On Sunday mum and I went to Brisbane to see La Triviata at QPAC in Brisbane. Dad stayed home and looked after William and Baby Amelia.
It is an opera and it is the first opera I’ve gone to. When we got to Brisbane we parked in the Brisbane Exhibition Centre and walked to the Lyric Theatre at QPAC for the performance. Because it was an opera the orchestra (QSO) was under the stage and all we could see of them was the conductor’s hat and baton waving about which was kind of funny. The opera was great and mum says the best way I can describe the story is to say that it is kind of like the movie Pretty Woman. Also because it was a special occasion mum let me have my favourite treat which is KFC. We are lucky Mum has a few friends in the QSO and Mr Alan Smith who is the Associate Concertmaster of the QSO said ‘I love playing for our opera seasons. The stories are always dramatic and full of excitement, and the music is invariably beautiful. La Traviata is no exception!’ The thing I liked about the opera was that even though it was sung in Italian and I couldn’t understand what they were saying there were English translations on a digital screen at the top of the stage.
We drove back again on the same day so it was really late when we got home. Baby Amelia was just awake for her midnight feed and dad was giving her a bottle at that time so she got to see us arrive. She had a really big smile and made a very cute noise to show that she was really happy we were home. Amelia loves it when we sing to her or when mum plays the viola, and I think she’s going to enjoy music like Mum, William and me.
