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Expensive tickets, long run times, foreign languages, and a reputation for elitism – not to mention a propensity for wildly inappropriate story lines – makes opera a hard sell for families. Seattle area families have an advantage, though. The Youth Opera Project’s affordable opera designed expressly for children and families is a great way to test the opera waters.
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In all honesty, I wasn’t super-impressed last year when the current Seattle Opera season was announced. I didn’t want to see Turn of the Screw, and I was on the fence about the upcoming (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. I was kind of curious about it but suspected I wouldn’t like it. Now I’m actually excited to it see it. Here’s why.
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The last time Seattle Opera performed Verde’s Il Trovatore was in 2010. I saw it then, but I wasn’t blogging yet, so I don’t have a record of my impressions, and my memories are a little vague. Il Trovatore was the first opera that my opera buddy ever saw – she saw Seattle Opera’s mid-90’s production. We were both excited to see how this new production directed by local artist Dan Wallace Miller compares to our earlier experiences.
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Forrest Wu (Miles). Jacob Lucas photo c/o Seattle Opera
I thought about calling this post “Skipping the Screw” because dirty-sounding titles get more hits. Anyway, for the first time in years, I’m going to miss a Seattle Opera production. The Turn of the Screw is heading into its second weekend at Seattle Opera, and I’m not going. It’s partly due to logistics, but the truth is, I just don’t want to see it. Why would I skip out on this opera when wild horses couldn’t keep me from seeing operas as different as Tosca and Hansel and Gretel?
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