I have now gone to both venues of the Carnival Center for the performing arts: the Ziff Ballet Opera House and the Knight Concert Hall and I am ready to do my review.
The Knight concert hall is a little sterile. The massive windows looked cloudy from the outside. The wine/drink service is very, very slow.
The building across the street, the Ziff, is less sterile, it has festive curtains and there is that now famous tripping problem when going into the rows. I was with an 18 year old and she tripped so it is not just the old people. The Ziff also has excruciatingly slow wine/drink service. You get your drink just as the annoying buzzer/bell starts, reminding you to go to your seat. The bathroom seemed nicer at the Ziff although I can't really remember, it was in December and bathrooms become a blur.
I saw Irvin Mayfield tonight (Friday) and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. I enjoyed the show especially the song the group performed that Mayfield wrote for his dad and others who died after Hurricane Katrina. The Music sounded good — not too loud or low. Was the quality of the acoustics good at either place?
I haven’t a clue. If I don’t have to stuff cotton in my ears I usually am satisfied. I sat in front of the speakers at too many Joe Jackson concerts when I was young. What did you say??? I can’t hear you.
The audience is equally rude at both venues, arriving late and leaving early. What is with these audiences?
The ever lovely Commissioner Sally Heyman was there and her neighbor on the commission, Audrey Edmonson but they didn’t appear to be dating. They just were both there.
Speaking of the County Commissioners, have you seen the Miami New Times Article "Pimp My Taxpayer Supported Ride," by Francisco Alvarado? He has been writing some very funny articles lately. It is nice to know we are paying for luxury cars.
2 comments:
I haven't gone either place. I hate the lack of parking.
Far as your new format... I hope people read the link to open it all the way... otherwise it seems weird. I do agree with the other poster that said they liked it better the other way. I get confused trying to get back to the blog start if I click read more. CRS.
I, too, have attended both the Ziff Ballet Opera House (Don Quijote and the Flamenco Ballet) and the Knight Concert Hall (Arturo Sandoval). Both places are lovely. The balconies and floors are magnificent. The buldings are much more beautiful at night, but I don't particularly care for the building design.
I had no trouble with parking. I think parking is adequate, you just need to get there early. I, too, was annoyed by the late-comers. They should not be allowed in after the performace begins. It is very disrupting.
I agree, the drink service is slow, and they open the doors to the theatre much too late. The doors need to be opened earlier to let people in to find their seats.
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