So, in anticipation of seeing the Met Live in HD of Elektra, I wanted to do a little reading up to give me some background.But, unexpectedly, I found a lot of opera plots woven in there! Here goes… Source: WikipediaOnce upon a time, Greeks went to…
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You may have heard that World Book Day is this week! (March 3) So, I was wondering … what books have you read that relate to being an opera lover? Here’s some of mine:Malory’s Morte d’Arthur (Wagner’s Parsifal) I think I was maybe 11 when I…
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Sometimes, there are operas you don’t really care to know anything about. Dialogues of the Carmelites. A bunch of nuns. Yep, I’m SO not interested in that after 12 years of Catholic school. I’m over nuns.Of course, at that point I didn’t k…
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It’s our fourth annual challenge to “Make Opera Your Valentine” At Opera Bracelets we say our product is for fun loving, passionate opera fans. As such, I encourage you this Valentine’s Day to share a favorite opera love aria, moment or duet on…
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When someone first requested The Pearl Fishers as a bracelet subject, it was a little challenging. Obviously, the shell with pearl was a given and that there would be lots of pearl seed beads. But what about the rest?It’s a love story but not a no…
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It was summer 2014, when my husband Andrew and a friend of ours came up with the idea that there should be a Wizard of Oz Bracelet after a connection on Facebook mentioned it in passing. So, I got right to work reading L. Frank Baum's classic no…
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