Venice Opera Concert at Scuola Grande di San Teodoro

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I haven’t been at the Opera for a few years now.

When I was little, we had a single retro box TV with an antenna, our fragile connection to the world after communism, when new channels slowly began to appear. In our small apartment, the living room was ruled by a heavy wooden table. My grandmother would lean on her elbows at one end, her thick glasses catching the glow of the screen at the other. She never left her country, but she could watch and listen Pavarotti singing Nessun dorma from afar.

And I am here. Where so much history was written.

Maybe this is not Tosca at La Fenice, but exactly that makes it even more special. Its intimacy. The intimacy of the hall, less crowded, possible to see their faces and mimics even from the last row.

It’s an amazing show. With grandeur, humor, emotion, passion. I cried for half of the performance.  The whole room screamed bravo!

If you have the chance, go! The concert is quite affordable and it was over our expectations.