Friday, 27 January 2017

Before the curtain : Carmen

Hello Theater nerds and classmates alike.  I hope you've had a wonderful week.

Tonight, Tonight I will be going to Bizet: Carmen presented by the University of Ottawa Opera Company with Chamber Orchestra. I don't know much about the show but I am excited none the less. My guess is that they will be preforming in the traditional we stand/sit here and play while you listen type of environment without elaborate sets or costumes but I could be completely wrong.

The last time I went to a strictly orchestral performance was longer ago then I would like to admit as I makes me feel old.  It was while I was staying in France as my exchange partner played cello  and her mother was first violin. It was lovely and I should go to classical productions more often.  The way the instruments can tell a story without a word and the harmonies created by everyone playing in unison . Each instrument sound utterly different separately but together they speak as one. It gives me hope for the human race.

(wow can you tell I'm feeling metaphorical today.)
Anyway.... Have a wonderful night and I'll tell you how it goes later.

Elyse

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