Venue is beautiful. Have been before and saw another show. First time at opera. Was with wife and another couple. Watches marriage of figaro. It was torture. Suppose to be 3.5 hrs!!!
We walked out after 2 hrs. Plot was not going anywhere. My friend is Italian speaker and she says she couldn't understand the vocals cause music was too loud. Regardless here it is -
This day and age, 2 hrs is max attention span for all movies, shows, musicals, Broadway etc.
I love classical music, attend many venues and different style of entertainment. This was awful. We all thought same and we are all young in our early 40's, highly educated and we're very much open to the idea of first cool experience at the opera. This was definitely not the case!