Saturday Night at the Opera . . .

Here we are again, in the lobby of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, catching up on each others’ activities over the past months since Lucia, Stacey, my fellow blogger chatting politics with my husband, Paul. Paul…

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Transformations — Settings and Dress

Yes, this is yet another post about opera (and you have one last chance to get to the VOA production of Lucia and hear Eglise Gutiérrez sing coloratura as it’s rarely sung) — but it’s…

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More Opera, Sartorial, Festive Stuff

As promised, some opera sartorial splendor in the form of a kilt worn by Todd Wong of Gung Haggis Productions — ideally, I would have taken a close-up of Todd’s beautiful brocade vest, patterned with…

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Intermission . . .

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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Opera Anticipation — pre-show post

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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