Weekend Reflections

I was here at Lincoln Center to attend the
graduation recital of a very talented
young friend who's been studying at Juilliard.

[To see more Weekend Reflections, visit James's meme.]

The view from the top

As a treat for my birthday (next week), my friend
Lisa treated me to a performance of La Donna del Lago
at the Metropolitan Opera.  These seats are probably 
the reason they invented opera glasses, but I 
like the vantage point from up here because you can 
see the entire stage—and the orchestra too.

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday and Our World Tuesday.]

Metropolitan Opera House

On Tuesday, I showed a shot of the crowd
filing out of here.  Here's what the Opera House
looked like from the plaza out front on
that beautiful spring day.

[To see more Skywatch shots, go here.  For
more Weekend Reflections, visit James's meme.] 

After a Saturday matinée

All of these fortunate folks (and I) had just
enjoyed a performance of Cosi Fan Tutte
at the Metropolitan Opera House.

[It's Ruby Tuesday. To see more, go here.
For more of Our World Tuesday, go here.]

ABC Wednesday—O is for "orchestra"

Specifically, the New York Philharmonic, who
played the score of 2001: A Space Odyssey live as we
watched the film. (Who remembers "I'm sorry, Dave."?)
O could also be for . . .

standing Ovation—the audience
(including me) loved it!

[To see more ABC posts, go here.]

Thursday Challenge — "music"

One of the things to love about New York: Here at Lincoln Center,
they film the operas that people pay big bucks to see at the Met, then
show them in the summer in hi-def on this screen—so all of us po'
folks may enjoy as well.  They also showed the first-night performance
of this year's season on this screen (and on another one in Times Square).
Thank you, Met Opera!   [And you can see more "music" here.]

at the Met

They've set up this big screen right on the

front of the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln

Center, and have been showing free screenings

of Met performances in HD. On Friday the

ex and I enjoyed a performance of La Boheme.

This is also my first post for a meme called

Mellow Yellow Monday (memes are so much

fun, and I think there's enough yellow here

to qualify for this one).

[Enjoy more Mellow yellow here.]

hurry!!

Better order your tickets quick so you don't

miss Carmina Burana SEVEN MONTHS from

now! (It's because of all of us baby boomers

who thought that CB was the height of culture

when we were in college, and still can't get over it.)

Although I actually do think I'd better get on those

Messiah tix already.  Thanks for the reminder.

Lincoln Center . . .

. . . is a total construction zone right now.  But the

Met goes on.  I'm not the biggest opera fan ever,

but I sure would love to be at the 125th Anniversary

Gala next March (and—gift givers, take note— it takes

place on the eve of my birthday).  Yeah, that'll happen.

yet more free music!

Last night in Damrosch Park, we were treated to 

a performance by Toshi Reagon's band, BIG Lovely.

This is her mom, Bernice Johnson Reagon,

cofounder of Sweet Honey in the Rock, who 

sang with her (big thrill for me).

The first time ever . . .

. . . I heard Roberta Flack sing the song she's

about to sing (especially for me, it would seem),

I thought it was the most beautiful thing I'd

ever heard.  She sang it tonight at a memorial/tribute

concert for Joel Dorn, the guy who produced her records.

(There will probably be more—it was quite a lineup.)