Balcony Seats at San Francisco Opera

[Andre Storfer]

Jews sit there, don't go.
This announcement is made on behalf of Jews.
Besides, who knows if you'll be safe.
AES

I am considering buying front balcony seats ($58 each) for the Nov. 19 Don
Carlo. Are these seats decent? Anyone heard anything about this

production?

Thanks,
JD

[Ancona21]

<< I am considering buying front balcony seats ($58 each) for the Nov. 19 Don
Carlo. Are these seats decent? >>

I will be attending the November 16 matinee but will be in the Dress Circle,
you peasant.

Ancona the Elitist

[REG]

It just goes to demonstrate that the peasants are revolting.

Post by Ancona21
<< I am considering buying front balcony seats ($58 each) for the Nov. 19 Don
Carlo. Are these seats decent? >>
I will be attending the November 16 matinee but will be in the Dress Circle,
you peasant.
Ancona the Elitist

[susurrus]

Post by Ancona21
I will be attending the November 16 matinee but will be in the Dress Circle,
you peasant.

Exactly what you deserve.

[susurrus]

As to the seats, they're decent enough for anyone not insisting upon
anything much closer.

What Lenny is trying to say is that anyone who likes those seats will
probably like those seats. I'd have to agree.

susurrus

[Ruth J]

Sorry for the late reply, this has been a crazy week. Jake, if you can
swing it I'd go for Balcony Circle at $85. Balcony is quite a ways from
the stage. But if your budget confines you to balcony, they are OK;
bring opera glasses and although I do not encourage people to dress
casually, it can get warm up there.

The production dates from 1998 and is reasonably traditional, except for
the dollhouse depiction of the castle in the Fountainbleau scene. I
thought Marina Meschiakova was magnificent in The Demon at the Met last
summer; Stephen Milling was quite good as Daland in the Symphony's
production of Der fliegende Hollander earlier this year. **Please
note**: this is an early curtain, 7:00 p.m.

I am considering buying front balcony seats ($58 each) for the Nov. 19 Don
Carlo. Are these seats decent? Anyone heard anything about this production?
Thanks,
JD

[Aage Johansen]

Hi Ruth!

Do you remember our discussion on Don Carlo at SFO and hotels in SF (in
July)?

We've heeded your advice on hotel and booked rooms at Cathedral Hill Hotel.
For SFO we've booked in the Orchestra section (the USD140 ones). Of the
three of us I'm the only one with an interest in opera so I really hope the
other two won't find they wasted a major bundle on this ...

Wish us luck!

Regards,
Aage J.

ps
Sorry for hijacking the thread

[RuthJ]

I am considering buying front balcony seats ($58 each) for the Nov. 19 Don
Carlo. Are these seats decent? Anyone heard anything about this production?
Thanks,
JD

Sorry for the late reply and don't know why my reply of earlier today
does not show up but here goes again. If you can spring for Balcony
Circle at $85 they are one level down and closer to the stage. If
not, balcony front in my view is preferable to dress circle because
there is nothing above you. I do not encourage people to dress
casually but it can get warm up there and bring opera glasses.

This rather dark production originated in 1998 and is relatively
traditional, except for the dollhouse depiction of the castle in the
fountainbleau scene. Marina Mescherikova was magnificent in The Demon
in NYC, and Stephen Milling good as Daland earlier this year in the
Symphony's Der fliegende Hollander. **Please note** this is an early
curtain -- 7:00 p.m. Ruth in SF