Posts Tagged “la boheme”

Sharing Holiday Traditions
12 20 2022

Sharing Holiday Traditions

Nothing equals attending musical events such as opera, oratorios or ballets in person. There's no question we need to support our local arts organizations whole heartedly!But streaming allows those of us far and wide to share performances together an…

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Opera Reads
06 22 2022

Opera Reads

Share with other opera friends!How's your summer reading list? I'd like to offer some summer vacation reading selections: opera style!Most of these are easily found for free on Ibooks (There is so much available for free that I rarely buy books- mai…

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Opera and the Moon
08 19 2021

Opera and the Moon

You know, I can’t believe how much moonlight there is in opera!With all specially named full moons we hear about lately, (harvest moon, blood moon, strawberry moon, etc.), shouldn’t there be an "opera moon"? That full moon seems to show up every…

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Opera's Flower Songs
04 29 2020

Opera's Flower Songs

As spring finally begins to blossom I wanted to take a moment to enjoy some flower songs- Which have I missed? Click the names to see YouTube selections of these Flower SongsMimi describes the first flowers of spring and the beautiful embroid…

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My opera journey...
08 14 2015

My opera journey...

 am not quite sure exactly where or when my opera journey began... I do remember hanging out in my Grandma's basement as a young child while she and her sister cooked copious amounts of Italian food as they listened to the Saturday Metropolitan…

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The Opera Moon
06 11 2015

The Opera Moon

A couple of months ago, Andrew and I blagged our way into a “secret” bead warehouse in NYC that is supposed to be invitation only- and boy, they aren’t kidding. They meet you at the elevator threshold and don’t let you move until you justify your…

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