Greetings from Houston, Texas!

Last weekend was our annual ‘double performance’ weekend at Houston Grand Opera.  Friday night was ‘Sweeney Todd‘ (they’ve started including one musical in the season) and Saturday was ‘Die Walküre‘  I have a thing about knives and straight razors, so I was nauseous after Sweeney.   This was the second time I’d seen, Walküre.  I’d forgotten…

Now is the Month of Maying

Still haven’t had much leisure time lately, but May is here and finally had a free day to work in the garden. The end of April-beginning of May is the wrap up of the opera season in Houston.  Last weekend was ‘Das Rheingold,’ the start of HGO’s four-year Ring Cycle.  I’ve never seen ‘Rheingold’ and…