Nabucco by Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Two weeks ago I was invited by my friend from Yab.be to join her at hte last emission of Nabucco at the Opera in Antwerp. I had never before attended an opera so it was quite an opportunity to take. After a little sprint on my side, I made it on time to meet at the train and we were off to Antwerp together. We had to search a little to find our spots but we had wonderful spots on the first floor in straight view of the stage in a box that we shared with 2 other ladies. I was quite quickly surprised and captivated by the modern stage visualisation. I must admit that I assumed that historic classic opera's like Nabucco would have a traditional classic stage view, with costumes etc. But no, the singers and choir were a mix of "day-to-day" ordinary people like you and me without costumes. They walked around and took a camera with them that filmed them from another angle which was projected on huge mirrors/screens on stage. So you saw the movie while...
