We're going to see The Barber of Seville on Friday! I don't think I have ever paid to see an opera before.
I don't know anything about the plot or the characters -- do you think I should look it up before we go so I have some context, or would we enjoy it more if it's a surprise? I think the theater will have an English translation displayed on a screen.
Exciting! Is it for a particular reason, or just a general desire to see an opera?
ReplyDeleteIf it were me, and there would definitely be an English translation, I'd probably forego looking up the plot beforehand. But I would maybe look up everything but the plot, because it would be fun to know stuff about the composer and historical context and whether there is a famously difficult aria, etc.