Reason #1249028 why I love living in London:
Getting to watch a live broadcast of the Royal Opera House’s La Traviata, starring only the most legendary soprano alive, Renee Fleming, as Violetta – all for free (with subtitles!) on a big screen in Trafalgar Square with an audience of 10,000 people
Reason #2937917982730813 why i hate living in London:
The fact that there were 9,999 other people there
Honestly, there are just waaay too many people in London. Summer heat has never felt so suffocating. One shouldn’t be made to feel like cattle when watching opera, even if it is free and outdoors…
Pleasant surprise of the night, overheard from two scruffy, stocky chavvy-type guys walking past me with cans of beer in hand:
“He missed a high C on the big aria in Act II, but other than that I thought he was really good. Have you heard him before?”
Ah, nothing like the occasional timely reminder that one should never, ever judge others on first impressions. I don’t even know what a high C sounds like!
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You know that high note in the Star Wars opening theme? Where the trumpets go, dun dun dun DAAAAA?
That’s a high B flat. A high C is about two chromatic notes higher than that.
Reply to JMsadly, i don’t think someone who doesn’t know what a high C is would have any idea what a chromatic note is either (at least i don’t!) though with the star wars theme in my head, yes i can imagine that it is a very high note. :P
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