Tonight I once again visted the Metropolitan Opera to hear Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice. His most famous opera, it deals with one of the oldest themes of the opera genre. Multiple incarnations of the Greek myth go back to as early as 1600.
My biggest regret about this opera is that I was dreadfully tired, and [...]
Saturday finds me realizing this has been a week comprising mainly two things: work and opera. In a first for me, I made two trips to Lincoln Center this week to enjoy complimentary tickets to the Metropolitan Opera. I’ve come to the realization that if I don’t plan to live in New York City forever, [...]
I got to attend this opera tonight with friends Adam, Sarah, and Wendy. Adam and Sarah had tickets on the side of the Dress Circle (A little booth with a door and individual chairs), while my complimentary tickets were in the orchestra section. We rotated seats during the intermissions, so we all got to enjoy the [...]
My roommate Jordan recently sang the German national anthem for the German Consulate’s party at Central Park’s boathouse. I think it may have been for German Unity Day, October 3.
As a member of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artists Development Program (and, like Renee Fleming, Susan Graham, and Ben Heppner, a winner of the prestigious [...]
General Manager
New York Yankees
Bronx, New York
Dear Sir or Madam,
I enjoyed my first outing to Yankee Stadium last night to see the home team beat the visiting Tampa Rays. While the weather was hot and humid during the day, the temperature seemed to drop enough by early evening to be tolerable; the ambient air was not [...]
I’m so glad I decided to take the bus home today.
This was a departure from my usual trip by subway. As I left the hospital, I noticed a bus that stops a mere fifty feet from my building’s front door. Hopping on, I knew that the trip would take a little longer, but it seemed a [...]
Last week I got to visit Central Park with several friends to hear the New York Philharmonic perform on the Great Lawn in Central Park. The orchestra, as is its habit, is playing in a park in each of the five boroughs this summer. Despite a light rain earlier in the day, the weather was [...]
To send Clay off (again) to China with his Sound of Music tour, Mauricio, Mavis, and I decided to celebrate with another trip to Roosevelt Island.
Our original plan was to meet at Columbus Circle at 1133, disguised in sunglasses and scarves, complete with password. However, to be more practical, this plan was modified to simply [...]
While at at the library today, I was distracted by a librarian giving a tour to a group of younger people–possibly summer employess. They stood near me while the librarian gestured admiringly at the card catalogue. I nearly laughed out loud when I heard her say,
“We can find a needle in a haystack, and believe [...]
