For some reason Wagner is not that popular among my friends so only Julia and I went. Going on our own and knowing that there is little physical action we were prepared to risk the cheap seats and sent for Blue Upper Circle Sides 12/13 for £95.
The opera is long which meant an early start time, 3pm, and a change in my routine. There was no trip to The Depot in Lewes beforehand for lunch, instead it was a ice cream in Southover Grange Gardens and then a snack lunch (courtesy of M&S) at Glyndebourne.
We travelled light and bought our drinks there, a mandatory Pimm's to have while walking through the gardens before the opera and a glass of fizz to have with dinner in the long interval.
I am not sure that the risk on the cheap tickets paid off as I could only see about a third of the stage and, for some reason, the production mostly placed the singers back from the front of the stage where I could not see them.
Luckily I went for the music and the singing, and both were excellent.
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