Last night, my Danish class attempted to see Romeo and Juliet at the Opera. We looked good, we got there on time... mayyy have had our classy Valentines day dinner at McDonalds but whatever, we're in Europe. We find our seats and sit down as the show begins. The opera is a modernized version of the play, and it began with the funerals of Romeo and Juliet side by side. Although, because we were seated to the extreme far right of the theater, we had no idea that Romeo was also hanging out on the right side of the stage until the end of the scene when he and Juliet rose from their coffins to dramatically exit so the story could begin.
And then...turn curtain fell and after a moment the orchestra stopped playing. Another moment went by, and the director of the opera came out and informed us that they were having technical difficulties.
Because the Copenhagen Opera House was, when built, the best technology money could buy, the stage involves an elevator which gives it levels to perform on. Apparently, the elevator broke during the opening night performance we were attending. Although they tried to restart the technology and fix it rapidly, no go.
So, after an hour and two free glasses of wine- thank you, opera house- we were told that the show would not be able to go on that evening. Ah well! Still an amazing experience and we will be going back to see the ENTIRE show (hopefully) next month!
And, perhaps this was meant to happen, so that on Valentines Day, Romeo and Juliet did not in fact die! The last thing we saw was them happily leaving their coffins. Metaphor for love? Who knows.
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