Seattle Opera 2010-2011 Season
This weekend we extended our subscription to The Seattle Opera through the 2010-2011 season. The operas scheduled for next season are all wonderful selections:
- Tristan and Isolde (Wagner)
- Lucia de Lammermoor (Donizetti)
- Barber of Seville (Rossini)
- Don Quixote (Massenet)
- The Magic Flute (Mozart)
I’m unfamiliar with the Donizetti opera, so this will be an interesting first exposure to it. The others are absolute classics and very familiar to music majors. I recall analyzing The Magic Flute for several weeks in a cross-functional music / history class. For the Rossini opera, we’ll be studying “The Rabbit of Seville” to ensure we’ve got our scalp-massage choreography ready.
If you’re inclined to see an opera for the first time, I recommend The Barber of Seville as a great starting point. If you’re looking for something with vocal pyrotechnics, get tickets for The Magic Flute.