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Washington National Opera: Carmen, Sat, Sep 19, 2015 - Sat, Oct 3, 2015 If I were recommending a "first opera" to someone, it would be Carmen, The Barber of Seville, or La Traviata. Yes, they're warhorses that have been beaten to death, but for good reason - you feel like you're listening to a "Greatest Hits" album. For those who can't (or won't) sit through an opera, I highly recommend the 1984 film of it starring Julia Migenes-Johnson. I've always said that you can divide people into three categories of being opera lovers: 1) If you can name 1 opera Georges Bizet wrote, you're a novice 2) If you can name 2 operas Georges Bizet wrote, you're an intermediate 3) If you can name 3 operas Georges Bizet wrote, you're an expert. An over-simplification to be sure, but (assuming the knowledge came naturally) it's also probably pretty true (I actually saw "The Pearl Fishers" in Baltimore (I think it was Baltimore), long ago) - my supervisor for nearly 25 years was an opera fanatic, and we used to go 2-3 times a year for many years, so I got plenty of exposure before finally concluding that I simply don't love opera - I *respect* it; I just don't love it: They can be so brutally long.
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