Carmen: The Opera

          The night I returned from language camp, my host mother surprised me with tickets to the opera Carmen. Although I was exhausted from a day of traveling, I have learned to never turn down an opportunity! And I thrilled I decided to go with her! The Opera was in an outdoor ampitheater similar to Colorado's own Red Rocks Ampitheater.

 

     I expected the show to be in German, and so I knew I wouldn't be able to understand the whole thing. As it turns out, the setting was Spain, and I was hopeful that I could use my Spanish knowledge to follow the play. Unfortunately, I quickly realized that everyone was singing in French. So at least my host mom couldn't understand it either! The weather was chilly that night and it got very windy. But the stage had several cool light effects and used a lot of fire, so I was distracted from the cold! My favorite part of the night was the intermission between the 2nd and 3rd acts. Some of the flamenco dancers from the opera and a classical guitarist set up on a small stage and started dancing. The other dancers made drums out of their hands, and the guitarist was very talented. I snuck up to the front of the stage and took thousands of pictures. I loved photographing the dancers because their passion for flamenco was so clearly written on their faces.