victoria from 5 to 7 | fashion, film, lit, more

I have officially been to the opera for the first time. Having gone nearly 23 years without ever having been to an opera, the offer of low-rate nosebleed seats at the English National Opera was too good an opportunity to pass up. Having never been to the opera before, I had my qualms: would I enjoy it? would I understand it? would I even be able to hear the words properly? I'm not musical in any sense of the word, so what if I didn't understand the features of the score? Wasn't the opera just for snobs anyway?  So I decided to buy tickets for A Midsummer Night's Dream, a story I already love and know well. I figured, having studied the text at university and having seen the play live at Drum Castle one summer, I had the strongest chance of getting to grips with opera through it. And so, cheap tickets bought, off to the opera. Promo image for A Midsummer Night's Dream at the English National Opera As we took our seats in the nosebleeds and the show ope...