Figaro Get's Married – Opera StyleGus Fosarolli

Figaro Get's Married – Opera Style

Finally settling in at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre for our evening at the production of The Marriage of Figaro.

We are seated at our Blogger table and ready to await our audience Ok maybe not, but we are here all set up and typing to our hearts content. Funny enough we have a photobooth next to us that takes your picture and posts it on the Vancouver Opera’s Pic Twitter feed. Take a look throughout the evening for some fun photos. Check out the photo below as Tris and I attempt to mimic the poster.

We’ll soon be taking a tour of the backstage and I’m looking forward to seeing the props for this evening. Stay tuned for more as the evening progresses.

I’ll be updating photos on my Flickr set as well.

Update: 7:11pm

We’ve just had our tour of the backstage. Very traditional set which is rented from the Banff Opera. The floor is fairly tilted and to protect the actors on stage, it was covered with a slightly sticky substance (coke and water from what we are told). The colour coded on the floor is coded per scene of the production.

We are waiting for the production to begin at 7:30pm! Can’t wait to see it and I’m sure Russ will have some commentary for me to type on the blog as well.

Update 9:21 pm

The first two acts are finally complete and what a wonderful production it has been so far. The music has been wonderful to hear and all the principals are wonderful to hear. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I’ve been laughing and, for lack of a better word, grooving to the music of Mozart.

The humor is fast and it’s easy to get lost along the way, but overall I’ve been having great fun at the opera. I think I will hold off for a greater review later as our intermission is only 25 minutes long and it took sometime to get out.

What I would like to say it’s been fun being front row in center stage. We are right by the conductor and it’s fun watching him move from behind as he directs the orchestra.