I have been lucky enough to attend four performances at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden over the past few years. Today I was fortunate enough to see one of my favourite operas, La Boheme by Puccini. There really is nothing that can beat listening to a full orchestra, it really is amazing and these days, this is rare, especially in theatre. Most of the music these days is created by a small team in most theatres, but not at The Royal Opera House, it has the full blown orchestra.
La Boheme by Puccini is one of the most popular operas and that was evident this afternoon as the house was full. The performance started at 12.30pm and you may think that it would be full of the stereotypical opera goers and I thought that too. However, this afternoon there was a complete cross section of society and the dress code was everything from the twin set and pearls to jeans. I was in the jeans group! And also all age groups too, so is opera still elitist? I would say not, perhaps the ticket price for the top seats may prohibit some people, but you can get tickets starting at very low prices.
One thing you will notice at The Royal Opera House is that the performers do not use microphones. They project their voices to completely fill the auditorium and that is truly amazing. The performers are true artists who continue to improve throughout their careers.
Photographs taken by me this afternoon.
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