la boheme

i wanted to carmen to be my first opera since i%26#39;m more familiar with their songs but unfortunately it%26#39;s not playing in the month of april.

the ff: are the showings for april in MET, w/c one would you recommend for a 1st timer.

la boheme,ernani, the gambler, satyagraha,un ballo in machera, le fille du regiment.

La boheme shows sold out in april, where can i get tickets and are there discounts?

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%26gt;La boheme shows sold out in april, where can i get tickets and are there discounts?%26lt;

Let%26#39;s see - if it sold out - probably means tickets are not available and sdiscounts would not apply, no?

WHEN do you want tickets for? Another time besides April?

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Of the operas being produced in April, if Boheme is sold out (and sold out means there are no tickets available!), ';La Fille de Regiment'; is probably the most ';approachable'; for a first-time. I would follow that with ';Die Entfuehrung aus dem Serail'; (Mozart%26#39;s ';The Abduction from the Serglio';), Verdi%26#39;s ';Un Ballo in Maschera';, and Verdi%26#39;s ';Ernani';, in that order. Anyone who had not been to the opera before would probably be better off skipping Prokofiev and Philip Glass as an introduction to opera

There are La Boheme tickets being sold on stubhub.com

You may be able to get standing room only tickets for the Met. I frequently did that as a student (some performances also have student rate tickets) %26amp; often was given a ticket stub for a good seat as many regulars leave after the first act. New York City Opera/Lincoln center is another option -- Candide is playing in April.

If you really want to see La Boheme, you should continue to check the Met opera website occasionally. Many of the Met tickets are sold to subscribers who have the option to turn their tickets back in to the box office if they can%26#39;t make a certain show. The box office then puts these tickets back on sale to the general public so you might see tickets become available between now and April. If not, I second the recommendation for the standing room spots. I%26#39;ve had a better view from the SR section than I%26#39;ve had with some Orchestra seats. You can even purchase these tickets online so you%26#39;d don%26#39;t even have to wait in line. They go on sale at 10:00 the morning of the show.

i checked out the price and stubhub and didn%26#39;t realize opera tickets were so expensive.

The standing room tickets suddenly sounds very appealing to me now.

and i guess that means i would be standing until someone goes home early? is the standing room in middle aisle of the orchestra?

where are the seats for the student discount?

also, does anyone know how much to rent the binoculars?

FWIW there is also City Opera in April, and IMO their Tosca and M. Butterfly are comparable to the MET productions. Butterfly may be better since there is not the MET%26#39;s empahsis on staging. You won%26#39;t get the big names, but it may be worth a shot...

http://www.nycopera.com/browse/season.aspx

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There are two types of standing room at the Met. Orchestra standing room is behind the last row of orchestra seats. You are assigned a specific spot to stand at a sort of waist-high red-velvet-covered bar that also has its own MetTitle screen to provide the translation. The other standing room is up in the Family Circle, but if you are going to stand, the only place to do it in my opinion is the orchestra. No one , of course, is ever allowed to stand in the asile. Officially, one is not supposed to take an empty seat if one has a standing room ticket, but if you spot an empty seat during the first act and slip into it at the end of intermission, I won%26#39;t tell.

There are no binocular rentals.

I don%26#39;t really understand the issue with the cost of tickets. It%26#39;s opera: You don%26#39;t need to be up close and personal. Family Circle and Balcony are very reasonable - cheaper than Broadway. Only the most prime seats are very expensive.

And I second the suggestion to check out the New York City Opera. It is not inferior to the Met and City Opera tickets are less expensive than the Met.

i was already seriously considering taking my unexcited husband to watch la boheme, his 1st opera. but now i%26#39;ve been reading that the story is like the broadway show ';rent';. He didn%26#39;t enjoy rent. does this mean he will probably not enjoy la boheme?

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