ziwen's first Opéra

Yes, i went for the hardcore Opéra kind of opera at the théâtre de l'Opéra de Nice yesterday. I must say i was pretty impressed with the interiors and all. Think of Phantom's setting as in with box seats, red velvet chairs, long red curtains, victorian carvings, Picasso paints on the ceiling, big chandelier ...............

Oh well the opera was impressive especially the soprano who definitely had some lung implant to have some a LARGE BURST of some super HIGH note *STUNNED. I doubt she has very friendly neighbours with that voice of hers. haha. The opera yesterday was by Offenbach, titled Les Contes d'Hoffman. It supposedly comprises of 3 acts about romantique fantasie. And it was all in French so i have no idea what the hack they were saying but their expressions kinda made in easy to understand. I guess thats where the music afficionado will claim that music (even in the opera form) is one which requires no common medium.

The most funny part of the opera was like i said there were 3 acts but we left at the 2nd!!! haha thinking that the intermission at 10 plus was already the end. Funny crap.