The Opera

On the 29^th of May we went to the Blackwater Valley Opera in the Lismore Castle. We went with the school and we met in the playground car park at 7:30pm. We went with Mrs O’ Mahony, Ms O’ Mahony, Mr Phelan and Mrs Kennefick. We went into a large auditorium and 4^th class got front row seats. Then “l’Italiana in Algeiri” began.

               A man came out and told the audience not to eat or drink during the performance. Two women came in drunk and dizzy and fell onto a pile of cushions. Then the man running the hotel came in and started singing for an Italian woman. Then he cut up all his old wife’s credit cards. Then the chorus came in. A ship was wrecked at sea and an Italian woman washed up on the shore and decided to stay in his hotel.

        We enjoyed it very much. We got home at 11pm, we were so tired. So that is the end of our great day!

By Beth Southgate and Clodagh Aldred