Waking early on a Saturday morning is not always easy but with the motivation of tickets to watch the dress rehearsal of an English National Opera performance in mind I sprung out of bed quite easily especially when one of the singers was someone I knew!
It all came about a week or so earlier I received a text from my twin sister saying,
"bet you'll never guess who I saw yesterday?" Going off on a tangent of celebrities she reined me in and said,
"she's not famous yet!" So I narrowed it down to a school friend, of which most of our friends are in London these days! And by picking names at random I finally got it...Samantha price! A beautiful sweetie from Archbishop. Probably partially influenced by her father’s role as the Music teacher in school she was into her music taking the lead in many of the school productions, and when I thought about it I realised I hadn't seen her for years!
So there we we're, Ian and I, watching an old friend dressed as a man singing beautiful opera! Her voice was powerful and her synchronised part within the Three Gentlemen allowed her voice to bounce back and forth between them cleverly.
The story was extremely contemporary, and I constantly wondered where we as the audience would end up next. Considering Julietta was written in the 30's the impact of this modern piece must have been tremendous. The orchestra was sublime! The enthusiastic composer was visible from our seats and he was leading the group very well. The ingenious scene makers had gone all out with extending accordions and stepping stones for keypads! The idea of forgetfulness was haunting and the frustration reflected a possible harsh reality. I found the whole morning thoroughly enjoyable and certainly worth getting out of bed for!
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