I've just looked them up on wiki
Il Trovatore is FOUR acts long, i'm not that tall but the seats in the Bristol Hippodrome are crippling. I have also already seen a Verdi opera (La Traviata) so I will probably go for Die Fledermaus.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 12:26, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I don't know about that one
I'll be waiting for your reviews. I wish I had more time (and money) for operas and theatres these days.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 25 Oct 2010, 12:29, Reply)

It is expensive (£40 a ticket) but I only do it once or twice a year
Apparently Die Fledermaus is a comic opera by Strauss set in Vienna. Lots of waltzes and masked balls. Sounds ace!
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 12:33, Reply)

It does
Sounds like real fun, rather than just a story. I should try to go again soon, but yesterday we made numbers of wedding and hm, and we're a bit scared today.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 25 Oct 2010, 12:34, Reply)

The Barber of Sevile
is also most excellent and amusing
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 12:37, Reply)

the Marriage of Figaro is pretty good too

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 12:41, Reply)

die fladermaus
was the first one I ever saw, I was about 8 and it was AMAZING!

In retrospect, it was by a local amateur operatics, so it might be subjective to being 8
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 12:47, Reply)

That's a good enough recommedation for me!

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 12:52, Reply)