Small binoculars are better than opera glasses or heavy binoculars. I use them at the opera all the time, and at large Broadway houses. I also use them at the ballet (even though it seems a little pervy). When I get home, I can check on the specs of the ones I bought last year.
Opera glasses are really for enlarging your view of the entire stage, but they're not very good for seeing faces.
Bird-watching binoculars will allow you to focus on a face, but you need a very steady hand to watch a close-up of a face for, say, an entire musical number. Each time your hand jiggles, the face goes out of view.
So look for something small and light that will give you a half stage or full-body close-up rather than a super-tight face close-up.
Updated On: 8/29/12 at 03:36 PM
