My First Real Opera – La Traviata in Riga

I always liked Opera, but never really considered going to a performance until I was in Riga.

I just loved Riga’s beautiful Opera House, and when I saw there were summer performances I thought to have a look at the website and see what was happening.

I saw that there would be a performance of La Traviata while I was in town.  And you could get a ticket from EUR10 (AUD$17) – holy moly.  In Australia, a ticket to the opera usually starts at AUD $100 per person, so I was so happy to see theatre so affordable in Europe.

I had to download and print out my ticket to gain entry.  So I popped into Copy Pro and printed my ticket.

I knew very little about Verdi’s Opera, except that it was very old, and featured in “Pretty Woman”.  It also means – “the woman led astray”.

The show started at 7pm.

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There were 2 intervals which were perfect for stretching your legs outside.

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It was wonderful, and pure entertainment.

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They even had subtitles in English at the top of the stage, which I didn’t need to look at often because you can kind-of follow the story without understanding Italian.

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Overall a wonderful night and a great experience.

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