Filed under: Do, Go, Laugh, Listen, Watch | Tags: cheap, deals, Emmanuel Chabrier, French, L'Etoile, Lincoln Center, Madama Butterfly, NYC Opera, opera, Opera for All, Partenope, Puccini
Madcap kings! Mistaken identities! Fortune tellers! And it’s in French!
Thanks to the generosity of the good folks at the NYC Opera running the Opera for All program, I scored $25 orchestra seats (normally priced at $75 to $145) to see Emmanuel Chabrier’s L’Etoile tonight at the Lincoln Center. It’s a NYMag critic’s pick, and it sounds like it’s going to be a rollicking good time (or as rollicking as possible for opera).
Photo credit: Sara Krulwich for The New York Times
I’m so excited!
To score your own $25 orchestra seat tickets to upcoming shows of Madama Butterfly or Partenope, visit the Opera for All website and enter promo code OFA1 or call 212.721.6500. Tickets for same-week performances go on sale at 10 am. $6.50 service and handling charge per ticket if you purchase by phone or online. Performances for this season run through April 18th before going on hiatus until the 2010-2011 season begins, so get on it.
I was looking at my dad’s Facebook page this morning (he’s a fairly recent user – just started last fall, I think) and I was relieved to see that he has, indeed, changed his Relationship Status from “In an open relationship” to “Married,” as well it should be. (As a non-native English-speaker, he didn’t catch the underlying meaning of “open relationship.”) So today when I went on to read his profile, I found this:
Basic Information
Sex:
Male
Birthday:
July 21, 1949
Relationship Status:
Married
Interested In:
Women
Looking For:
Friendship
Dating
A Relationship
Networking
I’m going to have to have a talk with daddy dearest about whether he is truly looking to play the field or find a mistress. If he is, he really shouldn’t have it posted on his Facebook profile since he’s Facebook friends with my mom.
