In Prague I went to the theatre where Don Giovanni was premiered to see, of course, Don Giovanni. The theatre is small, it just takes you back to Mozart's time. In fact, lots of parts for the movie Amadeus were shot here. Not much has changed there. The performance was so-so. The schedule showed that they play Don Giovanni very regularly there. Well, they must be very proud it premiered there ! It was a great trip, Prague is such a lovely city, with a very small old centre. You can see all the sites just walking around. There is a lot of focus on classical music. Lots of posters promoting concerts.
In London I also went to Don Giovanni. Great performance. I can get there quite fast, so in the future I will go there again. By the way, Don Giovanni is one of my favourite operas. I can never get enough of it. With every new production (even the ones I dont like so much) there are new things to discover.
In Vienna I went to see Magic Flute. Julia Novikova singing Queen of the night. See was wonderful, her high f in the Hoelle Rache was awesome. Goosebumps allover. Also Pamina was very impressive. During the break I walked around to check out the building. The same trip I also visited the Musikverein. Wow... It was smaller than I expected, but wat a beautiful place. The stage is quite small actually, if you sit near the stage, you can almost shake hands with the musicians. The seats were not very comfortable though.... I also arrived late, beacuse of my own fault, but still was allowed to enter the hall, together with the soloist and the conductor entered, I had to find my seat in only a few seconds, they were just started playing when I sat down.
Next is Milan, La Scala, I can't wait ! Boheme with Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczela. I adore Anna's voice. Getting a ticket was not easy, sales opened at 09:00 for the remaining 100 or so tickets, they were all sold out at 09:05.... I hope she doesn't cancel !
Wishlist: Now that I read about it, Berlin, and the Salzburg festival. And Italy ! So many places worth seeing. I really want to see a Tosca performance, I guess this will also be soon. Maybe Covent Garden. I saw Tosca on BBC with Gheorghiu, Kaufmann and Terfel. Would have loved to see this one live.
Also st Petersburg, the Mariinsky theatre ! New York... who knows.