Author Archives: sogalitno

or some of the digital photos taken by my 2 1/2 year old nephew (with me hovering to assure the camera is not dropped!)  Some knitting was done last night  – i started the (infamous) Flower Basket Shawl.  (I missed the bandwagon … Continue reading →

By MIKE SILVERMAN, Associated Press WriterThursday, July 27, 2006(07-27) 08:33 PDT BAYREUTH, Germany (AP) — Next time you’re crossing a highway overpass or heading down to the basement, look carefully around you: Gods, giants, dwarves and other mythological creatures may … Continue reading →

not much knitting but how about organizing my knitting?  In the continuing saga of restoring/configuring a working computer, I realized my old software for organizing my knitting stuff was way out of date .  So over the weekend, I went to … Continue reading →

Stop fertilizing your flowers. Give your flowers some relief from the heat by letting them rest a bit. Fertilizing during the hottest days of summer won't revive them, it will encourage new growth that will require more water. Give them … Continue reading →

Check out this very nicely produced website –  Wagner Operas  

German playwright and director Tankred Dorst’s brand new production of Wagner’s 16-hour “Ring” cycle tops the program for the one-month festival and has critics on the edge of their seats. There is plenty of drama, both on and off the … Continue reading →

Website Premiere Schedule Dienstag 25. Juli Holländer I Mittwoch 26. Juli Rheingold I Donnerstag 27. Juli Walküre I Samstag 29. Juli Siegfried I Sonntag 30. Juli Rheingold * Montag 31. Juli Götterdämmerung I Dienstag 01. August Tristan I Mittwoch 02. … Continue reading →

By STEVE SMITHPublished: July 26, 2006 A free concert on a Monday evening, an auditorium off the beaten path — it was a perfect opportunity for the bright young baritone Thomas Meglioranza to shake off the conventional solemnity of the … Continue reading →

Blog: The annual four-week festival of Wagner opera has only just opened and already German critics are talking up a future without it, writes Luke Harding. A very interesting bit about the leading German newspaper questioning the “cultural relevance” of … Continue reading →

Preview: Betrothal in a Monastery, Glyndebourne, East SussexBy Michael ChurchPublished: 20 July 2006 Based on Sheridan’s comedy The Duenna, Prokofiev’s opera Betrothal in a Monastery was described by Shostakovich as one of his “most radiant and buoyant” works. Yet it … Continue reading →