2001年當我在義鄉舉行婚禮之際，丈母娘的身分，讓我娘在婚禮的前一晚，無法像其他來參加婚禮的親戚一樣，到維洛納去觀賞露天歌劇，留下了遺憾。所以這次當然義無反顧，說什麼也要帶她去親身體驗一下維洛納最著名的夏日歌劇節。
When I got married in 2001, my mom brought a group of relatives to come and participate my wedding. Because she needed to help me with the preparation, she couldn’t join the group to see the opera in Verona on the night before the wedding. It was one of the many regrets of the trip. This time, we definitely wanted to take her to the opera and experience the famous opera season in Verona.
為了避免在烈日下汗雨淋漓排隊的慘況，我們買的是有劃位的票，兩張票卻也付了將近兩百歐元。平常我和老公去看歌劇，都是買最便宜的票，多花點時間排隊，不過這次為了省體力，只好拿白花花的銀子來換，老公也因此決定放牛吃草，讓我獨自和老娘兩個人摸到維洛納看歌劇，等到結束以後再來接人…這才知道，原來他現在對我自己一個人在義大利趴趴走這麼有信心啦！
To avoid the long queue under the sun, we bought the tickets with assigned seats. To enjoy this privilege, we did pay some money for it and altogether it’s about 200 Euro. If I go to Verona for the opera with my husband, we always buy the cheapest tickets, spending some more time on the queue. To save some energy, we decided to pay the expensive price. Therefore, I could only leave my husband at home and go with my mom alone, to save some money. It is not until we decided to do this that I know my husband is so confident about my Italian and he wouldn’t mind I go around by myself any more.
簡單吃完果腹式的晚餐（一份三明治加上礦泉水），也將近晚上九點了，我還是第一次在演出快開始的時候，才大搖大擺地走進劇場，想想，以前都是從五點多就在裡面坐到開演，幾個小時下來，大理石台階的座位早就讓人腰酸背痛，等到演出的時候屁股早已發麻，能夠這麼舒服地看歌劇，這還是頭一遭。
We had a simple dinner, only a sandwich and a bottle of mineral water. It’s about 9PM. To be honest, it was the very first time for me to arrive the venue just before the performance started. In the past, we always arrived around 5PM to join the queue and wait until the hour when the performance began. After a couple hours sitting on the hard stone seat, it’s giving me backache and my butt was numb. It’s the first time I could comfortably enjoy the opera.
隨著領位人員，我們找到了位置，真的是好的不像話，正中央的位置，旁邊就是給貴賓走的紅地毯，之前網路購票的時候，因為不能選位，本來還讓我頗擔心，沒想到主辦單位還蠻公平的，果然是按照先來後到，也更讓我有值回票價的好感。
We followed the service personnel to our seats. I was worried because we booked the ticket through the net and couldn’t choose the seats with the system. It proved that the organizer did according to their promise and assigned the seats with a “first come first serve” basis. Our seats were just at the center, beside the red carpet for the VIPs. At least I didn’t spend the money for nothing.
演出前，舞台上有人拿著大鑼跑出來預告了三次，之後整個燈光暗了下來，主辦單位也請觀眾按照傳統，點起手上的蠟燭，會場中頓時點點星光，真是浪漫到不行~~~
Before the performance started, a guy went up to the stage with a big gong and announced three times. After that, the light went off gradually. The organizer invited the audience to light up candles according to the tradition of Arena di Verona. Suddenly, spots of candlelight filled up the space, creating a very romantic atmosphere.
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