Vienna Staatsoper WLT: 2-1-0

The score for the Vienna Staatsoper is currently 2 wins, 1 loss and 0 ties.  The WLT scores will be tabulated for every show we see here.

We saw I Puritani last night.  We got really good student seats (4th row orchestra).  We think it was the most stereotypical opera we've ever seen.  The tenor was nasally, the coloratura couldnt hit the high notes (neither could the tenor, actually), the baritone stood and gestured with one hand until he was done with that hand and switched to the other, there was one good asian bass.  

The lighting was terrible...once someone sang a whole section of an aria in pitch black because they accidentally put the spotlight on the guy to the left of him.  If you can imagine fake-play-acting a swordfight, such that you're PRETENDING to ACT OUT a swordfight, you have some idea what the swordfight between the tenor and the baritone was like, except the one in the opera was in slow motion.  For whatever reason, everyone (This is an opera about the Puritans and George Cromwell) was dressed as Samurai.  

But aside from being just bad, it was totally weird.  The coloratura, after kind of failing to sing her first act aria, got so much applause that she broke character, walked forward and bowed.  Three times.  This happened in the second act as well.  The audience went nuts.  We eventually got an explanation, which makes the story less entertaining, so you'll have to ask us personally if you want it.  Anyway, it was nuts.  Vienna Staatsoper score is set at 2-1-0.