Went into uni this morning and did a bit of research online but to be honest I don't find the IT suite a good place for getting work done so I decided to work from home in the afternoon which was more productive. I had a look at the libretto. It's a bit of a nuisance having to work from the computer but my printer is out of ink at the moment. I had to take the libretto onto Google Translate to read it in English. It's a good tool to use but some of the meaning seems to be lost in the translation which can make some of the descriptions of sets etc somewhat confusing. However I'm starting to get some idea of the story and some design idea's. The scale of an opera is quite daunting but I need to remember it's only a part of it that I'm required to redesign. At the moment I'm getting tied up with a theme for the whole production and how each scene could look. I don't think that's a bad thing as such but I need to remeber to keep my focus and not get too drawn into the whole thing at the expense of what I'm required to do. I also have to remember to keep on top of the essay aspect of the module. It's easy to get distracted by the design parts but I've got to make sure I put in as much effort in both area's.

I've been listening to the music from the opera on youtube and I was surprised to find I recognised some of the pieces. It was a bit of a shock to my inner philistine. The only problem with Youtube is that you see other productions which I don't really want to do. I want to keep my mind free from other influences at the moment until I've got my own understanding of what the opera is about.

Anyway that's me for today. I've got an idea of some things I want to enquire about tomorrow and what I want to be doing.