Too much like hard work

The programme is out, and every opera performance at this year's Edinburgh International Festival is in German and a minimum of three hours long. I do not object in principle to opera in German, indeed I was hoping for some more concert Wagner, following the excellent Siegfried of a few years ago that I see I didn't post about.*

I was not hoping for Tannhäuser. Nor was I hoping for The Magic Flute nor The Threepenny Opera. Wait, I forgot, there is also Bluebeard's Castle, sung in English! It's a reimagined version sung in English about living with dementia.

Dad and I felt that if it must be drama, we'd prefer Trojan Women in Korean. At least it would be different, and under three hours. Unfortunately, both that and some other concerts are on a weekend I was not planning to be there.

Anyway, some looking at the calendar may be required. It's not just that I was rather thinking it would be good to have He Who Drowned the World to read on the way home, but the World Athletics Championships is on, which it would be fun to watch with my parents. Oh yes, plus fitting around the trains from Oxford, for which there are lots of closures due to alterations to the station. That will be interesting...

*We booked for Götterdämmerung in 2020, guess what happened.