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The Phantom of the Opera Collection
11 09 2022

The Phantom of the Opera Collection

Do you remember experiencing Phantom of the Opera, be it via a film, play or the magical original novel? It introduced you to a world of romantic beauty, bittersweet tragedy and love’s redemption. When it reaches you, Phantom can be an emotional, pow…

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Do Opera Bracelets Make Noise?
10 21 2022

Do Opera Bracelets Make Noise?

One of the most frequent questions I get asked is: "Are Opera Bracelets noisy?"Here is a demo with me holding the bracelets quite close to the camera.If you judge them to be too noisy for performance, it is not required to wear them TO the opera, the…

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Halloween Opera!
09 28 2022

Halloween Opera!

Many operas are appropriate for the Halloween season! There are spooky and supernatural subjects aplenty...Don Giovanni - it’s all fun and games and well seduction, rape and murder, until Giovanni and Leporello meet up in a graveyard at night... b…

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Opera a Day Challenge - October 2022
09 28 2022

Opera a Day Challenge - October 2022

Weekdays October 3-25 Celebrating and sharing our love of opera in the lead up to World Opera Day (October 25) Join the daily Facebook opera chat to discuss the daily passion prompt subject LIVE at 11 AM ET or anytime later that day.…

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Exploring Work and Opera
09 01 2022

Exploring Work and Opera

Our favorite composers have often taken time to express emotions about work- for better for worse! Often time seems to stop as a character mentions their work troubles or glories in a short passage or aria. It's a subject that nearly everyone can rel…

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Opera - Further reading!
08 24 2022

Opera - Further reading!

I've found real joy and insights out of reading the books and plays that operas are based on!These works tell you more about the characters and situation than you might get out of a sing watch of an opera. It can enrich your next experience of that o…

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