A night at the opera
We went to see Turandot at Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre.
I love Mozart operas, but I have to say I'm less of a fan of this era of music.
However, they say you should try anything once except incest and Morris Dancing, so we went, and I really enjoyed it.
Do google the story of Turandot, it is horrific!
Puccini was a misogynist, and this tale of a foul spoilt bitch and the selfish b.....d who finally wins her really appealed to him. I've never seen so many severed heads paraded in one evening!
It was beautifully presented, and apart from a moments crisis when the super-titles were briefly hung too high for us to read in the balcony, a good time was had by all!
The Pavilion theatre is a listed building so there is no air conditioning apart from opening windows in the interval! luckily there was a decent breeze.
This is the opera that has the tenor aria 'Nessum dorma' in it. Always fouled in my mind because of its associations with Pavarotti/football/mindless violence/litter.....weird and amazing what the mind does!
Still, at least I at last know why 'none shall sleep'!
The original size of this file is huge if you wish to look closer.
A night at the opera
We went to see Turandot at Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre.
I love Mozart operas, but I have to say I'm less of a fan of this era of music.
However, they say you should try anything once except incest and Morris Dancing, so we went, and I really enjoyed it.
Do google the story of Turandot, it is horrific!
Puccini was a misogynist, and this tale of a foul spoilt bitch and the selfish b.....d who finally wins her really appealed to him. I've never seen so many severed heads paraded in one evening!
It was beautifully presented, and apart from a moments crisis when the super-titles were briefly hung too high for us to read in the balcony, a good time was had by all!
The Pavilion theatre is a listed building so there is no air conditioning apart from opening windows in the interval! luckily there was a decent breeze.
This is the opera that has the tenor aria 'Nessum dorma' in it. Always fouled in my mind because of its associations with Pavarotti/football/mindless violence/litter.....weird and amazing what the mind does!
Still, at least I at last know why 'none shall sleep'!
The original size of this file is huge if you wish to look closer.