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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash
Do you go to the live HD broadcasts? If so, I hope the Met has gotten a lot better with their feeds - the first few seasons they did it were fraught with issues. The patrons generally thought that it was all the theatre's fault, so those broadcasts were stressful days for me; it would be like me blaming my TV when CBS screws up the Grammy Awards broadcast.
But then, if not for those days I would never have realized how many ways one can (mis)pronounce "La fille du régiment". I am sooo glad I changed careers.
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We've been going to the live ones, but all these old people keep beating us to the good seats, so our plan for next year is to go to the rebroadcasts.
This year has been issue-free, from the transmission side. The main problem we have is that the theatre doesn't turn up the lights during intermissions. Plus the popcorn & drink sizes are unwieldy. And they often have the sound turned up on the apparent theory that shows like Dr. Atomic are action flics.
I, personally, can mispronounce La fille etc in several languages. But boy did I enjoy that one! Natallie Dessay is not only a great singer, but a fine comic actress.
This year, Carmen was astounding. I almost skipped it, because, y'know, I've seen it a few times. Glad I didn't make that mistake.