Turandot.

What is born each night and dies each dawn? "Hope"

What flickers red and warm like a flame, yet is not a flame? "Blood"

What is like ice, but burns like fire? "...Turandot!"

 The very first opera I ever saw was Mozart's 'Don Giovanni' during the winter of 2007. It was a grade 9 music field trip to the National Art Center, which I had no interest at all at the time. Though it  turned out to be better than I thought. The second opera was Bizet's 'Carmen' in the summer of 2010, few months ago, at the Seoul Art Center. After the show, the experience I had was unforgettable and I was fascinated by it. Today, I watched Puccini's 'Turandot' at the National Art Center and the feeling of it still remains. Some might find operas not interesting and hard. I would understand because the language is usually not in English and the story development happens in very slow speed. However, watching an opera would be an unique experience that can't be imitated anywhere else. There is something very attractive in opera, whether it's the orchestra music or the singers' voice. Out of two and a half an hour, hearing 'Nessun dorma', one of the best-known tenor arias, made my night. Good thing to live in Ottawa is that, High school and University students can get an inexpensive ticket through 'LiveRush' program, which sells leftover tickets from the day before the show. The seat I sat was Orchestra prime level, which would originally cost me 110$, but only 15$ through the program.