I’m always looking for new ways to keep people connected to their favorite opera memories.Lately online I’ve seen things called subscriptions. It’s when people receive surprise items in a certain category every month. It may be clothes, jewelry, b…
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I moved things around in my office this week!I've been wanting to do this for a while but things always come up.This week Andrew had some time to help me and... well.. it was raining, so this was our exercise that day!My reasons for embarking o…
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I hadn’t even fully woken up last Saturday when my husband says: “What do you know about Xerxes?”What a way to start the day right? But he knew that there was an opera (Serse) and had just reached that bit of the Bible in his daily reading...Alas…
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I never expected to become as fascinated with Tosca as I did. The plot feels so real, as if such events happen anywhere the world is violently in flux, which can be any day, depending on the place. And put into such an impossible situation what…
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I once read (in the book Opera For Dummies) that “opera is the crash test simulator for life”. As I muse on opera dads, we can learn a lot about –mostly- what not to do. (But I’ve only got cats so what do I know)Cendrillon – Pandolfe, stand up for…
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There are a lot of misconceptions about opera. In an effort to be a good opera ambassador, I would like to debunk these opera myths in my own overly opinionated way and with a sense of humor!Opera Myth #1: "I don't like opera"(with 3 exceptions)Opera…
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