THE OPERA

THE OPERA DID NOT START UNTIL 9:00 PM BUT WE WERE IN MILAN SIGHTSEEING AND SHOPPING BEFORE WE WENT TO THE OPERA. THE NAME OF THE OPERA WE WOULD BE SEEING THAT NIGHT WAS "MAZEPA". THE OPERA HOUSE IT WAS BEING SHOWN IN WAS "THE SCALA OPERA HOUSE". THIS WAS A VERY UNUSUALLY OPERA BECAUSE OF A NUMBER OF THINGS. FIRST, THERE WAS A WORLD FAMOUS VIOLINIST. SECOND, THEY HAD SEVEN BASSES AND A CHORUS! NOW FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DO NOT KNOW WHY THAT IS UNUSUAL IS THAT A USUAL OPERA ONLY HAS ONE OR TWO BASSES AND A CHORUS IN AN OPERA IS MOST UNLIKELY. IT WAS NOT THE MOST EXCITING THING IN THE WORLD BECAUSE THE RIGHT HALF OF THE STAGE YOU COULD NOT SEE UNLESS YOU LEANED HALF WAY OVER THE BANISTER. CONSIDERING THOSE THINGS MY OPERA EXPERIENCE WAS NOT THE BEST.