Friday night I was at
San Francisco Opera's opening night, where I saw
Norma in downstairs standing room with friends. I got to the opera house at 8 in the morning & was surprised to find myself the 2nd in line for standing room tickets. Ahead of me was a cheerful patron who had driven up from Pacifica & arrived at 5:30am. Among other things, she told me the story of the opening night when ACT UP stormed the theater & she mistakenly maced baritone Timothy Noble, who was a cover for that evening's show & happened to be watching from standing room.
When the box office opened at 10am on the dot, there were hardly more than 20 people in line. I could have arrived at 9 & still gotten a ticket number in the single digits. Later on, veterans of standing room told me how much more competitive it used to be. When I was reunited with my fellow standees 9 hours later, someone commented that we all clean up good.
§ Norma
San Francisco Opera
Opening Night
Fri 09/5/14 8:00pm
I am sure it was a wonderful performance.
ReplyDeleteMy mother was part of the SF Opera Standees for years and supported the Merola program.
Do the standees have a website? or email address? I would like to pass some informations over to them.
happy to have shared that experience friday night (and saturday as well). no website for the OSA, but you can send a message to terrence!
ReplyDeleteThank you Elsa.
ReplyDeleteI don't have Terrence's contact info.
Anonymous: You can send me an email through this blog & I can put you in touch with the Opera Standees Assocation. There's an email link in my profile page.
ReplyDeleteElsa: 2 nights in a row! You are much hardier than me. I am really curious about Susannah, as I've never heard it before.
Thank you Axel.
ReplyDeleteMy email is kelticgrls@yahoo.com and my name is Marie.