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| Bavarian Staatopera House, Munich |
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| Orchestra Pit Munich Opera House |
We travelled to Munich on Stephen's Day and stopped off in the Bavarian capital for a couple of nights. We arrived late in the evening in an unusually quiet city and we were disappointed to see the shutters drawn everywhere including in Voglers , our favourite jazz venue. The following evening we enjoyed a production of
La Boheme at the magnificent opera house. As the performance was sold out punters hovered hopefully on the steps hoping to snap up returns some bearing cards saying "Besuchen Karten" which added to the air of anticipation . The Bavarian holiday audience were a very well turned out lot with lots of family groups, children on best behaviour, women in party frocks and men in Austrian style wool suits and lots of people changing out of Winter shoes for something more elegant to promenade around the magnificent mirrored and chandlere bedecked spaces.
