tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post187933712209872680..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: Odd corners at the Opera House.Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-41169491460208972392009-03-12T21:55:00.000+01:002009-03-12T21:55:00.000+01:00All of that gilded loveliness is enchanting, but I...All of that gilded loveliness is enchanting, but I particularly like the stagehand in the pool of light for some reason!Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-21393444636315971462009-03-09T10:06:00.000+01:002009-03-09T10:06:00.000+01:00Love your forbidden pictures. I feel very outlaw-...Love your forbidden pictures. I feel very outlaw-ish viewing them.Fantastic Forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044290192610027408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-79968207129845434672009-03-09T09:35:00.000+01:002009-03-09T09:35:00.000+01:00Oh I loved the loo. Apparently the urinals at Fre...Oh I loved the loo. <BR/><BR/>Apparently the urinals at Freo Market are wonderful Victorian examples. I sent my sons in there but didn't dare ask them to take photos - who knows what someone might have thought. And I can hardly sneak in myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-46791350610233499072009-03-09T08:46:00.000+01:002009-03-09T08:46:00.000+01:00Whoops. Anon = DickWhoops. Anon = DickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-50795523999719883942009-03-09T08:45:00.000+01:002009-03-09T08:45:00.000+01:00Absolutely fascinating, Lucy. I've always fancied ...Absolutely fascinating, Lucy. I've always fancied a look backstage at the Royal Opera House and this does the trick pro tem. Beautiful pictures, as ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-49063185890288058862009-03-09T05:02:00.000+01:002009-03-09T05:02:00.000+01:00Couldn't resist an exactly midnight visit--and you...Couldn't resist an exactly midnight visit--and you are up to something interesting, as usual. I loved this outing, and the toilets put our Glimmerglass Opera House to shame.<BR/><BR/>Yawn.<BR/><BR/>Shall have to come back and go backward through the trip...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-87760800417744256542009-03-08T19:34:00.000+01:002009-03-08T19:34:00.000+01:00How wonderfully ghostly theaters are once the brig...How wonderfully ghostly theaters are once the bright lights are dim! That was a wonderful tour, Lucy.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-71489727342201937232009-03-08T12:43:00.000+01:002009-03-08T12:43:00.000+01:00Lovely insider's look at the place, thanks Lucy. I...Lovely insider's look at the place, thanks Lucy. I'm amazed at everything that you packed into a week. It is as if your suitcase was the Tardis.apprenticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784785172285984036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-32144213319638539202009-03-08T08:40:00.000+01:002009-03-08T08:40:00.000+01:00The ceiling and the glowing boxes are splendid. W...The ceiling and the glowing boxes are splendid. What fun, Lucy!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07747839768257543728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-87508039531372333472009-03-08T00:09:00.000+01:002009-03-08T00:09:00.000+01:00Amazing place. I don't think I could manage to use...Amazing place. I don't think I could manage to use a loo that forbidding looking, though...Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-86831385023295531342009-03-07T23:07:00.000+01:002009-03-07T23:07:00.000+01:00Lovley glimpses L.Lovley glimpses L.herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-81516122510444675752009-03-07T20:33:00.000+01:002009-03-07T20:33:00.000+01:00What incredible fun! It's beautiful! Thanks for sh...What incredible fun! It's beautiful! Thanks for sharing your excursion with us.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592157819188364751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-24862715261584993912009-03-07T16:32:00.000+01:002009-03-07T16:32:00.000+01:00Glimpses and corners, my favorite. Probably the fi...Glimpses and corners, my favorite. <BR/><BR/>Probably the first loos around, and once technology moved on, why change?Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-11491956622555593182009-03-07T14:43:00.000+01:002009-03-07T14:43:00.000+01:00Thanks all, glad it proved so popular, going into ...Thanks all, glad it proved so popular, going into the weekend too; just goes to shoe you can't beat a touch of lavatory humour! The royal bog and other retiring rooms thereby pertaining were in fact located down a rather stuffy and not very fragrant staircase, but I refrained from repeating the jokes we made about the Queen's back passage...<BR/><BR/>Hliza - tee-hee! I don't know why they were fussy about the cameras, we were quite discreet and didn't use the flash, or the flush!<BR/><BR/>R - that was no ordinary water closet...<BR/><BR/>Cat - glad you liked!<BR/><BR/>ML - yes, it's a funny thing, but those toilets are very much like gorified outhouse ones; I believe similar are to be found in grand country houses up and down the land. It must be the ruling classes penchant for roughing it in the great outdoors... Hope you had a nice time at your opera, probably just as good.<BR/><BR/>Tristan - heheh, by appointment to the royal bum! No, nothing special with the paper, just bog standard.<BR/><BR/>TG - thank you, at last no reference to the queen and her loo. I was quite pleased with how clearly they came out, as the light was very low, but the shiny bits showed up well.<BR/><BR/>Dave - cheers, and for smorging me. I thought the stage photos with the surtitles looked a bit like instant postcard poetry.<BR/><BR/>Bee - Well, that might have been the most interesting one!<BR/><BR/>BB - now don't go down the garden to eat worms, remember the garlic crusher? I've never been to a real opera, there or anywhere. In the royal box, there was a mirror strategically placed on the wall for the ladies-in-waiting, who are obliged to sit at the queen's right hand apparently, who thereby got to see the whole performance probably better than the sovereign did, since in fact the view from the royal box is fairly rubbish too. Only problem would be it would all be back to front. We were reminded, however, that for many people the point of going to the opera was not to see but to be seen, so comfort yourself with that. It does seem like a very nice place to work though.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-4388709159758274202009-03-07T13:18:00.000+01:002009-03-07T13:18:00.000+01:00They must have had much bigger bums in those days....They must have had much bigger bums in those days.<BR/><BR/>Speaking as one who seen a number of operas at Covent Garden may I issue a warning to those who - seduced by your photography - are pondering a visit. Avoid at all costs the seats in the second-level horseshoe (I can't remember how they are designated). Of course I should have been forewarned by their very cheapness (a mere £88 twelve years ago) but from the sides only 60% of the stage is visible. As it happened we were on the favoured side and were able to see the final twenty minutes of action which culminates in Tosca pitching herself off the battlements. Had we been on the other side we'd have been better off listening to radio.<BR/><BR/>And what about the excruciating lack of knee-room at Wigmore Hall...? but by now I may have outstayed my welcome.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-9838730757964933382009-03-07T12:32:00.000+01:002009-03-07T12:32:00.000+01:00Such a funny thing happened! None of the photos a...Such a funny thing happened! None of the photos appeared -- except for the Queen's toilet! Such is the royal power and privilege, I guess.<BR/><BR/>Will come back and check again later.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-13747850074989213232009-03-07T04:52:00.000+01:002009-03-07T04:52:00.000+01:00What a fabulous post, in every way. And all my lif...What a fabulous post, in every way. And all my life I've heard about opera queens, but I always thought it meant something else...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-62374107761444464182009-03-06T23:23:00.000+01:002009-03-06T23:23:00.000+01:00...and these, well, wow!! Wonderful glowing glimps......and these, well, wow!! Wonderful glowing glimpses...Fire Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518190677399410354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-43416831803871913632009-03-06T21:21:00.000+01:002009-03-06T21:21:00.000+01:00no crest on her royal paper then ?no crest on her royal paper then ?tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13268216095376583052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-72332774134419926512009-03-06T20:10:00.000+01:002009-03-06T20:10:00.000+01:00Amazing detail, so lush, even the toilets (though ...Amazing detail, so lush, even the toilets (though the Queen's' does look a bit like an outhouse seat..). We're off to the opera tomorrow night and I will inevitably compare our modest theatre to London's glory!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-45506961930477782082009-03-06T19:53:00.000+01:002009-03-06T19:53:00.000+01:00Marvelous post, Lucy, with great photos! Thanks f...Marvelous post, Lucy, with great photos! Thanks for the tour.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-64909447582834796052009-03-06T19:35:00.000+01:002009-03-06T19:35:00.000+01:00What a fun tour that must have been. Ah, to spend ...What a fun tour that must have been. Ah, to spend a few hours in such a building where even the water closet is grandiose! Thank you, Lucy, for showing it all to us.Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-4558193621746676132009-03-06T19:14:00.000+01:002009-03-06T19:14:00.000+01:00Wow..that's a great place to be! And how I giggled...Wow..that's a great place to be! And how I giggled to see the toilets..he he..so lucky you got away with the camera!HLizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04501423875033391870noreply@blogger.com