La Traviata — Before the Show

 Although I’m still grappling with jetlag, having only returned from London, England on Wednesday, I know I’ll have no problems staying awake for tonight’s VOA performance of Verdi’s La Traviata. First of all, check out these…

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Operatic Departures . In which we pack up in Paris . . .

Last week, in Metz, we strolled across the bridge to check out the opera house in Metz. Apparently the oldest (still working) opera house in France, and one of the oldest in Europe, it still…

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What I Wore, What they Wore — More Opera

Radio silence around here since my weekend opera posting due to a seized left shoulder which severely restricted keyboard time to working on my essay. Thanks to my lovely daughter’s work (she’s in her last…

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Opera, The Morning After — La Clemenza di Tito

Despite not getting to bed ’til after 1 last night (we went to Bacchus, as usual, for our post opera drink and a late-night snack with our daughters, who kept Paul company while I blogged),…

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Intermission . . .

It’s intermission, but for whatever reason, we’ve lost our Wifi connection, so I’ll have to write up my thoughts in Word for now and pull them over to Blogger when we’re back online. Let me…

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