A Night at the Opera

 The Marx Brothers did not show up.  

I watched La Boheme.  Before the show, I went online to find out what this opera was about.  I wasn't sure if it would be in Italian or Russian.  It was Italian.  Very kindly, the opera house projected Russian and Kazakh interpretations above the stage.  Of course, this did not help me.  La Boheme (The Bohemians) is about poor artists who fall in love, then she gets sick and dies.  The End.

This picture of the Opera House was stolen from the web.  I took a picture, but it is not as nice as this one.

 

It is quite a beautiful building.

At intermission I went downstairs to mingle...

 The seat I chose was not the best.  I could not see stage right and the woman seated in front of me had the nerve to sit in front of me, blocking my view of most of the stage.  However, the music was good, the orchestra and the performers were exceptional, in my non-operatic opinion.  I have not been to an opera before, but I did enjoy it.

Afterwards, I took the bus home, but had to snap a few pics on the way.  Here is the building that projects images.  The ghostly man is an historical figure, I suppose, though I don't know who.  Too bad the other building was in the way.

These lights are strung across several streets, but I have not seen them at night.  I like it!

Street scene with Khan Shatyr in the background

Later this month, Rose and I are going to see La Traviata, another opera about people who die.