For those who asked, Cosi fan Tutte was fantastic. It was an unusual modern staging, with the “backstage” clearly exposed throughout. The music and singers were excellent, and the music itself was played on vintage instruments, which gave the opera a really different feeling.

My only criticism was the subtitles, which were projected onto a small screen at the far left-hand side of the stage. I’ve seen other operas at the Marlowe Theatre with proper sur-titles, but I guess that the equipment must have belonged to the production company rather than the theatre. Disappointing, because it really detracted from an otherwise excellent performance. Still, with our “friends of the Marlowe” card, the tickets were £12.50 each, which has to be some of the cheapest opera around. Fantastic value-for-money, and a really nice evening.

It’s almost summer here, which means that it’s nearly time for the opera season at Glyndebourne. We’ve already secured our tickets to Fidelio, and I should know in the next 24 hours or so whether we’ve secured some tickets to Die Fledermaus as well. I don’t know what we did before eBay!