madam butterfly
As we didn’t make it to any opera in Berlin with CJ (who really likes Wagner anyway) on his last night in town we grabbed some cheap seats at the Theatre Royal and took in a performance of Madam Butterfly.
Our nose bleed seats, noisy neighbours and distracting surtitles didn’t help things but overall the performance was a bit disappointing, the voices were thin, costumes a little shabby and Madam definitely bore little resemblance to a lithe Japanese fifteen year old. A distorted perspective set was highlight – interesting if a little restrained.
We worked our way a little further forward after the interval, which improved things a little before CJ hopped on the Caledonian Sleeper for the overnight trip to London. Having not heard from him since we don’t know if he made it!