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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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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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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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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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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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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