We both saw opera for the first time last week. After consultanting with people "in the know", we selected Il Trovatorefor our first experience. The opera was sold out so we selected standing room. We had to show up the morning of the performance to buy the standing room tickets. It is "assigned" standing. Every has a specific place to stand and has a little table (sort of a narrow version of a bar ) in from of them to lien against and to read the subtitles that appear on a little screen attached to the lip of the "table". The location is at the back of the orchestra section - given the Met is six stories high, they are good "seats".
The opera was fastastic. The four leads all had powerful voices and are well known among opera goers. The opera house is beautiful though from our location we missed seeing the lights going into the ceiling before the show.
We both agreed it was a wonderful experience and we would go to the opera again but would try and get some seats the next time - standing for over two hours is difficult.
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