A few weeks ago we took all 3 boys to the Opera House to see Czar Sultan — an opera based on a fairy tale that was advertised to be “kid friendly.”
I was excited that they were finally going to see the amazing interior of the Opera House.
Josh got new cufflinks — the Omani crest. He’s also wearing the suit and shirt he had custom made here. He picked out the fabrics, the tailor took all his measurements, he went back for one fitting and less than 2 weeks later he was dressed to impress.
The most memorable part of the night was at the beginning, when Carter leaned over and whispered accusingly, “When you said there were going to be musicians, I didn’t know it was just going to be people playing instruments.” I tried to stifle my laughter as I wondered what sort of education he was getting if he didn’t know that musicians played instruments.
At a break in the action, Josh leaned over and asked, “Carter, when mom said ‘musicians,’ what did you think we were going to see?” He replied, “Musicians? Mom said we were going to see magicians!” Ah, that explains his disappointment.
After a slow first half (with lots of muttered grumblings from Carter — especially when I pointed out that the stage crew had just made the piano disappear), the second half was really wonderful. The opera was in Russian, but each seat had an individual touchscreen where subtitles would appear in either English or Arabic. Carter got into the story and stopped complaining. It wasn’t as exciting as magicians, but we all enjoyed the show.