Carmina Burana

Carmina Burana

Afternoon tea and Pannetone with some friends was a lucky day for me because it led to a wonderful afternoon of brilliant theatre in Albi yesterday. A neighbour, Pat is a singer in a local choir and during tea and cake she mentioned they were performing Carmina Burana in May and asked if any of us wanted tickets. It was a wow. In any major city it would have been a success. The principal singers were professionals but the 500 strong choirs were amateurs. The choreography was brilliant and very topical. Le Casino opened the performance with tables piled with gold ingots surrounded by gamblers who had become robots, slaves to one goal, money; all else forgotten. This of course led to misery downfall and ruin. Tyranny, liberation, fornication, and murder follow. Finally after terrible suffering peace returns but the people become bored with that and finally they return to mammon and the casino. La Fortuna presided  throughout the performance. The orchestra was excellent. The audience responded as only a French audience can, with the rhythmic clapping which shows their approval. They will also be performing to sell out performances in Agen and Toulouse.