die walküre

back story:

1.

jb loves wagner. 

he took a whole class on him. 

and the ring cycle.

2.

i was walking by lincoln center last august

and saw a sign for the Met's 2010-2011 opera season, 

guess what was playing?

wagner's ring

(only the first two parts, but still)

so obviously i bought tickets.

i tried to get tickets to both parts, 

but $600 for an opera is a little out of my price range.

so i got tickets to die walküre.

(part 2)

all 5 hours of it. 

crazy pants. 

i got to go to the met. 

on a school night.

and drink champagne.

rockstar.

and they have some crazy amazing chandeliers. 

i want 'em in my house, 

real bad.

i could lie and say every time i took a picture in the lobby

i wasn't trying to get the chandeliers in the shot

but that just wouldn't be true. 

i mean they are too flippin' cool.

also, james levine was the conductor.

and apparently he is supposed to be kind of a big deal.

so that was cool.

luckily for me, 

they had a plot synopsis

so i could brush up before the opera started. 

the Met's synopsis of the plot

 

and if i'm being totally honest,
this thing was great because
now i would know what was going on when i woke up.



yeah, i'm that loser who goes to the opera and falls asleep.

but it was five hours. 

 

 

and i wasn't as much of a loser as the creep i was sitting next to. 

sweatpants with hugely stuffed pockets.

not cool.

add to that creepy throat clearing.

death. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bottom line ---

it was totally cool. 

plus, i feel like such a rebel going out on a school night.

nerd.