Glyndebourne: Don Giovanni

[PhilipT]

I went to the first night. I liked the production - nothing too weird, just a few quirks. I particularly liked the Dona Elvira, and very much want to see and hear her again. There were the inevitable First Night gremlins - e.g. the bar till in Nether Wallop crashed, so I couldn't pay for my wine - such a shame. The weather was perfect; the staff did well; the coffee in the bar after the performance was, umm, not up to scratch.

[smittims]

Goodness me, is all that still going on? I thought there was supposed to be a Cost-of-Living crisis or something.

[PhilipT]

Goodness me, is all that still going on? I thought there was supposed to be a Cost-of-Living crisis or something.

I'm afraid so. The house was close to full. The only person I met that evening I disagreed with was the man in the restaurant who argued that "Brexit is working - the serving staff all speak English.". Perhaps so, but there weren't enough of them. A few months harvesting broccoli and asparagus and apples would do him the world of good, in my humble opinion.

[smittims]

Glad you took my post in the spirit it was intended. 'Glyndebourne - Don Giovanni' for me means 1936, John Brownlee and Fritz Busch. And that was a few weeks before the Jarrow Crusade.