Arizona Opera — Local services in Phoenix

First off, when I entered they told me I had to have my COVID vaccine card, which I was not told to bring prior. The staff and “crew” clearly did not wanna be there, and were very rude and upsetting.

Then I bought a cookie, it was $15. So first very very very expensive, but the quality was HORRIBLE. I got very sick because of how bad it was. I payed so much for it to be chunky and not baked properly. To add on top, It made me so sick I had to use the restroom. BUT the toilets were BROKEN!!! My stomach was grumbling and hurt so bad. The drive home was horrible because of it, and when I got home I took the biggest dump OF MY LIFE!!!

Next, it was SO dirty. When I walked in I saw how disgusting it was, there was an ant infestation. It looked like it hadn’t been cleaned since it was made. It got so bad I had to buy new shoes because I couldn’t clean them when I got home. I can tell nobody wants to work there and the cleaners clearly don’t do their job properly. And to top it off they all smell like garbage!!!

The opera team was not kind whatsoever. And since I am on opera I am so about the art of kindness. But this was not nice whatsoever. I was ignored multiple times and, nobody would fix the restroom for me (You heard about that earlier). Overall this experience was a never again. I would not recommend to anybody especially if you have young children. Because they are NOT good with kids

Here’s why, I have a 7 year old and 9 year old. I am a single mother and I brought them with me because I can’t afford babysitting. I told them to sit in the lobby, while I had a trial class. My kids are the most angelic, kind kids EVER. when I finished my hour trial they had bruises. I’m not sure if they fell or they were being hit by the staff. But when I got there the staff told me this, “Your kids need a smacking, please educate them more on how to be good children, because they were horrible and please never come back.” Like seriously???

Please do not come here. If you do good luck....

The singers were absolutely superb and the orchestra was great. The AI was a catastrophe. The Greek chorus that stared at the audience for the entire performance was unsettling and distracting. The at times random AI, that mixed paintings, animation, real life video and out of sync singing, along with the performers was truly a distraction. There are many more things to criticize, but the mixed epoch’s also was a distraction. While I won’t go so far as to say there is no role of AI in opera, this was not it. A really well crafted CGI approach with live actors interacting in that kind of set would’ve seemed more appropriate. The performers and Orchestra truly...

Symphony Hall is a nice venue. The opera singers for Aida were wonderful. The orchestra is fantastic. Adding the worst cartoon/AI movie/video game as a background to the singers and Orchestra was the worst and funniest thing I've seen on a long time. It was absolutely a terrible idea but thanks for the laugh during a tragedy. Seriously, we couldn't stop giggling. Please don't do that again. Too stupid and an insult to the talent of the performers. We, as well as many, many others, made our escape at...