Topic: BACK IN THE SADDLE (Read 17371 times)

Matt H. · « **Reply #30 on:** September 10, 2009, 06:35:52 AM »

Now I guess I'll head downstairs and find something to watch waiting for the call from best friend John about today's lunch. We had to skip lunch earlier in the week, so we have a lot of catching up to do.

WBBL.

Matt H. · « **Reply #31 on:** September 10, 2009, 06:36:04 AM »

Page Two Dance!!!

Matt H. · « **Reply #32 on:** September 10, 2009, 06:36:20 AM »

And now I'm REALLY going!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #33 on:** September 10, 2009, 06:55:22 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on September 10, 2009, 06:36:20 AM

And now I'm REALLY going!

Me, too! I'm off to Toyland.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #34 on:** September 10, 2009, 07:11:39 AM »

TOD Never been a big Opera fan.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #35 on:** September 10, 2009, 07:16:11 AM »

I'm home. I have to take Callie to the vet at 10:00 AM. She threw up her medicine and then had litter box problems this morning. She went and hid down the basement. She's slowly coming around. She came upstairs a few minutes ago and is moving slowly, but seems to be a bit better. Hopefully the vet won't find anything serious.

JMK · « **Reply #36 on:** September 10, 2009, 07:43:31 AM »

Don't even get me started on opera. This last year or so I have been so awash in opera BD's to review, with many more to come, that my head is spinning. That said, there have been some real unexpected gems, like the Dove Pinocchio and Tan Dun's Marco Polo.

The best thing I did yesterday: switch to the digest form of CASTRECL.

Kerry · « **Reply #37 on:** September 10, 2009, 08:01:36 AM »

In the immortal words of DR Laura, "I have nothing more to say."=====(for now anyway) $:-\$

bk · « **Reply #38 on:** September 10, 2009, 08:02:48 AM »

I'm up after some completely weird dreams.

Ginny · « **Reply #39 on:** September 10, 2009, 08:07:43 AM »

Thursday morning greetings!

Quote from: DAW on September 10, 2009, 03:17:30 AM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Rob, DS of DR Ginny!!!!!

Thank you, DR DAW. Rob's actual birthday was Monday, but he was in Michigan until Tuesday, so we're celebrating today.

And, DR Elmore, Montgomery Inn's original location is in Montgomery (greater Cincinnati). They also have locations in northern Kentucky, greater Columbus, and on the Cincinnati riverfront (The Boathouse). We should go there next time you're in Ohio!

MBarnum · « **Reply #40 on:** September 10, 2009, 08:24:38 AM »

I have yet to see my first opera. Perhaps on my next trip to NYC I will include that in my itinerary.

MBarnum · « **Reply #41 on:** September 10, 2009, 08:25:43 AM »

I did see a Kabuki play in Tokyo, however.

It was fun, but what I most remember is the mistake of trying to get a cab at 5pm to take me to the theatre.

bk · « **Reply #42 on:** September 10, 2009, 08:26:34 AM »

I'm really groggy this morning, and glad I did a little jog last night, as there's no way I'd have done one this morning.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #43 on:** September 10, 2009, 08:34:52 AM »

Quote from: MBarnum on September 10, 2009, 08:24:38 AM

I have yet to see my first opera. Perhaps on my next trip to NYC I will include that in my itinerary.

Oh, God, now I have to hope and pray there's an opera production with naked bodybuilders when he next ~~terrifies~~ visits the City! Otherwise he'll snore and embarrass me.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #44 on:** September 10, 2009, 08:48:16 AM »

TOD:

Desert Island Opera: "Turandot" -- the Mehta recording with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti.

Ginny · « **Reply #45 on:** September 10, 2009, 08:55:12 AM »

TOD - Opera is one of those tastes I developed The University of Michigan; it had never been a part of my family's entertainment choices while I was growing up. Because I was placed in the residence hall closest to the School of Music, most of my friends were music majors. My friend, Karen (who DR Jose might see at SETC this weekend), was a voice major and prompted me to see my first opera when she was cast as "Second Youth" in The Magic Flute. I also remember a production of Cosi Fan Tutte at UM and several productions of the University of Michigan Gilbert and Sullivan Society (UMGASS).

DR Elmore probably remembers seeing The Bartered Bride and La Boheme at Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music. And, with my friend Becki, I saw Carmen at Indiana University.

For a while, Middletown had a professional company, The Sorg Opera, but, alas, could not sustain it. People from Dayton and Cincinnati appreciated their work, but locals did not. We saw them do several Gilbert and Sullivans, Madame Butterfly, The Marriage of Figaro,, and a concert version of Aida.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #46 on:** September 10, 2009, 09:06:03 AM »

Well, Callie is in the hospital for the day. They're going to try an enema and see if that helps. Glad it's her and not me. She knew she needed help. She was actually purring when we arrived at the vet and was still purring when they took her from me.

Boo had her shots. She was not amused.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #47 on:** September 10, 2009, 09:07:46 AM »

Now I have to make a road trip to visit one of my clients. I better go so I'll be back before the vet closes.

bk · « **Reply #48 on:** September 10, 2009, 09:07:48 AM »

I shall shortly be on my way to a recording session. More from there.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #49 on:** September 10, 2009, 09:11:30 AM »

Today is Thursday, September 10, 2009.

I am hoping it will be a good day.

There is talk (oh! yes! there is TALK) that my co-workers are taking me to a (post-) birthday lunch at Venezia in Berkeley, where I shall most certainly indulge in spaghetti carbonara.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #50 on:** September 10, 2009, 09:13:44 AM »

Good Morning!

I'm up, I'm up... And... Welcome to Fall! -At least here in NYC.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #51 on:** September 10, 2009, 09:14:49 AM »

I had a very energized and sweat-inducing workout at my gym last night.

Am still feeling very endorphin-infused this morning. It was either the workout or I'm having a caffeine rush.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #52 on:** September 10, 2009, 09:15:29 AM »

And now...

Good Afternoon!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #53 on:** September 10, 2009, 09:16:38 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on September 10, 2009, 09:14:49 AM

I had a very energized and sweat-inducing workout at my gym last night.

Am still feeling very endorphin-infused this morning. It was either the workout or I'm having a caffeine rush.

Or both.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #54 on:** September 10, 2009, 09:24:02 AM »

As for the Topic of the Day...

I'm thinking the first opera I ever saw was either Carmen or La Bohéme.

When I was in college, Virginia Opera would hand out free tickets to the students in the music department, so I was sort of an opera regular for about four years. However, I still tend to listen to opera rather than attend it. -The Met Broadcasts are free, Met tickets are not.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #55 on:** September 10, 2009, 09:28:15 AM »

DR ELMORE - I love that film of BUTTERFLY!!! And to show my crassness - I also love to hear Deanna Durbin's recording of "Un Bel Di."

Jrand73 · « **Reply #56 on:** September 10, 2009, 09:28:51 AM »

Hey when is the NYC production of DOCTOR ATOMIC coming out on DVD? I am tired of watching that production from the West Coast....

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #57 on:** September 10, 2009, 09:33:08 AM »

As for the Topic of the Day - Atto Due...

Favorite operas:

Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro
Rossini - The Barber of Seville
Puccini - Madame Butterfly
Bizet - Carmen
Massenet - Manon
Britten - Billy Budd
Stravinsky - The Rake's Progress
Carlisle Floyd - Susannah and Of Mice and Men

Jrand73 · « **Reply #58 on:** September 10, 2009, 09:34:10 AM »

The Netherlands rather, I guess it is....although the Blu Ray of that production is available for $28.....

Jane · « **Reply #59 on:** September 10, 2009, 09:38:44 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on September 10, 2009, 05:43:35 AM

My work project today is the third in the series of martial arts movies being released next week on Blu-ray by Buena Vista. This one is a Jackie Chan movie called THE LEGEND OF DRUNKEN MASTER. Obviously, I've never seen it before, and I think it's the longest of the four films being released at 102 minutes. That may not seem like a very long running time at all, but with all the fighting in these movies, that can seem like an eternity.

We like The Drunken Master movies.

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