The Next Excursion: Opera on Tap at the Brooklyn Museum

Written at the time (oct, 3 2009): Some friends and I went to the Target First Saturdays thing at the Brooklyn Museum tonight because the events were all opera-related. As it was the last time I went to one of their First Saturdays, the scene was confusing and kind of tedious. However, at 8 they started a two-hour open mic opera session and it was amazing. The people that got up were almost all really, really good, and it was such a fun and lively format. The majority of people who performed, however, were from a troupe called Opera on Tap that performs in bars throughout the city. I'm going to get on their mailing list and make sure to catch them again!

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The Hungarian opera was a visual pleasure and an auditory nightmare. Once you got over the cacophony there was an absurd quality (the dancers costumed in hooded Lycra bedsheets and the gnomish short-tied long-haired narrator who repeatedly walked on stage to explain the action) that pushed it into the realm of comedy.

On the other hand, the Opera on Tap crowd at the open mike downstairs were great!!

Addio, Addio, Addio, Addio, Addio......
Meridita
(10/4/09)