Younger a night at the opera
The opera itself, a modern work by Phillip Glass, was challenging in its style – this was indeed no jukebox musical, but rewardingly so. What I instead found were people like myself watching an artistic exploration of Walt Disney, in English and with the most amazing illustrated set. If any part of my preconceptions were right, it was the grand opulence of the opera house, but I was pleased to find the atmosphere inside didn’t match its ostentation. Overall, for me personally it was a very pleasant experience that I would love to revisit.”Īdam Dyster: “Imagining ‘the opera’, I stereotypically had imagined a posh, older audience, extravagantly dressed and sporting opera glasses, watching an eighteenth-century Italian melodrama of love and romance.
The show itself was captivating and quite inspiring as a vocalist watching these opera masters blast out tremendous harmonies and sing terrifically. It was almightily welcoming, with ushers always kindly ushering you, and a fantastic pre-show talk that gave you insight to the show and the hard work that they put into it. However, my trip to watch The Perfect American was an enjoyable learning curve some parts of the experience showed a little of the stereotypical upper-class surroundings I was expecting (such as the Champagne bar stacked with alcohol whose net-worth is more than my own car), but you never felt out of place in this beautiful theatre. It’s not the fact I shun opera as the upper-class snobbery facade of the theatre, it’s just a different theatre to the theatre I know and love. Jason Imlach: “Opera is something I’d never thought I would show a keen interest in.
Was it all pomp and luxury? did our readers understand the opera? and more importantly, will they be returning? Read the responses below to find out. Building on our work with English National Opera last year, AYT and ENO teamed up again to take six AYT readers to their first ever opera. Here at A Younger Theatre we do our best to give opportunities for young people to experience culture for the first time.