I went to see Carmen last week being invited by my friend. It was the first time I went to Royal Albert Hall, which I always wanted to visit as everyone recommends!
It looks beautiful from outside, but you should definitely go inside! It was exactly the same image as I used to imagine “European theatre”. It was amazing. I wish I could seat which looks “place for rich people” (=box seat) one day…
It was also the first time I saw Carmen as live performance, I know a lot of its music and I enjoyed it so much. Carmen, attractive sexy girl, was wonderful but I was so moved by Don Jose, who has destroyed his own life for Carmen and push himself into a corner. By the way, I always wonder, opera is such a unrealistic situation which everyone is singing and singing, why does it make me cry so much?
Anyway, it was an amazing experience, thanks to my friend!
By the way, this month, Kabuki actors called “otowa-ya” will come to Barbican theatre to play Kabuki version of “Twelfth night”. Now I’m feeling so down as I missed the ticket. Well, I was just in two minds, because it’s not “Nakamura-ya (my favourite actors)”, and it’s Shakespeare, not a traditional Kabuki play… and I was also arranging the schedule with my boyfriend. And now it is sold out.
………….I want to see Kabukiiiiiiiiii!