The Marriage of Figaro by Amy

When the opera started, I can honestly say that I thought it was goingto be the longest three hours of my life. But, as I got more into it I was soimpressed by their amazing talent and hooked by the storyline. I reallyenjoyed how I had to think through out the entire thing, because if youdidn’t, you were lost. There were so many characters who all thought that soand so like so and so, but they were married to the other guy, and if youweren’t paying attention throughout the entire performance, you were lost.Part of me wishes it would have been in English, because it was hard to goback and forth, between reading the translation and watching the performance.I guess, if it was in English, it would have lost some of its elegance andmeaning.

Having never been to an opera before, I think this was good first onefor me. It wasn’t boring, and it wasn’t at all what I thought it would belike. I thought it would be some old lady standing on the stage, singingrandom notes. I guess I was ignorant when it came to operas. After watchingthe Marriage of Figaro, I definitely want to see more operas, and also have anappreciation for the hard work it takes to put them together.