Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra" at the Metropolitan Opera House. If you want to reach a genuine joy and excitement of art, one way is definitely to see the opera. This summer I came to believe it when I saw "Der Rosenkavalier", "Simon Boccanegra" and "Hamlet". Especially "Simon" was a perfect masterpiece.
Opera gives you a real art. No.1 the incredible singing voice. No.2 absolutly beautiful music. No.3 dramatic (sometimes too dramatic) story and script. No.4 elaborate costumes and stage. No.5 great act to play the dramatic role. No.6 highly-studious opera singers. No.7 the set of all these things.
You can just relax and sit back to enjoy them.
After all it's the voice. The voice given to a very very few people as a gift. In Simon, Placido Domindo's title role is so striking and deeply emotional that it created in me an unforgettable image of tragic king of Genova.
After all it's the music. Verdi's is magical.
After all it's the singers. They're not the celebrity-actors and actresses but rather the ever-challenging student of the music and act.
Frankly I don't like too much supernatural tragedy in opera like killing everyone on the stage, sacrifice for the love or young lady going mad. But Simon is a realistic drama of policits, war, conspiracy and separation of a family.
Realistic, but full of passion. (I think the energy in just one stage of opera is far beyond richer than mine in one year or two.)
Just take a look at Domingo on marvelous stage like Rembrandt's picture.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofRoCSFzHBk
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