A bit of Puccini

I love anything that is exotic and beautiful, Opera for me is no exception, though to be honest I did find Wagners "The Ring Cycle" a little tough to watch.

However, this time the opera was Puccini's, "La Boheme" and it was nothing but something of immaculate beauty, something for all the senses.

The singing was champagne for the ears, the story so romantic and hopeful. The set was divine visual splendour, perfectly prepared you could easily mistake that you were sitting in the spectacular Royal Opera House and felt you had been transported to a very wintery, but ever so glamorous 18th century bohemian Paris. The taste was of champagne in the interval and the smell, was that of snow outside when the show ended.

Simply stunning, and yes I did cry at the end.

The Perrier Jouet Bar, nice! And we reserved our interval champers

The view from our seats

See, me with my Champagne

And Miss Amy with her Champagne

Photo of the Day No.5 - La Boheme

A big tick on my "To Do" list, a list that grows quicker than it shrinks. Tonight my lovely friend Amy came along with me, she was tickled pink too, to see the beautiful Puccini opera La Boheme at London's famous Covent Garden Royal Opera House.
I had wanted to see it for quite some time, waited 3 hours on the internet for my turn to buy tickets and was almost afraid that I would be disappointed. Far from it, we had amazing seats across front of the top balcony, so we didn't feel hemmed in and we could see all of the stage and orchestra pits perfectly.

A lovely glass of champagne in the interval, a magical evening, simply stunning.