Stadttheater Bern

We went to Bern yesterday to see Handel's opera/oratorio Semele at the intimate State Theater.

La Scala

We were lucky to get tickets to the ballet on Saturday evening at La Scala. Photographs were forbidden, so I
took this quick snap and put my camera away before many people had arrived. The theater at our level was only
four rows deep, and though we had to stand to see the entire stage, I thought we got great seats. On the bill: Balanchine's Jewels (short video).

What I found most interesting about this theater was that there were separate entrances for different classes
of tickets. The wealthy people who could afford €115 ($165) tickets for floor seats entered by the front door.
Those of us with cheaper tickets entered by a side door and used a completely separate staircase.

Hungarian State Opera House

We attended a performance of The Brothers Karamazov by the Eifman Ballet from St. Petersburg at the 

State Opera House on Saturday. Our box had seats for seven, but we had it to ourselves.

(November 2012 addition)

This post has gotten, by far, the most attention of any of the posts on this blog.  
Here are a few more photos from our evening in the Opera House.

Three chairs fit across the front of the box, two were on a platform (left side of photo), and two filled in the gaps, I suppose.

Our view of the stage and orchestra, when leaning onto the front rail.

Our view across the auditorium.
 

Théâtre Beaulieu

The lovely mid-century modern chandelier at the Théâtre Beaulieu, where the Prix de Lausanne is held.