Blogging on the go again... that's just the kinda girl I am... a mover and shaker!
I'm on the subway returning to the TO apartment after a morning and early afternoon on the town. First, a dentist appointment! Then, I visited my grandparents with my sister and her baby. It was really nice. I was in the Yonge & Bloor area the whole time and since it's freezing out, I walked underground, and damn!!! There are so many Starbucks in that area, it's insane!
In other news, I finished my first book of 2014 today. It's a very sophisticated and important read: The Devil Wears Prada. I know the book well but have never done a full read of it. One of my strategies when in the middle of a reading drought is to read something totally fluffy to at least get me reading and then when I'm done, I know I won't be satisfied with that being the last thing I've read for very long, so I usually dive into something new right away. That's my hope for when I'm done this post. A new book is required!
I saw Cosi fan tutte again last night at the COC. This time it wasn't the main stage production but instead the opera was performed by the company's Ensemble Studio, a.k.a. the young artists program. So I've now seen the working rehearsal, main stage, and young artists' productions of this opera at the COC, plus Metro Youth Opera's production back in 2011, as well as Opera By Request's production a while back. I guess you could say I know the opera pretty well by now. It feels good.
Two of my favourite things about opera are: (1) the campiness - sometimes it's like an over-the-top drag show. I just love it! (2) how similar it is to novels and plays I studied during my English degree. The similarities between Shakespeare and Mozart are aplenty!
All for now!
Showing posts with label cosi fan tutte. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cosi fan tutte. Show all posts
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Spoiler Alert!
Tuesday
Girls -- I love the show "Girls", but I have not been keeping up with it in its current season. So, last night I took advantage of my minimalist apartment and indulged in some television (on my iPad). I re-watched (mea culpa) the final two episodes of season two and watched the first ep of season three. I'll watch the second ep tonight, I hope... maybe more. Normally I would just download all of the episodes, but I have no personal computer, so... we'll see what I can stream. I liked the season premiere! I was a bit sleepy during it, so I may have to re-watch (fight the urge!) before I move on to the next one.
Wednesday
*Edit - I ended up kinda re-watching the first ep of season three during my lunch break yesterday, but just skimmed through it to refresh my - apparently poor - memory. Then I watched the second ep, but I haven't seen any more. I need to find a good streaming site.
Opera -- On Monday night, I received a call from the Canadian Opera Company. They often call their patrons after they know they've seen a show to chat with them, do a little cultivating (I work in the biz, I should know), and - in this case - try to get them to buy tickets to more shows. Although I didn't want to buy tickets that night (I'm waiting until the $30 under 30 tickets go on sale), I did enjoy talking opera with the woman who called. Normally I'd give short answers, but I figured it was a great opportunity to test out my growing knowledge of opera. I spoke with the woman about the specific singers we saw in Cosi (I said I loved Tracy Dahl and when the woman I was speaking with acknowledged that she's Canadian, I said "I know, and she teaches at the University of Manitoba!"), I expressed my opinion on the show (I loved it! ... not the most sophisticated opinion, but it's true), and talked about what I was hoping to see next season (The Barber of Seville, Don Giovanni, and Madama Butterfly). Anyway, pretty proud!
Laundry -- I had my first "laundry night" in my new building last night. Great success! That may sound lame, but going through the process of doing laundry in a new building is always an adventure. I'm pleased to report that it was an easy and fun adventure instead of one filled with obstacles. It was fun last night, and all my laundry is now done (yay!!!), but now that the first time is done, it won't be that fun moving forward... just laundry...
Body Pump -- I did my first Waterloo Body Pump class on Monday evening and it was great! The thing I love about being a member of GoodLife is that it's been so easy for me to move to Waterloo and keep up my gym routine. And the thing I love about Body Pump is that it's the same everywhere! I've been doing Pump classes pretty regularly now, but I've never made a point of going on a weekly basis. I think I'll try to go every Monday moving forward. I hope I can stick with it!
Alright - that's all for now! Two days' worth of posting rolled into one. I love it!
Girls -- I love the show "Girls", but I have not been keeping up with it in its current season. So, last night I took advantage of my minimalist apartment and indulged in some television (on my iPad). I re-watched (mea culpa) the final two episodes of season two and watched the first ep of season three. I'll watch the second ep tonight, I hope... maybe more. Normally I would just download all of the episodes, but I have no personal computer, so... we'll see what I can stream. I liked the season premiere! I was a bit sleepy during it, so I may have to re-watch (fight the urge!) before I move on to the next one.
Wednesday
*Edit - I ended up kinda re-watching the first ep of season three during my lunch break yesterday, but just skimmed through it to refresh my - apparently poor - memory. Then I watched the second ep, but I haven't seen any more. I need to find a good streaming site.
Opera -- On Monday night, I received a call from the Canadian Opera Company. They often call their patrons after they know they've seen a show to chat with them, do a little cultivating (I work in the biz, I should know), and - in this case - try to get them to buy tickets to more shows. Although I didn't want to buy tickets that night (I'm waiting until the $30 under 30 tickets go on sale), I did enjoy talking opera with the woman who called. Normally I'd give short answers, but I figured it was a great opportunity to test out my growing knowledge of opera. I spoke with the woman about the specific singers we saw in Cosi (I said I loved Tracy Dahl and when the woman I was speaking with acknowledged that she's Canadian, I said "I know, and she teaches at the University of Manitoba!"), I expressed my opinion on the show (I loved it! ... not the most sophisticated opinion, but it's true), and talked about what I was hoping to see next season (The Barber of Seville, Don Giovanni, and Madama Butterfly). Anyway, pretty proud!
Laundry -- I had my first "laundry night" in my new building last night. Great success! That may sound lame, but going through the process of doing laundry in a new building is always an adventure. I'm pleased to report that it was an easy and fun adventure instead of one filled with obstacles. It was fun last night, and all my laundry is now done (yay!!!), but now that the first time is done, it won't be that fun moving forward... just laundry...
Body Pump -- I did my first Waterloo Body Pump class on Monday evening and it was great! The thing I love about being a member of GoodLife is that it's been so easy for me to move to Waterloo and keep up my gym routine. And the thing I love about Body Pump is that it's the same everywhere! I've been doing Pump classes pretty regularly now, but I've never made a point of going on a weekly basis. I think I'll try to go every Monday moving forward. I hope I can stick with it!
Alright - that's all for now! Two days' worth of posting rolled into one. I love it!
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Women all behave like that
I have zero interest in being up at 1:50 am, but I can't fall asleep and so I thought a quick blog post might help me get sleepy.
I learned something about living in Waterloo today. Don't make plans in Toronto on a weekday evening. Lesson learned. Before I got my new job and moved here, I had bought a ticket to see the opera on Wed Jan 29 @ 7:30 pm at the Four Seasons Centre in Toronto. Don't get me wrong, it was worth it to see Atom Egoyan's amazing interpretation of Cosi fan tutte but it ran 3 hours and 30 minutes, and then it took me at least 15 minutes to get out of the parking garage after, followed by a the drive back to Waterloo. Ugh. I'm exhausted... so exhausted I can't fall asleep.
The opera really was amazing though. I've actually seen this opera performed three separate times now, so I'm starting to feel pretty familiar with it. I have fantasies that in my new apartment I'll spend evenings lying on the couch listening to Mozart operas with my cat. Maybe that'll be the case, or maybe it'll be me on the couch watching Netflix. Who's to say?
Alright, c'mon sleep!
I learned something about living in Waterloo today. Don't make plans in Toronto on a weekday evening. Lesson learned. Before I got my new job and moved here, I had bought a ticket to see the opera on Wed Jan 29 @ 7:30 pm at the Four Seasons Centre in Toronto. Don't get me wrong, it was worth it to see Atom Egoyan's amazing interpretation of Cosi fan tutte but it ran 3 hours and 30 minutes, and then it took me at least 15 minutes to get out of the parking garage after, followed by a the drive back to Waterloo. Ugh. I'm exhausted... so exhausted I can't fall asleep.
The opera really was amazing though. I've actually seen this opera performed three separate times now, so I'm starting to feel pretty familiar with it. I have fantasies that in my new apartment I'll spend evenings lying on the couch listening to Mozart operas with my cat. Maybe that'll be the case, or maybe it'll be me on the couch watching Netflix. Who's to say?
Alright, c'mon sleep!
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