Just back from doing an interview at Covent Garden. Walking down Floral Street towards the stage door, I saw outside it the vehicle that chauffeurs the real star of Carmen: a van bearing the words ISLAND FARM DONKEY SANCTUARY. Polyanne the grey donkey is seriously, seriously cute and has worked with all the biggest names, darling, including Domingo. Van deserved a photo, had I been equipped.
'La Stupenda' was supposed to have been at the House today, opening the new exhibition to celebrate 60 years of the Royal Opera. But unfortunately Dame Joan had broken a bone (I think) and had to cancel. Instead, Juan Diego and Natalie came along to cut the cake. And was I there? No, I bloody wasn't! I declined the invitation in order to stay home tussling [cue: brightening halo] with third novel and a pile of CD reviews as tall as me. (OK, I'm not tall, but it's all relative...) And all I really managed to do was listen to two uninspiring discs and screw up the timescale that I was trying to fix. As Solti would say: grr.
The interview wasn't with any of the above, not even Polyanne. More soon...
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I don't usually take comments like that last one, since it constitutes nothing more than free advertising for something probably not of much interest to any of you and certainly not to me, but I managed to hit the 'publish' button instead of 'reject' while trying to do 3 other things at the same time. Now I don't know how to delete it. Apologies for the drop in one's usual high standards.
The cake would have been bad for your teeth! Please tell us more about the novel you are writing.
You're quite right, Janos, and my waistline would also have complained! Update on novel coming soon...
Some of the reviews of Carmen mentioned chickens too, but I didn't spot any the night I went. Maybe they were dropped after the first night?
Yes, I didn't see them either, although they were credited in the programme (if not by individual name!). Escamillo's big black horse was very smart, but lacked Polyanne's "aahhh" factor.
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