First up was the delicious Royal Academy's exhibition of Degas Ballet Dancers - Picturing Movement. I adore Degas ballet dancers, some of my fave works of art, so with this many all together just had to go see them as this will probably never happen again
So pleased I got to see the exhibition it was lovely to wander round and savour these beautiful works of art, many of which come from private collections or galleries in far-flung places around the world that I will never get an opportunity to see ever again. What a treat to be able see all of this and also to find that one of my favourites, Two Dancers, is normally to be found in the Courtauld Collection at Somerset House, so I can see that again!
Walked from Royal Academy along to National Gallery with a bit of time to fill - calling in for food stop on the way - famished after all that walking around! Only time for a quick visit around the gallery to say "Hello" to some of my faves, Henri Rousseau's "Surprise" of course figured as did the Impressionists Monet and Van Gogh, with a very quick "Hi" to Corot and then a browse around the shop which is quickly filling with Leonardo goodies in preparation for the up-coming exhibition of the century!
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| National Gallery, London |
Walked on to Royal Opera House for the evenings performance of Der Fliegende Hollander, no idea what to expect from this as it's supposed to be a modernish set, so with a little trepidation awaited the performance.
Der Fliegende Hollander - Royal Opera House
All fears started to be washed away, almost literally, as lights faded and the overture began, we were treated to the lashing storm of the sea with water gushing spectacularly down a see-through curtain into a watery channel below, the same channel we later see used for the floating of the model ship which signifies the Dutchman's ship. This was an incredibly enjoyable opera, I have not seen this one before at all but Anja Kampe's singing as Senta was what impressed me the most, her voice was powerful yet very, very beautiful throughout, was also impressed with the singing of Eglis Silins (The Dutchman) and Endrick Wittrich (Erik). The duet between Senta and The Dutchman was truly a thing of great beauty, I was open-mouthed, it was incredibly moving and the singing just sublime between them. Would definitely see this again in the future if Anja Kampe plays Senta.
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