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Learning Wagner's Ring
03 02 2021

Learning Wagner's Ring

People get intimidated by Wagner’s Ring Cycle, but I encourage you not to be!True, it is long; there are lots of interrelated characters and lots of interconnected music. It’s not your normal opera story, it’s trying to representing all of time. O…

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Opera meets Chocolate
02 19 2021

Opera meets Chocolate

Did you know?February is National “Bake for Family Fun Month”! In honor of this we’re celebrating the one act opera “Bon Appetit” by composer Lee Hoiby. The text of the opera is drawn directly from one of PBS’s The French Chef cooking shows in…

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Make Opera Your Valentine 2021
02 03 2021

Make Opera Your Valentine 2021

It’s our seventh 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 aria, moment or duet (it is not r…

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How it all started!
10 28 2020

How it all started!

The number one question people ask me is "how did you get the idea for Opera Bracelets?"Once upon a time...In 2007 my husband Andrew and I decided to spend our 15 year wedding anniversary seeing opera in New York … when we listened in future to live…

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Opera Cupcakes
10 13 2020

Opera Cupcakes

I fell in love with opera cake when I worked in a bakery in my teens! But I learned one thing - it is complicated! And me? I don’t do complicated.So, I wondered if I could come up with an easier way to get the flavors of opera cake into a cup…

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The Big Time!
10 08 2020

The Big Time!

This one time...We were featured on NPR and didn't even know it!On an odd day in December, early into my business journey, we noticed a lot of traffic coming to our Tosca Opera Bracelet page. Not exactly a hot Christmas item, so what could be happeni…

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