Was it so different in the Greek world of the 12th century BC? Perhaps not, when fame of beauty could still cross turbulent oceans and the trolls were all-powerful Olympian deities, squabbling and vindictive. What must it be like to be acclaimed as the most beautiful woman in the world? In the 21st century, Helen would be an A-list celeb – an indecent fortune, fast and glitzy life-style, face – and body - familiar to millions through film and lifestyle magazine: an impossible role-model for unhappy teenagers, a target for envious online trolls.
“Ill-fated as we are, we’ll become the theme of songs by those as yet unborn” Pre-performance talk in the Library at 5pmįriday 24 September: St John’s Smith Square, London (7pm) Monday 30 August: The Orangery, Westonbirt (6pm) Pre-performance talk in the church at 4.30pm Libretto by Raniero de’Calzabigi, English translation by Gilly Frenchįirst performance, 3 November 1770, Burgtheater, Vienna Parisįriday and Saturday 23, 24 July: The Deanery garden, Bampton (7pm)
The Opera house is the embodiment of magnificent excess.Paride ed Elena, a music drama in five acts The architect, Charles Garnier, worked from the principle that more is always better. So on the fateful day, we arrived early, and spent some time looking around the Opera house. There's more to say about the music later. Gorodish turned to me and asked, "Is this what we're going to see?" Yeah, it's that kind of music. Judging that we would enjoy the show more with some familiarity, I bought a recording and spent some time listening to it.
Gorodish make the call, and she said go for the moderately-expensive seats. It turned out that given the constraints of scheduling, and our desire to see a show in the grand Garnier opera house (which was half the point), our only option was to see Gluck's Alceste (which I had never heard of).Īnother decision to be made was whether to go for the moderately-expensive seats or the super-expensive seats. You can buy tickets for the Paris Opera on-line.
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