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 [...]
Sandwiched in between 13-hour shifts at the hospital on Saturday and Sunday this weekend, I made it once again to the Metropolitan Opera to hear Tchaikowsky’s The Queen of Spades. This was my first opera to hear by Tchaikowsky. Turns out, of his ~10 operas, only two are performed regularly outside of Russia.
The thing I [...]
After hearing the work in church today, I’m completely enamored afresh of Faure’s Cantique de Jean Racine, a piece I’ve played the violin for before, though I have no idea when or where. The melody came back to me like an old friend.
Here’s a good arrangment I found on YouTube. Sit quietly for a minute in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I’ve missed the world of blogging, and evidently some of my readers have missed my posts! I got several hours’ sleep on call Sunday night, so after a satisfying nap on my new couch yesterday morning, the day was mine to enjoy. I started by doing laundry at nearby Bubbles. On the way back, however, [...]
Can you get tired of the aria? (Probably. That’s where the discipline of self-retraint comes in useful.) One of the anesthesia attendings showed me this youtube video of an amateur singing it. Quite good. See for yourself:
Paul Potts sings Nessun Dorma
His voice has a certain resonance, clarity, and intensity. And one of my favorite aspects [...]
Surprisingly, I’m able to get by an entire weekend without studying. Most recently this consisted of…
Home fellowship group at Andy & Anna’s on Friday night. Andy was back in town from Abu Dhabi.
Running with Ezer in the park Saturday morning. We waited for Andy to join us for about ten minutes at the 72nd Street [...]
