It has been a week
since I have returned home from Germany, which has given me an abundance of
time to settle back into my normal routine and reflect upon all that I
experienced on the trip.
I definitely have
mixed emotions about returning, besides the fact that for some reason I thought
Donald Trump would magically disappear by the time I came back, there are
certain things I already miss about Germany. I quickly became spoiled with the phenomenal
accessibility of the arts in Germany and by the end of the trip I was so
accustomed to going to multiple museums and performances each day. Each evening I had the opportunity to see a
different theater performance, opera, or classical music concert at a different
venue in nearly all of the seven cities we visited. Every performance I saw
opened my eyes and made me question my prior perceptions of performing arts.
When asked by my friends and family what my favorite performance was that we
saw, it’s impossible to name only one, but instead I believe that the variety
of shows made the trip truly amazing and memorable for me. Similarly, we didn’t
see any “terrible” shows, and while there are some that I certainly preferred
over others (Zement and Faust at Residenz, Tosca at National Theater, and Don
Giovanni at Komische Oper being among my favorites) every single production we
saw was thought provoking, well staged with a solid cast, and unlike anything
one could experience in the US.
While I miss the
constant exposure to the performing arts, I am a little glad to be able to
spend hours in a practice room again. The shows I saw in Germany continue to
inspire and challenge me weeks after and will continue to be influential as I
tackle an abundance of new repertoire during the rest of the summer.
Will return to post
more soon!
Deine,
Camille
La Bayadère- National Theater, Munich Garmisch Partenkirchen
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| Opernhaus Nürnberg, Lieder Recital |
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| Semperoper Dresden, Dornröschen |
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