our child the opera star!

this household has been in a real turmoil over the last few weeks (what's new) and resembles a war zone (not new either) as rike not only performed in her usual spring concerts in what amounts to four orchestras this year but she was also casted as a fairy in the latest guildhall school of music production of britten's a midsummer nights dream at the barbican which really threw any normal schedule out of the window and the extensive rehearsals made her miss so many classes at school that you wonder whether they still recognise her over there.

but it must be said that despite the long hours it has been an incredible experience for her and she and her friends so thoroughly enjoyed themselves that they all wanna change careers now. 

we saw the performance on the opening night and we just loved it. britten's score is marvellous (i did not know it) and made me like him even more, it had a great cast that performed professionally and up for the job, the orchestra was excellent, the direction swift, and an adequate set design with simple yet striking images kept us entertained. the highlights were (sorry - proud mum syndrome) of course the fairies who were rather substantial in their attitude and singing and quite present right down to one of rike's friends fracturing her wrist in the last moments of the show. still running into next week and nearly sold out but catch it if you can.

Or see the whole performance live here on saturday, 3rd march, 19:00 gmt 

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