Sunday, February 11 - Massachusetts

Good evening! A bit of a late (and short) post, but I wanted to share my experience at the Opera a few nights ago.

It was wonderful!! As mentioned, my friend had an extra ticket to see "Love Never Dies", the Andrew Lloyd Weber sequel to "Phantom of The Opera". What an excellent night we had!

She picked me up around 3:45, and 3 of us headed into Boston. We had dinner first at the Back Deck - it was great and (as usual) I could not finish my meal and left with a doggie bag.

It was bitterly cold that night, around 26 degrees. The wind whipped and whistled harshly through the narrow streets and buildings of Boston. Glad I was bundled up, even for that short walk!

Boston Opera House

After dinner we headed to the Opera House, just around the corner. It is a wonderfully lovely building; about 90 years old. Seating about 2500 people, the Theatre was almost full that night.

Stage

Opera House

And the opera itself - wow. Just... wow. It was a bit long (2 1/2 hrs.), but so very entertaining. The orchestra was exactly on point. Raoul, played by Sean Thompson, was well played and his voice was excellent. Gardar Thor Cortes, as the Phantom, was outstanding. His voice was so much deeper, richer. I think I fell a bit in love with him that night :)

Christine, played by Meghan Picerno, however was - absolutely sublime. Her solo, "Love Never Dies" towards the end brought tears to my eyes. Her rich voice soared and kept soaring... Higher and higher; higher yet as her voice grew amazingly stronger. Absolutely. Superb.

Solo

Absolutely amazing.

If you have seen "Phantom of The Opera", you must see this sequel. It was a bit overlong in some parts (parts of Act 2 and some bits in part of Act 3) as some of the critics wrote. I found the opera extremely entertaining and quite wonderful for my part.

The chilly wind blowing down Washington Street actually felt good for a few minutes as we left. Cold as it was outside, the Theatre was a bit over-warm and quite crowded (I do not do well with crowds).

I got delivered home around 11:30, the strains of Christine's solo still in my head. What a lovely and tremendous night :) I thoroughly enjoyed the evening.

Stay tuned, my friends.