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What an insane week! But we got through it, just! But this morning while I was out and about in the City Centre, I heard that it was the opening night to Marriage of Figaro. So I popped in over at the

Hey Actifitters, Yesterday was a lot greyer and a bit warmer, around 8F (-13C). Of course, it's better when it's sunny but a nice walk outside was still in our plan. It's funny when Kaia wants to jump

Happy start to the week! Things are still very tense here in Venezuela, but today I prefer to write and remember a wonderful moment I experienced in December. At our national headquarters, we staged the

She soon accustomed herself to that grim palazzo, and would sing, and play the harp, and copy the old pictures, and stroll with master under the green trees and vines, all day. She was beautiful. He was

Fourteen angels shine their bright spotlights on the endearingly flexible Arianna Manganello as Hänsel and the lyrically gorgeous Nina Solodovnikova as Gretel. Please enjoy my review and let me know your

Martin Muehle leads the helm as the passionately idealistic poet Andrea Chenier in John Dew's eclectic production of Umberto Giordano's Andrea Chenier at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Please enjoy my review

Barno Ismatullaeva's silvery vocal beauty, full of pristine sheen, accentuates Pierluigi Samaritani's elegantly traditional production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Corinne Winters' ethereal elegance and tenacious technicality serve as assets to make her Cio-Cio-San shine and shimmer like the northern lights. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.

Martyrdoms of Colón

Hey Actifitters, We didn't have a whole lot of time for our long daily walk yesterday, so we only went to the small forest behind the front yard. Kaia is still very happy about the snow, it's pretty obvious!

A dapper stage presence, a richly marbled lower extension, and heaps of noble virility are what constitute Rodrigo Garull's portrayal of Count Loris Ipanov. Please enjoy my review and let me know your

Götz Friedrich's legendary production of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro at the Deutsche Oper Berlin hosts a veritable cavalcade of astoundingly brilliant shining stars. Please enjoy my review and let me know

Vida Mikneviciute and Jonathan Tetelman produce vocal, theatrical, and charisma-charged fireworks as Princess Fedora Romazov and Count Loris Ipanov. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.

Debonair nobility and gallant valiance were at Etienne Dupuis' side in his portrayal of Simon Boccanegra. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.

Let's shine hundreds of spotlights on Michael Thalheimer's production of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde starring Clay Hilley and Elisabeth Teige. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.

The holiday season is fast approaching. Nina Minasyan's luscious creaminess and lovely elegance as Olympia, the mechanical Christmas doll, are wonderful gifts to give any opera fan. Please enjoy my review

A veritable cavalcade of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's shining stars have placed their shining stamps on this Liederabend full of Maurice Ravel songs. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.

Start spreading the news, for Lydia Steier's production of Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann takes on a New York setting at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Please enjoy my review and let me know your

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