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Happy Valentine to all my readers

Yesterday I had a wonderful, funny and musical experience at the Royal Opera. I was there to see "Die Fledermaus" or the Batman, in English, by Johann Strauss d.y. I didn't know what to expect but certainly not this! The first act was quite like an ordinary opera but some beautiful melodies and what was exeptional was that on stage was this huge screen that covered the whole stage and when the director started you could see the orchestra on that screen so a little like when you watch the New Year's concert from Vienna.  Rather effectful if you ask me. Then when the second act started Jan Malmsjö had the role as the Prince Orlovsky and we were at his party at hotel Carlton. A performance by two balletdancers were totally astonishing. They were so very soft but did all this almost acrobatic dancing. Great!!! After that Helge Skoog presented himself as the prisonguard Frosh. He was in the salon making his way to the pulpet where the conductor normally stands. Then it