Take that, Iac

Yesterday was the final dress rehearsal for Aida at the SF Opera, and it was open to the public as well as to staff +1.  I took Molly as my +1.

It might be true that I’ve been listening to the cast recording of Disney’s Aida a lot.  So I’m kinda into all things Aida.  It’s like during Music Circus in 2003 when we were doing The Wizard of Oz, listening to the Wicked soundtrack during daywork, and I was reading Wicked.  Overload.

Opera is so fun, seriously.  I like reading the whole thing(supertitles), and I really like the parts where I get caught up watching and forget to read, but still follow along.  It’s just so big.

Because this was open to so many people, the house was just packed.  We were near the back of the orchestra off to the right side.  But there is another dress rehearsal (for Werther) this Saturday night that’s just open to staff, and I’m going to go check that out.  It’s another tragedy, I’m pretty sure Werther dies in the end.

There were times in Aida that I nearly risked getting my phone out and taking a picture, just out of excitement.  Since I managed to refrain, I had to draw some pictures of what I remember the show to look like.

I could only find watercolor paper, and crayons (actually I tried oil pastels first but it was a terrible disaster; and we have watercolor paint but no brushes).  So enjoy these three scenes from Aida (the opera, not Disney).

(That’s an elephant there, and Radames is riding it in.)

This morning I got Jared (New York roommate) to tell me the synopsis of the Disney Aida, including explaining the conceit of the show, with it beginning and ending in a modern-day museum.  This only makes me want to see it even more!

Here is an actual shot from their photo gallery…this is what I was going for.

(What? Did my pictures not look like this?)