From a very first time and a regret afterwards (Part 2)

Let’s do a leap in time into the year 2010. I am wearing a fine suit, shirt and tie are perfectly color matched, my shoes are carefully cleaned and in total I really look like a gentleman (by the way, I had reasons to be a gentleman because I was not alone…). But if you had seen me there, you had could noticed that I hadn’t stirred for maybe three hours. I was totally hypnotized, with goose bumps all over me and with tears in my eyes. I was sitting among 1.700 people and watching my first opera: Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) by Giuseppe Verdi. I can’t remember if something has fascinated me in such an overwhelmingly manner from the first until the last second how this event did it. These incredibly powerful voices. A Symphony Orchestra what played every single note obviously only for me – better said it felt like so. And all this was accompanied with dramatic incidents on stage, amazing costumes, a fantastic stage design and a background choir which alone I should adore for the rest of my life…

Have you ever visited an opera? You should do this! Seriously, do it as fast as you can. You all are all invited to visit me in Hamburg and to go with me to our great opera house and we will dive deep into a new and fantastic universe. But there is also something I have regret after my first opera visit… I fell regret for the fact that I hadn't haven’t visited an opera before. It doesn’t matter whether Santa Claus and the Yeti have forgotten to gone to my tiny town or whether either none of them do really exist… I should have visited an opera much earlier in my life!

Great writing Dennis.

From a very first time and a regret afterwards (Part 2)

Let’s do a leap in time into the year 2010. I am wearing a fine suit, my shirt and tie are perfectly color matched, my shoes are carefully cleaned and in total I really look like a gentleman (by the way, I had reasons to be a gentleman because I was not alone…). But if you had seen me there, you would have had could noticed that I hadn’t stirred for maybe three hours. I was totally hypnotized, with goose bumps all over me and with tears in my eyes. I was sitting among 1.700 people and watching my first opera: Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) by Giuseppe Verdi. I can’t remember if anything something has fascinated me in such an overwhelmingly manner from the first until the last second as how this event did it. Those incredibly powerful voices. A Symphony Orchestra that played every single note obviously only for me – better said, it felt like that so. And all this was accompanied with dramatic incidents on stage, amazing costumes, a fantastic stage design and a background choir, which on it's own alone I will should adore for the rest of my life…

Have you ever visited an opera? You should do this! Seriously, do it as fast as you can. You all are invited to visit me in Hamburg and to go with me to our great opera house and we will dive deep into a new and fantastic universe. But there is also something I have regret after my first opera visit… I fell regret for the fact that I haven’t visited an opera before. It doesn’t matter whether Santa Claus and the Yeti have forgotten to gone to my tiny town or whether none of them do really exist… I should have visited an opera much earlier in my life!