An evening at the Opera

One consequence of planning for our big trip is that Teresa and I are now much more sensitive to our day-to-day spending. Our general assumption is that around $100 is equivalent to a day on the road, so it was not an easy decision to splash out on tickets to a performance of Tosca at the MET (Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts).

Of course our bucket-list is there for a reason and the assumption is that this would be the last opportunity Teresa and I will have to attend an Opera in one of the most iconic buildings in Manhattan, immortalized in the Cher and Nick Cage movie Moonstruck. As it turns out our decision to buy some last minute tickets yielded some wonderful seats in a private box, on the first level up from the floor and about 10 seats back from the stage. The box seats also came with its own key locked door (with an usher with the key), private entrance foyer (just for our box), secure coat rack, and confortable and intimate set of 8 seats… 2 seats went unused, so we even had a little room to stretch out. It was an ideal setting for an evening of stories of love, lust, betrayal, and sacrifice.

Of course the performance was beautiful (it was my first exposure to Tosca), and by the end of the evening Teresa and I both agreed that we made the right decision to invest in yet another wonderful New York memory.

Another bucket-list item checked off... :-)