Cinderella

Yasmine Naghdi

Did something unusual for me last night. We went to see the Stravinsky ballet, Cinderella (a Christmas staple) in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. I've never been there before and so it was nice simply to be in the building. It is only the third time I've seen a ballet (Nutcracker and Romeo and Juliet were our other outings) and was slightly dragged along by Eleri. Anyway, ut was in three acts and was easy to follow as Cinderella is such a well known story. The place was packed to capacity (2,256 of us) women being in the majority 80/20 I guess (the reverse of a Focus concert). Ballet is rather esoteric and I am not quite convinced but it was a spectacle worth seeing I'm sure.