My 1st time - @_@

My 1st opera experience is, well FREE and it's outdoor. if you don't like it just roll up your mat and leave or have a sausage and beer, no one cares about the noise(that is the advantage of outdoor opera). It was a free performance by the foundation for the advancement of Semperoper(the opera house) in Dresden.

ourside the opera house Semperoper

some bring their own chair, mat or just buy a cardboard chair. It was a live broadcast performance inside the Semperope itself and at the end of the performance the actors and actresses even walk out to thank all the audiences..(great atmosphere)

cool cardboard chair.. 3 Euro :S... i think they are raising fund for the opera house

or maybe just to get more people to watch opera(i think la)

The Semperoper is the opera house of the Saxon State Opera Dresden and the concert hall. It was 1st built in 1841, by architect Gottfried Semper(that is how the name Semper come la).

This building had experience few tragic history, it was being destroyed 3 times. The 1st was a fire destroyed it in 1869, 2nd time happened during the last week of World War II in 1945 and the latest one was in 2002, flood of the Elbe river the building suffered heavy water damage.

our's was the more unique....we sit on a CARPET(lol) which my neighbor just bought..

..and no one cares, plus it's quite nice to sit on a carpet outdoor ^^

Many argue, as it has features that appear in the Early Renaissance style, Baraque and even features Corinthian style pillars typical of classical Greece (classical revival ). Perhaps the most suitable label for this style would be Eclecticism; where influences from many style are used-a practice most common during this period.

the opera starts at 6pm - 10pm

10:30pm still not dark..hehe

at the end of the day although the opera was in French with German subtitle(we don't have a clue what they are talking about) but overall the it was a good show (we guess the story by their body language) hehe.