5/23/2024 Return to Parma 💕💕
I love Parma! And it doesn't take long to realize why...
- The Barilla family owns the entire area near our hotel.
- It has incredible towers, chapels, churches, and frescoes.
The church of San Giovanni Evangelista's dome fresco
by Correggio of Saint John on Patmos.
(outside and inside)
- The food and drink are amazing!
Cheese, mortadella, Ciabatta bread, and wine.
Betty generously offered me the extra ticket she purchased for two box seats to attend the sold-out, riveting production of Tosca.
Of course, being a Pucchini aficionado, I didn't hesitate.
Ironically, she miscalculated where our seats were,
and I ended up with the better seat along the railing.
Betty kept insisting I was in the wrong seat, and I kept telling her the usher seated me and that ushers are always right.
She was sitting 3 boxes behind me when she photographed my back (upper left in a pink blouse with my head down.)
The seating in these boxes made no sense. Only the 2 seats along the railing had a view of the stage.
The other 3 had restricted views or none at all.
Just before the opera curtain was raised, a younger Italian woman and her friend entered my box while I was chatting with the German couple (also in the box). The woman and her friend aggressively insisted I was in their seat (at least, I thought that's what they were saying since I didn't understand Italian and they didn't understand English.)
But I knew I needed to remain glued to my seat for 2 20-minute intermissions and 4.5 hours of Tosca because I was sure one of them would purloin it if I moved a muscle. By the end of the opera, my butt was so numb, I was surprised I could walk back to our hotel.
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