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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.
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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 TO JOIN THIS GROUP OR ATTEND EVENTS?
No, you donīt!. Whether you are a complete beginner or an opera expert, you are very welcome to join us and become part of this fantastic group of people. We are a friendly group 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.
We currently have events especially planned for beginners in the art of opera!.
IS IT EXPENSIVE TO GO TO THE OPERA?
No. Getting tickets to opera performances doesnīt 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 most of our events, you take care of purchasing and picking up 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. Please carefully read each event description and you will know how the event you attend works.
Scene (from Act III) from Pucciniīs 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?
Joining and remaining a member of our group is entirely free. To support event organization, promoting our group and covering meetup.com monthly fees, we kindly ask you for a $2 donation per event. We really appreciate and need your support to continue creating great events for you. You can donate via PayPal if link is available on event page or in person to organizers during any event. You will receive a group badge with our logo with Caruso (if available and you donīt have one already). This badge will 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 ALL MET PERFORMANCES, YOU BUY YOUR OWN TICKET.
For most opera events, 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.
WE STRONGLY recommend you get a free PayPal.com account and be familiar with paying online, this is important in any internet-based community like us.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- RSVPs: Your RSVP as YES for an event does not reserve a spot for you, it just tells the organizer you intend to attend - Only advance payment or purchasing your ticket will guarantee you a spot.
- EVENT RATINGS: After and event, you will receive an email giving you the chance to rate it. Event ratings should NEVER be related to quality, liking or disliking of a particular performance but to event organization and organizerīs work. This is, event ratings at meetup.com rate meetup events (organizerīs work) and NOT the Met Opera production, the singers or any other performance/s qualities.
- LIABILITIES: Each person attend events at his or her own risk. We are not responsible for any losses of property, any injuries or any form of damage that would affect you or your property during an event. Attending an event means you clearly understand you can not make organizer/s or the group liable for anything.
Minimum age to open a meetup.com account is 18 years old. Hence, you can not be a member of any meetup group if you are under 18.
Metropolitan Opera, opening of the 1916-1917 season. Scene from Bizetīs 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 regularly attending opera performances, but also entirely social events such as dinners to get the chance to meet people with who share the same interest. We also attend recitals, choral music concerts, lectures, museums and 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!. You can also offer on sale a ticket you are not going to use.
You will definitely have a lot of fun with us; please join us for our next event!
Nestor,
Your group Organizer
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Recently updated pages
| Page title | Most recent update | Last edited by |
|---|---|---|
| ABOUT OUR EVENTS | October 14, 2009 1:01 PM | Nestor |
| HOW TO PAY ONLINE WITHOUT A PAYPAL ACCOUNT | September 25, 2009 1:42 PM | Nestor |
| MET SEASON 2009-2010 - OPERAS THAT WILL BE EVENTS | October 30, 2009 9:30 AM | Nestor |
| DISCOUNT OFFERS | April 13, 2009 9:45 AM | Nestor |
| Payment Confirmations | May 24, 2009 5:39 PM | Nestor |
| Cancellation Policy - Event Change Notifications | September 12, 2009 1:39 PM | Nestor |
| DATES FOR OPERA IN HD at SYMPHONY SPACE | May 6, 2009 12:40 PM | Nestor |
| Opera Quiz | March 19, 2009 9:45 AM | Nestor |
| About this Meetup Group | October 16, 2009 9:47 PM | Nestor |
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