A fun, but busy weekend. The clan decided to forgo a full-on Christmas Party this year. When good friend Manny said he could get us tickets for the Met Opera, we opted to see a show and then drinks. Manny is one of the costume designers for the met and very talented. It's the first us boys of the clan have all been together since last year's Ptown trip. The opera didn't disappoint... The Met featured a production of Mozart's dazzling fairy tale The Magic Flute, sung in English and running under two hours. The conductor duties split between Patrick Furrer and Gareth Morroell and stunning sets, and a standout cast. After a brief stop at Rockefeller to view the tree and then Bergdorf's to see the windows, it was off to Midtown West to Skylark Bar for a few libations. The views!
I love that theater and have been a couple of times and just wanted to sit inside and soak the room in, even without music.
ReplyDeleteAnd there's no place like New York at Christmas.
I agree with you Bob! The town is decked out too.
DeleteI love The Magic Flute! What a marvelous evening that must have been!
ReplyDeleteIt's been a weekend of music with the opera.... and what with Beethoven's birthday and all. The opera was phenomenal...it's been since I dated the professor I last been.
DeleteOh, how pretty everything is. I sure do miss NYC. William and I use to head to the city at least once a month...we also used to be members of the Met. A stunning venue. What a great opera to see too! I never thought I'd say this, but I wouldn't have the energy for the city anymore. It's such a good city for the young and vibrant to me now.
ReplyDeleteWell I still love the city, but I know where you're coming from. When I come home from the city now, as opposed to say when I was in my twenties, I'm usually very exhausted and wiped out. Not to mention even further away now.
Delete"My friends say I'm like a fruitcake...soaked in liqueur for months." LMAO!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love a good rooftop bar.
My husband and I met at the opera. It was The Magic Flute. So, of course our song is the Queen of the Night aria at the end of Act I.
ReplyDeleteSmooches.
You and your husband mad during The Magic Flute? That almost seems very appropriate, LOL!
DeleteAll so very glittery....
ReplyDeleteI, too, love The Magic Flute - to our eternal shame we missed Diana Damrau as "The Queen of the NIght" in the Royal Opera House production back in 2003, but Kathryn Lewek (who is, I believe, playing the part at the Met) is rather fabulous, too. We heard her Der Hölle Rache recently on BBC Radio 3 and were blown away by her voice. Jx
Your correct dear...it was indeed soprano Kathryn Lewek! A first time to seeing her and I dare say she was quite excellent..
DeleteI have seen snippets of the performance from The Magic Flute and must say, there was pandemonium at the Met Opera after she sang this several months ago. An absolutely gripping performance!! Even after 53 performances so far.
Deleteoh to be in NYC at Christmas time - if only to see the window displays!
ReplyDeleteDisplay windows! I love seeing those during the holiday season.
ReplyDeleteMan, I think I'd be too busy ogling that ceiling to pay much attention to the opera.
ReplyDeleteThat's the way to take in the city. Too bad the decorations won't still be up when I'm there. Does Saks still do a good job with their windows? The Metropolitan Opera is stunning.
ReplyDeleteYes Saks does still do windows, but they seem so hokey and almost seem to be the same year after year. And they always do some light show on the side of the building that I don't quite understand. This year it had something to do with astrological s***. I didn't get it.
DeleteLooks like a wonderful weekend getaway. I will save the fruitcake line for later use.
ReplyDeletelove that the Zauberflöte is sung also in other languages. It was born as a folk-popular work
ReplyDeleteThe Chesterton Opera Lovers are agreed that operas are best sung in Italian (it's such a lyrical language) - definitely NOT in English . My votes for Mozart operas are for the Marriage of Figaro and the Don.
ReplyDeleteMozart composed in German. Jx
DeleteTundra Bunny here....
ReplyDeleteThe Bergdorf windows never fail to impress, do they? I love the two mirror-ball Pegasus (Pegasi?) with the white clockwork gears in their rear haunches! Those starburst light in the Met Opera House take my breath away, but hick that I am, any opera would bore me to tears. Many decades ago, a friend dragged me to see Tosca in Winnipeg and after having a couple of cocktails during intermission, I slept through the rest of it, LOL!
The Magic Flute was electric.....but in the long run, I am not a huge opera fan either. Now a classical symphony performace....yes!!!!
DeleteI couldn't tell you when I was in New York last. I really need to get out of P-town sometime. Haven't left since my last visit to New Hope when you lived there.
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