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hollysmom

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11. About 4 years ago

Reply to Manifestor_of_Light (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 12:58 AM

Jan 2013

the Met in the park. I think they have cut out my area, they have not had it lately.

I did go to an opera contest in spring 2012.

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What is the last classical/opera concert you went to? [View all] Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2013 OP

classical concert - Honegger Christmas Cantata (spectacular, at Duke Chapel in NC). NRaleighLiberal Jan 2013 #1

My wife and I saw 'The Nutcracker' at the Pacific Northwest Ballet last month. Aristus Jan 2013 #2

I SURVIVED PARSIFAL. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2013 #6

'Parsifal' is the one of Wagner's grand operas that I haven't seen in performance. Aristus Jan 2013 #9

Are you sure it wasn't just a guy with a ponytail? harmonicon Jan 2013 #16

No. I saw her from the front after one of the intermissions. Aristus Jan 2013 #22

Hold on... harmonicon Jan 2013 #23

Or Japanese-Canadian, for that matter? Aristus Jan 2013 #24

You can always tell THEM apart. harmonicon Jan 2013 #25

Nutcracker Ballet, elleng Jan 2013 #3

My wife and I went to a dinner club in Atlanta featuring opera singers a while back. onehandle Jan 2013 #4

They put the words up in English now at the opera, you know. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2013 #7

Nice. I am an uneducated lover of Opera. onehandle Jan 2013 #8

I was in the last concert I went to. kwassa Jan 2013 #5

Cendrillon TuxedoKat Jan 2013 #10

About 4 years ago hollysmom Jan 2013 #11

Swan Lake by a Russian ballet company. Grantuspeace Jan 2013 #12

I've played a lot of ballet suites in my orchestral career: Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2013 #13

I wish Lewis Black would come here. Brigid Jan 2013 #14

Highschool guitar students. harmonicon Jan 2013 #15

I saw a duo of Brazilian guitarist do classical music last winter. Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #17

Last year (or was it the year before?) HeiressofBickworth Jan 2013 #18

Tommy pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #19

Trinity University Symphony Orchestra, a few years ago ... 2004? 2005? eppur_se_muova Jan 2013 #20

Hey Homie! I graduated from Trinity! Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2013 #32

Man, that last line sucks ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2013 #33

That was hearsay that was likely true. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2013 #35

Woodstock Chamber Orchestra In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #21

12/31/2012 JustAnotherGen Jan 2013 #26

houston. they were doing mussorgsky or something like that datasuspect Jan 2013 #27

Opera: Handel's Julius Caesar. Classical: The Detroit Symphony Orchestra bif Jan 2013 #28

Madam Butterfly at the Sydney Opera House in 2010. ohiosmith Jan 2013 #29

Saw the Nutcracker last month pokerfan Jan 2013 #30

The last (and only) classical concert I paid to attend Art_from_Ark Jan 2013 #31

I think it was the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Disney Hall trackfan Jan 2013 #34

I would LOVE to see little Gustavo!! Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2013 #36

He's WONDERFUL! elleng Jan 2013 #38

CD Trivia: Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2013 #37

Bach on harpsichord about 3 months ago in Jackson Mississippi.... Rowdyboy Jan 2013 #39

My classical concert attendance has been stymied by the lockouts of both Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #40

Aww. That is so sad when orchestras shut down or go on strike due to lack of money. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2013 #41

Interestingly enough, the managements of both orchestras retained the same union-busting law firm Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #42

Don Giovanni, San Francisco Opera, Oct 2011. n/t LeftinOH Jan 2013 #43