We are an hour early so we have time to sit on a bench and relax. There are bars where one can get a drink outdoors and beautiful gardens with willow trees and a lily pond to help you find tranquility before the show and during intermissions which are one hour long, so plenty of time for bathroom breaks and food gathering. So civilized.
Carol has the handy "Bench-finder" App on her phone....
Next to her is another Wagner figurine and these appeared all over the place, sometimes in great numbers. There were many of them by the road leading up to the theater...
This is the front of the theater and it is covered by a likeness of itself as it is being renovated. Work was stopped while the Festival was running. Out of shot to the right is a large restaurant where the orchestra rehearses and where we had a reservation to celebrate our last night which would be Thursday. We had booked an outdoor table as the weather seemed so good.
As the 4 p.m start time approaches all eyes are on the front of the theater and the space above is filled with people chatting and nursing drinks.
Brass musicians will assemble to musically count-down the minutes until curtain, in 5 minute intervals. This can be heard all the way down by the lily pond giving you time to get to your seat.
They play a tune from the next act at each intermission but as Flying Dutchman only has one act and it's two and a half hours long this would be our our only call.
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