Same Opera – Different Opera Houses

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Leaving aside the differences in tempi, languages, and singers, the halls themselves sound different.

Here’s the same moment from Mozart’s Così fan tutte, one in Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts and one in London’s Coliseum.

Mozart’s "Così fan tutte" in Four Seasons Centre

Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, October 6, 2006 (20 sec.) Ring 4, Row D (second row from top)

Mozart’s "Così fan tutte" in Coliseum

English National Opera, Coliseum, May 25, 2009 (25 sec.) Fourth balcony, top, rear