Yesterday after my class, Jenae and I took the train to Copenhagen to go to the opera. We arrived in Copenhagen just as the sun was starting to set, which made our walk to the opera house really beautiful. The opera house is situated on an island in the center of Copenhagen. The problem we had was that because it was an island there were many waterways for all the boats, which made getting to there very frustrating! We could see the opera house from the shoreline where we were walking, but then we would have to cut around the many waterways that went several blocks inland. At one point we had to backtrack for 10 minutes to find our way around. Finally we found the opera house, on a little island by itself.
The opera house was finished in 2005 and cost over $500 million to build! It's a beautiful building, and the interior is designed like a traditional opera house, which is really nice.
Jenae in front of the view across from the opera house...
The front of the opera house...
The doors that lead into the theater- Jenae said that they reminded her of a spaceship!
On the second level...
Looking down from the top balcony where our seats were... We actually got "standing" seats, but there were a lot of open seats so the ushers told us we could move down and find seats.
We saw Elektra by Strauss, sung in German with Danish supertitles.... so again, we were a little in the dark. But we had read a fairly detailed synopsis beforehand so it was easier to follow. The orchestra was huge! They had 6 basses as well as 8 french horns! The other sections were large as well, but those were the two that stuck out to me as being especially large.
The inside of the theater....
Looking down at the stage....(note the large orchestra pit!)
Yesterday after my class, Jenae and I took the train to Copenhagen to go to the opera. We arrived in Copenhagen just as the sun was starting to set, which made our walk to the opera house really beautiful. The opera house is situated on an island in the center of Copenhagen. The problem we had was that because it was an island there were many waterways for all the boats, which made getting to there very frustrating! We could see the opera house from the shoreline where we were walking, but then we would have to cut around the many waterways that went several blocks inland. At one point we had to backtrack for 10 minutes to find our way around. Finally we found the opera house, on a little island by itself.
The opera house was finished in 2005 and cost over $500 million to build! It's a beautiful building, and the interior is designed like a traditional opera house, which is really nice.
Jenae in front of the view across from the opera house...
The front of the opera house...
The doors that lead into the theater- Jenae said that they reminded her of a spaceship!
On the second level...
Looking down from the top balcony where our seats were... We actually got "standing" seats, but there were a lot of open seats so the ushers told us we could move down and find seats.
We saw Elektra by Strauss, sung in German with Danish supertitles.... so again, we were a little in the dark. But we had read a fairly detailed synopsis beforehand so it was easier to follow. The orchestra was huge! They had 6 basses as well as 8 french horns! The other sections were large as well, but those were the two that stuck out to me as being especially large.
The inside of the theater....
Looking down at the stage....(note the large orchestra pit!)
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