Free Theatre/Concert Tickets Discussion Thread

[superhero]

Aww thats very touching. Glad u made your mum very very happy

You know, if there was only one concert I could go to in my whole life and given that most concerts I go to are rock concerts, I think it would be Placido Domingo and Angela Gheorghiu.

I chose this concert amongst my 4 ticket Sky allocations as I thought it would be a good opportunity to give my momma a treat which I dont do often for her and for free! To be honest I thought this concert would be boring for me. Whilst I do love my movie scores (80% of my mp3 playlist are movie scores) and enjoy some classical music, I never really listened to opera singers or tenors. Never quite appealed to me...until now.

What I experienced tonight was somthing close to an out of body experience...in fact it was cosmic. Hearing these 2 people sing live was like beingn catapulted into the cosmos...scary thought actually...imagine that, a spec in the universe and no earth in sight! I felt small...so very bloody small. And quite often during the concert, my jaw literally dropped in shock and awe.

We all know who Domingo is but I never heard of Angela Gheorghiu whose voice was so otherworldly. I wouldnt say angelic but it was a voice that sounded as if she was a commanding messenger from god. Both Placido and Angela sang solos in an alternate pattern and even the orchestra had their solos too who were superb. Then of course the 2 performers began a sequence of duets and hearing both voices complementing each other really had me at their mercy...

A very puzzling thing happened though. Before the traditional ending Encore, the point where all the performers bow as if they are done for the night, a quarter of the audience left. The poor sods. Dont they know the best songs are yet to come?!?! And so SIX more songs were sung and they were 10 times more magnificent then what came before. The show was supposed to end at 10pm but they finished 10:35pm. They did start on time too. Apparantly this is the only night for this performance. I feel so priveleged to have attended this.

The face value on the tickets were £90 each. For the greatest tenor and opera singer in the world, its a price worth p*ying and even more. The fact we got to experience this for free is quite overwhelming. We were seated on level 1 seats which were good enough, not near but not far away either.

As for the Sky backstage, it certainly was very plush. The thing is, mother wanted to just sit in her seat and settle in...she's rather slow and not even a massage tempted her. Fair enough but I did check out the Sky backstge myself for 10mins. Oh and Mum told me this was the best thing ever, I believe her!

[prettyxcool]

What a shame I missed you MrG. I did not know you were coming, otherwise I would have looked out for you!

[opas]

TheyCallMeMrGlass, glad you had such a good time and gave your mother such a memorable night! It did sound fantastic.

prettyxcool, I didn't know you could get back into the sky backstage area at the end of the show?!? I thought they would be trying to get everyone out. Well what a good move that ended up being, meeting Angela must have topped off what was already a great night. You are v.lucky! Waiting backstage is something I would be interested in doing at the end of the show to let the queues for trains or traffic calm down a bit.

[TheyCallMeMrGlass]

What a shame I missed you MrG. I did not know you were coming, otherwise I would have looked out for you!

Its a pity alright But glad you and your friends also had a great time and were not part of the foolish people who left so early missing the best part!

[prettyxcool]

What a shame I missed you MrG. I did not know you were coming, otherwise I would have looked out for you!

Its a pity alright But glad you and your friends also had a great time and were not part of the foolish people who left so early missing the best part!

You know me, I never leave early, I always stay till the bitter end! I now wish I took my mum too, so our mums could keep each other company, so you had more time to enjoy the backstage.

@opas, yes backstage is really nice after the show. It is really civilised, away from all the crowds.

[Sunny Saver]

My uncle and aunt went and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. They said Gheorghiu was better here than at Tosca the other week.

They had excellent seats, opposite the stage just on Level 1.

[prettyxcool]

Apparently, the most glamorous and gifted opera singer of our time.
She and Placido have been singing together in concerts and operas for more than 15 years:
Some clips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTG746uIFbQ
http://www.youtube.com/user/GrandTier#g ... 14A530F741

[Sunny Saver]

I feel gutted to have missed it.

[prettyxcool]

She is also going to be at the Royal Opera House and live on our cinema screens in the autumn
http://www.roh.org.uk/video/index.html? ... 4379927001

[allybeee]

Had an email saying batman live tickets cancelled tomorrow due to abuse by some members, anyone else had this re newcastle tickets ?