What was the last live performance you saw?
The location …Vienna. I stayed that the hotel that Wagner himself resided in during the latter years of his life. Now a Marriott, not the best Ihave stayed in nor the worst. However the history and chocloate torte were the reasons for the choice !
Wagners ring performance at Straatspoer was fantastic. In the central dress circle box, the view was exceptional, even if my Louboutins were removed ( style and glamour always has a price… pain.
These are my remembrances of the performance, Fantastic orchestra, a beautiful ring of h’ordeovres in the interval and the ending. The gent of the piece unwraps the female and they embrace. So this is Wagner. The Nazi party hijacked this work for the Nazi party. I therefore in an imagined ending to the performace pictured a blonde woman being unwrapped at the end of the performance. ( My blondeness partly responsible for this vision! )
But no the female unwrapped was a dark haired woman. I was somewhat disappointed. As the chauffeur driven car collected me from outside, I was still disappointed. Where was the man, the knight in shining armour ? Sadly missing in inaction it seems and even in Wagner the woman was dark haired. There is no chance it seems for blonde women… Great performance and fun weekend…. But still no man!