went it was on my own & I felt awkward, thinking everyone would be in couples but I was totally wrong. Lots and lots of people go on their own & I don't even think about it now.

I've since made friends with fans from other parts of the country & sometimes meet up & go with them but still love going on my own. I'm a bit of a Stage Door groupie & often make friends with other fans while we wait for the artists to appear. This is how I met Jon, my gorgeous gay boy friend. This is us at the ROH Stage Door in May after the Falstaff rehearsal.



I also make friends on the internet & this is me with Anne (who I met on Twitter) after Les Troyens rehearsal with Fabio Capitanucci who sang the role of Chorèbe.



(Just realised I'm wearing the same clothes - I do have other clothes! )

But I've made the most friends right here on TC & this year I've met several in person & five of us saw Les Troyens together in July. That was very special.

What a great response - complete with pictorial evidence! (gorgeous gay boy friend: ) I was kind of hoping of making a few opera buddies around this neck of the woods (Belfast) who would enjoy visiting! I don't want to sounds like someone advertising for friends! Seems a bit...I dunno.....

Well, I've probably been to fewer than twenty operas in my entire life so I don't have a specific companion. I once saw Szymanowski's King Roger at ENO with a friend who threw up on the bus afterwards. Really, it wasn't that bad.

And on Thursday I'm seeing Mittwoch in Birmingham with my brother. No doubt we'll meet other Stockhausen aficionados when we're there.

Originally Posted by belfastboy

What a great response - complete with pictorial evidence! (gorgeous gay boy friend: ) I was kind of hoping of making a few opera buddies around this neck of the woods (Belfast) who would enjoy visiting! I don't want to sounds like someone advertising for friends! Seems a bit...I dunno.....

In the future, if you want to hop over the water to see an opera at ROH or ENO, let me know & we can go together. My biggest problem for the rest of this season though is I don't have any Annual Leave left until 01/04/2013 when my new leave year starts.

Originally Posted by dionisio

BTW, i think i would never like to have an opera singer as my significant other.

If the opera singer were Jonas Kaufmann, I sure would!!

Seriously, I've almost always gone to the opera by myself -- once in a great while, with an opera-loving friend. However, I do meet some of my other friends (married couples) at intermission during performances we're all attending.

Originally Posted by sospiro

In the future, if you want to hop over the water to see an opera at ROH or ENO, let me know & we can go together. My biggest problem for the rest of this season though is I don't have any Annual Leave left until 01/04/2013 when my new leave year starts.

Seriously tempting suggestion - one which I may take advantage of sometime! ;-)

Originally Posted by belfastboy

Seriously tempting suggestion - one which I may take advantage of sometime! ;-)

Yes, please do. I'd love to meet up with you.

Originally Posted by Cavaradossi

I'm lucky, in that my significant other is an opera singer. (Get it?.... Cavaradossi?... ) So he's an eager attendee. Although for the last several I've resorted to going on my own because he's been on stage.

Are you going to tell us his name?