Another Opera - Eugene Onegin

So a friend of mine was able to get me tickets to see Eugene Onegin in San Jose on Friday. The tickets ended up being only $11. You can't beat that! Anyways, the opera was wonderful. This one was in Russian and is by Tchaikovsky. It's based on a novel by Alexander Pushkin. The opera was about love and friendship and bad choices. We really enjoyed it. I asked my friend today how much those seats normally are (we were in the orchestra) and she said $70. So much for just going there for fun without a discount. I found it interesting that you could tell Tchaikovsky music style in the introduction. I think it's funny that I could even tell his musical stylings. It was hard not comparing Eugene Onegin to The Bonesetter's Daughter. The were done by such different companies. San Francisco's opera house is so HUGE and ornate. But the San Jose house was much more comfortable. I am grateful to have been able to see another opera so soon. And I'm looking forward to the other musical events I have coming up.