NOSTALGIA AND MORE NOSTALGIA
When I take the train for Aix-en-Provence, nostalgia invariably sets in. For more than 20 years I went every year with my Mother to see family and close friends. Or we would be going to the Festival for an opera. That’s what I was doing this year. When I see this, The Rotunde Where we saw Curlew River I know I am back and so many memories dance around in my mind.
In the late 90’s we had gone to see a Stephan Lissner's production of Britten’s « Curlew River » in this little theatre which didn’t seem to be as romantic as I remember it. Then of course the opera was given under a cloudless sky at night and in balmy weather. It was quite likely that the weather would be the same for Britten’s « Midsummer Night’s Dream » which I would see this evening. This is the facade of the the Théâtre de l'Archevêché, in daylight and then at 21h and even later. The weather couldn’t have been better and the opera was brilliant. You can have a look at this if you ...