David Fenton

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Royal Opera House Work Experience

Tomorrow I start work experience at the Royal Opera House with a tour of Covent Garden. Then I will be traveling to the production facility in Essex to complete the rest of my placement. The starts are early and I will be living away for the duration, so I expect that this will be an intense period of learning where I am locked into a Royal Opera State of mind. I hope that they get me involved in actually making things so I can make use of and develop my workshop skills. I plan to blog throughout and record my experiences, thoughts, and feelings as well as some of the things I am learning.

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A few snapshots from the new ROH La Boheme sets and costumes by Stewart Laing - http://www.untitledprojects.co.uk/artistic-director/stewart-laing I was lucky enough to watch a live recording in a cinema of this new production of La Boheme. The sets and costumes produced supported the story and emotional content of the music very well for me. From the patterns and fabrics of the costumes to the large scenic elements and the choice of objects, evreything fit well together to create the ‘world’ the actors inhabited. 

I felt that the set had good balance of realistic and abstract(poetic) elements. I would love an opportunity to sit down with Stewart and talk about his process. The push and pull between the director and the conductor  and the inspirations and iterations that led to this final magical result.