.this should have been one of the few chances for a "cultural" gig. But it was not...
This evening we had a very special Erasmus welcome party, which means a lot of boring speeches from every important person from university and every village nearby. Thankfully, it wasn't the only point of this festivity. Some nice champagne toasts followed, which we accepted with joy ;). I need to remark that more informed students have come only after this part began. After a few repetitions of this process we were quite well prepared for what was awaiting. Or at least we thought, we are prepared. Because it's not easy to prepare yourself for disasters like this ;).
A few minutes before 20.00 we we're summoned to the aula hall (absolutely not fitting for concerts or drama production). Very modern building, almost ready as some manufacture hall. But OK, that was not a problem. First doubts came after receiving brochure of the upcoming musical production with full texts (in german of course). And then it began, musical about Mozart's life in french, wow... Not only we could not understand a word (was anyone expecting that we speak this language?), but also the actors could barely sing (except for some, my apologies to them)! Yeah, it was really interesting, 2.30 hours of pure joy ;). I'm glad it's over.
The problem is, they don't have a normal opera house nor classical music hall in this city (oh, how i miss good old Rudolfinum)...
This evening we had a very special Erasmus welcome party, which means a lot of boring speeches from every important person from university and every village nearby. Thankfully, it wasn't the only point of this festivity. Some nice champagne toasts followed, which we accepted with joy ;). I need to remark that more informed students have come only after this part began. After a few repetitions of this process we were quite well prepared for what was awaiting. Or at least we thought, we are prepared. Because it's not easy to prepare yourself for disasters like this ;).
A few minutes before 20.00 we we're summoned to the aula hall (absolutely not fitting for concerts or drama production). Very modern building, almost ready as some manufacture hall. But OK, that was not a problem. First doubts came after receiving brochure of the upcoming musical production with full texts (in german of course). And then it began, musical about Mozart's life in french, wow... Not only we could not understand a word (was anyone expecting that we speak this language?), but also the actors could barely sing (except for some, my apologies to them)! Yeah, it was really interesting, 2.30 hours of pure joy ;). I'm glad it's over.
The problem is, they don't have a normal opera house nor classical music hall in this city (oh, how i miss good old Rudolfinum)...
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