This opera is astonishingly beautiful, stunning music, really. and Lucia’s first aria — the end of a duet with Alisa (mezzo-soprano Dionne Sellinger) had the crowd applauding and even, from a gentleman in the row…
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So here we are again, my fellow bloggers and I, sitting at a table in the lobby of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Rather like the growing excitement before a symphony concert, with the instruments tuning…
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I doubt I’ll ever manage IndigoAlison‘s wondrous feat of turning out a whole week’s Wardrobe Watch at once, with commentary and analysis yet. But I did manage to catch Pater twice this week on mornings…
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What a difference a wee bit of sunshine makes. Same scene as in yesterday’s photo, but the blue shades are more benign than the gloomy greys. And the marine red which Hostess noticed as contributing…
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Gloomy-looking, isn’t it? That’s the view from here, this week, and I must admit I’m reflecting it quite well in my own energy levels. I went to sleep last night at 8:30 and woke this…
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