Like I said yesterday I made sure to be one of the first inside the theatre to be able to take some shots before the start of the opera. For the rest of the time the camera was just a burden to carry around.
This is the stage of the theatre – small compared to those we see today but this is 300 years old. One thing that I liked is that the management installed that electronic screen/board above the stage (you can see the name of the opera on it). During the opera this ‘screen’ showed in both Maltese and English the lyrics so you could follow what is going on during the opera. The opera is in Italian and I understand Italian perfectly well but you almost never can understand what the aria is all about when sung by a tenor or worse a soprano.
Many thanks for all your views, comments and favs. Always much appreciated.
The last opera I attended was La Boheme at the Royal Albert Hall in London. They had a screen like this around the entire circular performance area at the level of the second boxes. So you could read it in English if you wanted to but it didn't interfere with the action if you didn't want to. It's my favourite opera, so I know it word for word in Italian and didn't need it, but very helpful for those who don't! I love the green lighting on the curtains there. Proper curtains too!
