Most people who travel to France will visit the Arc de Triomphe and the Seine River; if they have the opportunity, they will definitely want to taste the famous French delicacies: foie gras and French onion soup...
so?
Would Herb take his family to see a French opera?
Albert couldn't understand Herb's thoughts. Maybe it was because the budget was sufficient, or maybe it was a rare opportunity, but it wasn't anything important anyway.
Before returning to the UK, the Anderson family took a ride to the Bastille Opera House, preparing to cap off their trip to France by watching the opera they had scheduled not long ago.
By the way, this opera is actually the "Romeo and Juliet" that Albert is familiar with.
Albert had seen the movie "Romeo and Juliet" in his previous life.
As for opera?
Anyway, I never saw an opera in my previous life.
With Albert's "help", Herb successfully obtained the previously reserved tickets.
After passing the ticket check at the entrance of the Bastille Opera House, several people entered the auditorium along the passage.
The opera house usually closes early, and the Anderson family is among the last audience, and most of the audience has already taken their seats.
The four of them walked along the corridor between the seats and quickly found their seats through the numbers on the tickets.
There were still five empty seats in that row. Apart from the Anderson family, there seemed to be one person who had not arrived in time.
To Albert's right was a pale old couple. Probably aware of Albert's gaze, the old man turned his head and smiled at him. Albert smiled back politely and returned his attention to
In the opera house's performance brochure.
However, the performance brochure was in French, and only Albert could understand it. He whispered the contents to share with his family and discuss the opera.
Herb and Daisy once watched "Romeo and Juliet" together, but only at the British Opera House. This time in France, the adaptation and style of the opera may be slightly different.
The opera "Romeo and Juliet" is divided into five acts and six scenes. Albert did not tell the content. The spoiler would be very unfriendly to Nia, who has never seen it. It is better to maintain a sense of expectation.
It will be better.
As the Andersons discussed the opera in hushed tones,
The spectator in the empty seat next to him also hurried over. He was a middle-aged man in his fifties. The suit he wore gave Albert an inexplicable sense of disharmony.
The middle-aged man seemed to know the old couple. He had just whispered a few words when the theater bell rang, signaling that the opera was about to begin.
The entire theater fell silent instantly, the dim lights were extinguished, and the surrounding area was completely plunged into darkness, except for the light on the stage.
“It’s quite atmospheric.”
Albert stopped talking and focused all his attention on the stage.
To be honest, Albert, who didn’t know much about opera at all, after watching the first act “The House of the Capulets”, his understanding of opera changed to using singing and music to explain and express the plot, but he had to
This opera still has some charm, and you can still understand what is being expressed on the stage. It is much better than the concert of the famous Celestine Warbeck in the wizarding world.
The first act of "Romeo and Juliet" tells the story of Romeo and Juliet meeting and falling in love, only to find out that they are enemies. This period is filled with the unique French lightness, elegance and romantic style.
Albert glanced at his family in his spare time. Daisy and Herb were already in a state of appreciation, while Nia couldn't quite understand the opera and was reaching out to cover a yawn.
Probably because I feel bored!
This is actually not surprising. If he was just a child, this would definitely be the case.
By the way, the middle-aged uncle next to Nia actually entered a trance. He obviously had no interest in opera, but he had to watch the opera with his family.
"Their voices are really amazing!"
This was Nia's exclamation after the curtain fell, which made Albert next to him laugh a little, but he still suppressed his laughter and just replied softly: "Yes!"
Romeo and Juliet both belong to the high-pitched type. Like Nia said, her voice is really amazing, and she can actually produce such high notes.
The second act did not keep the audience waiting for too long. It was performed very quickly. It took place in the garden outside Juliet's bedroom. Romeo and Juliet secretly made a lifelong commitment.
Looking at the French words in the performance brochure, Albert explained the general story of the previous scene to Nia during the free time after the performance ended and the curtain came down.
"I dare say that the two of them will definitely not be together in the end." Nia said after listening.
"How can we be together in the end if we are enemies? It must be a tragedy."
The third act began with Nia's muttering...
As for the outcome of "Romeo and Juliet", it naturally ended tragically as Nia said.
Romeo was sentenced to be expelled from the country for killing Juliet's cousin. The two parties were preparing to pretend to be dead and have a private life, but the priest's messenger was delayed in the middle, resulting in the message not being delivered to Romeo in time, which directly led to the fifth act in which Romeo was in Roumei.
In a lyrical and sad tone, she committed suicide by taking poison. When Juliet woke up and found that her lover was dead, she drew her sword and committed suicide.
The curtain slowly lowered, and the opera house burst into enthusiastic applause.
"How is it? Is the opera not bad?" Herb asked with a smile.
"Not bad." Albert thought for a while and then said, "But I still think movies are more suitable for me."
"Where's Nia?" Daisy asked.
"Here she is, I've been holding her hand." Albert's eyes fell on the empty seat in front of him. The middle-aged man actually left midway?
When did it happen that I didn’t realize it?
"Nia, what are you doing?" Daisy frowned and reminded, "You are leaving, hold Albert's hand and don't get separated."
"Follow me," Herb said again, "Don't push, don't be in a hurry, follow the flow of people and leave slowly."
"I know this, let's go Nia." Albert responded aloud.
After leaving the Bastille Opera House, Nia suddenly asked: "Albert, do you think if the messenger could sense in time, would Romeo and Juliet be together?"
"No!" Albert said calmly.
"Why?" Nia tilted her head and asked.
"Because the messenger will always be late, even if Shakespeare is not late, the messenger will be late." Albert said lightly.
"Ahem! Albert is saying that Romeo and Juliet are just characters in the play, so their fate has already been determined." Herb was choked by Albert's words and quickly explained.
"What if it was in reality?" Nia asked again.
"They will definitely be together." Daisy comforted her first. She glared at her son and husband with slight dissatisfaction and told them to shut up and not ruin the romantic atmosphere here. The girls naturally hoped that Romeo and Juliet could
To be together, not to be buried together after death.
"Nia, what were you picking up just now?" Albert changed the subject.
"Oh, by the way, I was just picking up this thing." Nia handed a golden card in her hand to Herb, "It must have been lost by someone in the audience."
"What is this?" Herb was also stunned after reading it. Because this is not a gold card in name, but a real gold card, made of gold.
"Gold?" Albert stared at the card made of gold and frowned slightly.
In fact, they all felt quite speechless. In other words, gold cards, but they didn't expect that someone would actually use gold to make a gold card. This is so painful.
Is the world of rich people really confusing?
"You guys wait here for a moment, I'll hand it over to the staff of the Bastille Opera House." After Herb finished speaking, he was about to return to the Bastille Opera House with the gold card and hand it over to the staff there.
"Let me take a look. The words above seem a bit familiar."
Herb found that he could not understand the words on the gold card. However, he could understand the image. It seemed to be a pot and a stick.
When Albert just took over the gold card, an unexpected surprise occurred. The hand holding the gold card suddenly moved in a certain direction, as if there was a powerful force preparing to take the gold card away.
"How is this going?"
Albert reacted immediately. When the gold card was about to slip out of his fingertips, he almost instinctively grabbed it and focused his attention on the gold card. The protective bracelet on his wrist offset the effect of the flying spell.
"What happened just now?" Herb was shocked. He almost flew away when he saw the gold card.
"A wizard is using a spell to summon it." Albert explained casually, "But that bastard is really going to cause me trouble."
"What's wrong?" Daisy asked.
"I don't know if the other party will be pinned on my head if he uses the Flying Curse." Albert muttered. He hated that one day he would become the scapegoat for no reason.
That's when I decided to take off this gold card. As for the armor charm on the protective bracelet?
The magic on magic props will not be monitored by the Ministry of Magic, just like using a broomstick, so Albert is not worried about this at all.
"You mean..." Nia asked softly, "The person who was next to us just now was a wizard?"
"Don't discuss these things here again." Albert warned in a low voice.
"Return this gold card, or give it to the people at the Bastille Opera House to deal with it?" Daisy suggested. She didn't want an unknown wizard to suddenly come to her door and ask for the gold card.
"Don't worry, nothing will happen." Albert glanced at the runes above: Extraordinary Pharmacist Association.
If he had not been harassed by the Ministry of Magic's owl, Albert would have returned the gold membership card to its original owner through other means.
If you really take the blame for no reason, wait for the other party to help resolve the misunderstanding before returning it to the other party.
By the way, are these pharmacists rich people? They are so luxurious that they use gold as their membership cards.
Moreover, this gold membership card is actually a magic item?