Today was my last day in the menswear department of the Royal Opera House costume production department. I wanted to use the day to answer any last burning questions about the work they do and part of that was asking for a tour of some of the other departments.
During my internship I’ve used my lunch breaks to explore the building. Throughout the FRO and BOH there are lots of costumes, hats and props from past production on display so it was a great insight into the variety of work done at the ROH. Ballet and Opera are very new to me, I’ve never seen an opera and only 2 ballet, but I’m slowly building a repertoire. I love how decorative the productions can be, previously I thought opera to be stuffy and old fashioned but the productions at the ROH shoes how dynamic it can be.
The Cinderella mouse costume and head in particular is so inspirational. I love his fancy little tailored historical jacket + silly mouse head 🙂
At lunch I also tried to peak into some of the other departments (often they were busy and I got too nervous about disturbing work/ the team on their break so I didn’t go into any). Lucy was very kind to introduce me to some of the people working in the Dye/print shop, Hats & Jewelry, Props and Revivals departments.
After seeing it’s behind the scenes in the props department, I’d really like to see Die Walküre but sadly cant afford the tickets. 🙁 Fingers crossed it will be available for streaming on Young RBO