>be me
>20 middle class
>some upper middle class friend invite me to the theater to see a russian opera
>whynotiguess
>go there high on hash
>enter the most classy and beautiful building i've ever entered
>red carpets on marble floors
>renaissance paintings on the walls and the ceiling
>everything i look at as that expensive glow around it
>arrive at my balcony
>picrel
>way more impressive in real life
>every balcony is crowded
>there is a pit under the scene with an entire orchestra playing
>scene lightning doesn't even feel real because it's so beautiful
>sit there for 3h watching singers sing their play in perfect rhythm with the orchestra

didn't grasp much of the opera's story since it was in russian (although there were subtitles) something about the struggle for power at the time of the tsars. i highly recommend the opera experience and will go there again