My First Opera!

Last night I got to go see Rigoletto at Opera Bastille with NYU. It was the first opera that I've ever seen and it was in Italian with French subtitles. Needless to say, I was glad that my professor who organized it had given us an extensive summary in English. I would try to summarize the story for you too, but it's way too long and complicated. If you're interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigoletto

And everyone knows this song (scroll down to the bottom of the page to listen to it, but read the lyrics too):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_donna_è_mobile

For the first half of the show, we got there right as it was starting and sat in the very last row (6 stories up!) because those were the only empty seats we could find. For the second half, there was a couple sitting in my friend Sam and my seats, and when we asked them to move, they told us to go talk to the usher, but then the curtain fell. So we watched the rest of the show from the aisle :(

Anyways, the opera was really good, and I still have no idea how they can sing like that. And the orchestra was amazing too. I'm also going to another opera later on in December, so I'm looking forward to that!