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Posted on 21/02/14 08:32:36 AM
Steve Caplin
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Challenge 493: A night at the opera
I went to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, this week to see a rather splendid production of Don Giovanni. Our seats were in the second row, with a view of the orchestra.

Of course, I wasn't allowed to film during the performance itself. Can you give me an idea of how it might have appeared once the curtain went up, the house lights went down and the conductor put in an appearance?

High res is here.



Posted on 21/02/14 09:47:54 AM
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You do get around!

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Posted on 21/02/14 10:58:59 AM
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Make you wonder how he gets any work done.

Posted on 21/02/14 11:17:55 AM
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I think he has built a robot to do all the boring stuff for him - probably printed it out on the 3D printer

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Posted on 21/02/14 12:40:22 PM
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It was my first night off in a week!

Posted on 21/02/14 1:11:03 PM
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Posted on 21/02/14 5:38:49 PM
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Hi guys!!! Looooong time no see. Last you knew about me I immigrated from South Africa to Australia. In the mean time I went back to South Africa and in a little more than a week will be going back to Australia again, this time to Perth!

Posted on 21/02/14 10:47:36 PM
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Posted on 22/02/14 11:57:16 AM
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Posted on 22/02/14 11:57:54 AM
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Posted on 22/02/14 2:13:39 PM
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I had forgotten the conductor. It is not easy to find a picture of conductor on the web! I do not know how the colors will be on the site because I think my PC screen does not render correctly. I connected a second screen on my laptop and the two do not give the same thing.




Posted on 22/02/14 5:48:38 PM
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Posted on 23/02/14 3:13:01 PM
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Posted on 23/02/14 9:36:01 PM
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The London Evening Standard reported that there was a rather nasty altercation between the audience and the cast in a performance of Handel's Julius Caesar at the Royal Opera House last night.








Posted on 24/02/14 01:19:09 AM
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Everything I know about opera.



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Posted on 24/02/14 03:52:51 AM
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Posted on 25/02/14 02:11:56 AM
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I'm so glad that a couple of the later ones are clearly done in fun. I was afraid to post my version because I thought, as a newbie, I was unaware that opera was sacrosanct and if I posted this I would be banished from this forum. This one should be entitled "How Children View Opera." It should be noted that as an adult, I don't hold this opinion, but as a child, I certainly did. Again, it's not as good as some of the other ones. I'm still working on chapter 7. Oh, and I think I may have dated the French Horn player with the glasses back in 1998.




Posted on 25/02/14 12:10:44 PM
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Posted on 25/02/14 4:00:31 PM
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Posted on 25/02/14 4:11:34 PM
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I always sit in the opera exactly on the same place from where you has taken the photo: in the first row, outside, on the left. If you don’t lean extremely forwards, you cannot see the conductor, but read the partitions…


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