Tartan, Leather, and Plot Twists: Live Tweeting Lucia di Lammermoor

by San Francisco Opera Staff

They came, they saw, they tweeted: last Sunday a group of social-savvy tweeters gathered at the Opera House to live tweet the final dress rehearsal of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. As usual, the tweets ranged from personal reactions to pop culture comparisons to advice for the characters.

Getting Ready

View from the boxes! I feel like pretty woman! #LuciaSF pic.twitter.com/qz9qwqbgFj
— appley (@appley) October 4, 2015

Time to add "Lammermoor" to my spellcheck #LuciaSF
— SpooOOOOoookyboots (@smartyboots) October 4, 2015

I don't always take selfies, but when I do, it's for box seats @SFOpera #SFOselfie pic.twitter.com/xixcaXgOQP
— radu mihai roman (@mehinix) October 4, 2015

Plot Comments

Scene iii. The betrayal. The floor in every scene looks like a chess board. The pieces are moving. #LuciaSF @SFOpera
— Jennifer Tomooka (@jenniwren08) October 4, 2015

Edgardo and Lucia are such a cute pair. Destined to crash and burn but cute. #LuciaSF
— Ayoung Jeon (@ajeon) October 4, 2015

Stunning mad scene @SFOpera #LuciaSF couldn't be bothered to tweet I was so enraptured
— Taylor Rawley (@traw93) October 4, 2015

instead of killing your spouse, maybe next time just say no? #LuciaSF #lessonsinmoderation
— Alexis Vabre (@figure8labs) October 4, 2015

That Reminds Me Of…

Enrico going for a look similar to President in #HungerGames. Wearing cream and white does not a villain disguise #LuciaSF
— Teresa R. Velez (@trvelez) October 4, 2015

Before #GameOfThrones there was #Opera! #WithFamilyLikeThis! #LuciaSF @SFOpera
— Cristin O'Keeffe (@Aspasia_1) October 4, 2015

Kelly green and cerulean ball gowns! It's Mad Men meets Henry James! @SFOpera #LuciaSF
— appley (@appley) October 4, 2015

The Look Of It

Lucia's dress is spectacular and demands attention. Where does one buy a replica? #AskingForAFriend #LuciaSF
— Ayoung Jeon (@ajeon) October 4, 2015

Enrico's living room would rent for about $10k/month here in San Francisco. Dang. #LuciaSF
— Karen Baumer (@phibetakitten) October 4, 2015

Great uses of simple lighting, perspective and shadow in the sets. #setdesign #LuciaSF #opera
— Alexis Vabre (@figure8labs) October 4, 2015

Opera’s Like That

Why can't we talk about everything in song form? #LuciaSF #makestaxesmoreinteresting
— Alexis Vabre (@figure8labs) October 4, 2015

Scene iii. The betrayal. The floor in every scene looks like a chess board. The pieces are moving. #LuciaSF @SFOpera
— Jennifer Tomooka (@jenniwren08) October 4, 2015

do what i say, or i'll become a ghost! -- sometimes i threaten people with that too, success has been questionable #LuciaSF
— Alexis Vabre (@figure8labs) October 4, 2015

30 mins into #LuciaSF and the word 'blood' has already come up at least 67 times. Oh well, I'm sure it's nothing.
— Karen Baumer (@phibetakitten) October 4, 2015

Face off bw the two suitors! It's leather vs tartan. #singoff #howwehandlethingsattheopera #LuciaSF @SFOpera
— Jennifer Tomooka (@jenniwren08) October 4, 2015

Why must opera storylines be so implausible? No Scotsman would ever willingly go to France! #LuciaSF
— Karen Baumer (@phibetakitten) October 4, 2015

Despite the fact that the dress rehearsal took place during prime sports-watching time, the hashtag #LuciaSF still managed to be trending in San Francisco:

Twitter screenshot San Francisco Trends

Thanks to our wonderful tweeters: @ajeon, @appley, @Aspasia_1, @figure8labs, @jenniwren08, @mehinix, @phibetakitten, @smartyboots, and @trvelez,

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