a night at the opera

last night i had a date with big brother. we originally planned to go out for dinner, then a drive, and then whatever ... but yesterday afternoon my boss stopped by my desk and asked me if i’d be interested in going to the opera – she had two tickets she wouldn’t be able to use. i said of course and told big brother that we’d be having a change of plans. he was up for it so we went.

i’ve never seen lysistrata and haven’t been to the opera in years and was very excited to go – plus big brother doesn’t seem to be the kind of guy who is ever lacking in fun commentary so i knew going with him would be a good time. i was right.

the opera itself was enjoyable. though i think i prefer watching/listening to an opera in a language i cannot understand. also, i did find hearing SAT vocab words sung operatically a little odd, but i not all together unpleasant.

my favorite parts of the opera were when the soldiers with rather large erections were walking around the stage. look closely at the left side of the picture - you can see his large phallus sticking up.

i especially liked when the sexually frustrated men sang about their need for sex ended with them saying they’re going to have to go find some sheep – presumably to fuck. the scenes with one of the men turning to another and asking if he can spoon the other soldier. big brother heard an elderly man behind me ask, “what is spooning?” old folks.

in the following scene one of the sequestered women in the acropolis sneaks out the front door disguised as a sheep. i really liked the way this is put together – man is horny – man can’t fuck woman – man turns to sheep – woman dresses up like sheep to get a penis in her vagina.

also worthy of a mention were these escape excuses -- “i just need an hour to pick my flax,” or “spread my prize winning wool.” GROSS!

i left the opera thinking are these people stupid? were we supposed to believe that these men weren’t doing it with each other? i mean if they were going to go to sheep, why shouldn’t we think they turned to each other? or even masturbation ... honestly.

(why do these opera folks have such bad headshots?)

at around 10:30 we left lincoln center, had dinner, and then big brother drove me around brooklyn and showed me a lot of things i’d never seen before. it was fun.

while looking for photos of this opera i found this fun photo.