Electric!

Autumn colours

Gossamer glow

Fairy village

Harvest log

Bonkers conkers

Down in the grass

 

The boathouse

Cheers!

Sunset over the Dead Sea

Beware - low flying camels!

The eye of the camel

Pre- dawn camels

The moon behind the face

Pretty music

Geology

Anyone seen my camel?

Light impressions

Pools of light

Paper bag glow

Is it going to rain?

For sale - with a lesson on how to tie it!

Amazing bug in Petra

Rickshaw row

Camel bells

The Makropulos Case

This evening we managed to get tickets for the opera at the Coliseum. English National Opera were performing Czech composer, Janacek's The Makropulos Case, the composer's penultimate opera. A very unusual opera with a slightly sci-fi theme has at it's centre 'the enigmatic Emilia Marty, the cold-hearted diva whose uncanny knowledge of past events provides the key to resolving a 100-year-old lawsuit but also unlocks ancient mysteries that call into question mankind's obsessive quest for eternal life.' She has lived for three hundred years as different women, all with the initials EM.
Emilia's part was performed by Amanda Roocroft and the production was a co-production with the National Theatre in Prague. The set was a striking steel-and-glass Art Deco creation and the opera was conducted by one of Britain's great conducting talents, and Janacek champion, Sir Richard Armstrong.
It was a tremendous performance, which we enjoyed enormously. No photos during the performance, of course, but here are a couple of the interior of the Coliseum.