The Welsh National Opera have been in Venue Cymru all week.
Today they held an open house.
It looked interesting and it was FREE!
Below are the details of all that was on offer:
http://www.venuecymru.co.uk/files/wno_open_house_2012.pdfI tried to persuade my family members to go.
Then I remembered that teenagers are sadly closed to anything out of their specific spectrum for about 4 years!
Oh I tried. I was met with looks of absolute horror when the words "opera' and 'workshops' were mentioned.
Okay so I don't like the opera.
Well, don't like is a bit strong. Don't understand, and get bored ,would be more exact.
I fell asleep the last time I went.
The only one I have ever enjoyed was The Magic Flute, performed outside,in Prague on a warm summers evening with several glasses of wine in my hand. It was magical. (the performance that is, not the wine!)
Anyway, back to today.
It was dull and grey and wet. There was nothing else to do, or take Mair too, so off we went. I had successfully persuaded Martha to come along as well by then.
First we went to watch the singers rehearse and have the scene explained to us. We then just managed to get a glimpse of all the costumes and wigs and props that had been on show. I wish we had arrived earlier as you were able to try them all on. We then went along to all the arts and crafts events. Mair was gripped by these. Free face painting and loads of wonderful masks, crowns and butterflies to create , glue and stick! Whilst this was going on , in the foyer , a percussion workshop was taking place.
It was a lovely afternoon out. Doing something unexpected and very different.
It was a great family day and Jono, on hearing all that was going on, admitted he should have come along.
I would defiantly recommend these days to anyone.
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