What do I think of when the word Opera comes to mind? I think of overweight men and women, extremely loud vocals, the late Luciano Pavarotti, and the Barber of Seville, just to name a few. However, the opera showed me that this presumption is false. The Lincoln Center theatre was absolutely magnificent as were our seats. The entire audience dressed up accommodatingly and respectfully as they were all dressed in suits and dresses. The scenery of the opera was fairly similar throughout but very realistic and believable. There was also a screen located in front of every seat that provided us with translations, however there were also translations on the stage. The scene that stuck out for me was when the prisoners were watching a play, because we had discussed this scene the day before in class. I highly anticipated how this would be carried out and it did so just as I suspected. I also found this scene to be quite comedic because of the gender reversal the prisoner took on. In the play within a play, one of the prisoners dressed up as a woman who was interacting with a number of men, to the point where sexual positions and actions were being projected on stage. Having never gone to an opera before made this experience all the more exciting. I gained much more insight to the different types of art and music that there is in life because not everything is rock or hip hop. The opera was quite enjoyable and being prominently male dominated possibly made it more intriguing and relatable, as it showed the struggle of these male prisoners.