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About The New York Opera Meetup
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Welcome opera lovers!?
Meet with other young people in the New York area, ages 20s, 30s and 40s, who enjoy attending the opera, vocal/choral performances or the symphony, and having fun together while making new friends! Join other local opera enthusiasts for social gatherings, to attend opera performances or cultural events together, to share information on our message board, and to learn more about this fascinating art.
OUR GOAL
Our ultimate goal is to make younger generations more familiar and enthusiastic about the Opera and Vocal music world. This is so much needed today. We are not just a group "to go to the Met Opera together", we do have a variety of events related to Opera/vocals and Classical Music and some are entirely social to get together. We are entirely non-profit and we intend to keep things that way, sponsors are most welcome.
Met Opera, Season 1930-1931. Scene from La Boheme, Act II. Seated on the first row are, from left to right: Ezio Pinza, Millo Picco, Pompilio Malatesta (standing), Nannette Guilford, Beniamino Gigli, Lucrezia Bori and Guiseppe De Luca.
DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OPERA?
You don´t need to know anything about opera to join this group!. Whether you are a complete beginner who knows nothing about this art at all, or an opera expert, you are very welcome to join us and become part of this fantastic group of people who love opera and vocal music. We are a friendly group of people mostly in their 20s, 30s and 40s who get together regularly and share the same passion. If you are a beginner, you might like to take a look at a short article on Opera HERE.
IS IT EXPENSIVE TO GO TO THE OPERA?
No. Getting tickets to opera performances doesn´t have to be expensive at all: there are many seats for Met Opera performances sold for $15 and $25 and they are easy to get as long as you buy them in advance. The same goes for the New York City Opera. For our events, you take care of purchasing your own ticket in any section you want, we meet before the performance for either dinner or a drink, and during the intermissions at a meeting point.
Scene (from Act III) from Puccini´s opera "La Fanciulla del West", world premiere production at the Met Opera, season 1910-1911. Shown are Enrico Caruso (center) as Dick Johnson, Emmy Destinn as Minnie and Pasquale Amato as sheriff Jack Rance.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO BE A MEMBER?
Membership to our group is free! and we are non-profit.
To support event organization, group advertising and pay meetup.com monthly fees, there is a suggested donation of $2 every 3 months. Contributions are entirely voluntary - we really appreciate your donation.
Please donate $2 (or more) by clicking HERE or in person to organizers during any event. You can also contribute by purchasing a New York Opera Meetup badge with our logo with Caruso for $5 (shown above). This badge will also help you be spotted by other group members in a crowd. Business sponsors are most welcome.
HOW DO WE ATTEND OPERA TOGETHER/HOW DOES THIS WORK?
For most performances, we get together at a restaurant for a light pre-opera brunch or dinner, and we go together to the opera. As everyone has a different seat preference and budget, you buy your own seat directly from the Opera house anywhere you want. During intermissions, we get together inside the opera house at a meeting point clearly especified in each event description webpage. The Metropolitan Opera does not offer, by policy, any kind of group discounts. For some concerts/recitals, we might buy tickets for the group and you pay them online through a link in the event page. Some non-performance events might require payment via PayPal to attend, please be aware of this. No PayPal account is needed to pay securely via PayPal.
Metropolitan Opera, opening of the 1916-1917 season. Scene from Bizet´s opera "Les Pecheurs de Perles". Left to right: Giuseppe de Luca, Frieda Hempel, Enrico Caruso and Léon Rothier.
WHAT OTHER KIND OF EVENTS/ACTIVITIES DOES THIS GROUP DO?
Our events include not only attending opera performances regularly, but also social events such as dinners to get the chance to meet people with who share the same interest. We also attend recitals and choral music concerts, talks, visit museums and enjoy other cultural events related to our topic.
SHARE OPERA INFORMATION - DISCUSS OPERA - FIND OTHERS TO ATTEND OPERA PERFORMANCES WITH YOU!
We have a message board and you are most welcome to post and share information about upcoming performances and concerts, ticket discounts and promotions, discuss about opera and, of course, find others who would like to join you for a particular performance you want to attend and is not a group event!. And of course, sell a ticket you are not going to use via our message board.
You will definitely have a lot of fun with us; please join us for our next event!
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