AN EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME
The week following my trip to Lyon, I was prancing around like a caged lion. It was totally unreasonable of me to go back for the « Peter Grimes ». On the Thursday, one of my incoming emails gave a write up and critics for the opera. « Amazing » - « Stunning » - « Spectacular » with even more superlatives concerning the production, orchestration and voices - it was just too much for me. I turned for another hour and then said « to hell with it - you’re going ». Something told me that I would never have this opportunity again with a « Mr Ono » production.
So I went. After having picked up my tickets, I decided a fast trot over to the Contemporary museum which I had not seen the first visit. It was a lot further than I thought I like the houses in Lyon and the shop windows and when I go there - finally - closed in preparation for the next exhibition in May. So I wandered down to the Parc de la Tête d’or. This was built starting in 1857 and is quite a remarkable place.