It’s Thursday, the day of the first concert of Renée Fleming in South Africa. Suddenly it has all become real and I need to get ready for the show.
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South Africa Diary, Part 2 – IT’S ONLY A FLESH WOUND!
I have the blood of Africa running through my veins, and now I’ll be leaving some of that same blood on the old continent. More about that later.
If I may make a suggestion – if you ever get the chance to go on tour somewhere exotic on the coattails of Renée Fleming – TAKE IT! Renée and her family (daughters, brother & family, mom, personal assistant) got into Durban, South Africa on Tuesday morning. Tuesday at lunch we had our “presentation.” This is when the schedule was revealed.
South Africa Diary – On the ground in the Mother Continent
South Africa has always been an important part in my history and now I’m going back, this time on the coattails of Renée Fleming. Nothing to do now but grab the bags and head to the airport. After a long day arguing with Delta airlines I end up …….. sleeping in my own bed? This is not a good start.
Sometimes you just have to say “Yes”…
This has been the summer of my discontent. Practically the only thing that hasn’t gone wrong is that my wife didn’t file for divorce and neither of my children ran away to the circus. We need to get away. Enter the Zulu nation…
More Random Thoughts
It’s summer, in case you haven’t noticed, and I’m finding it hard to sit down and write the 3,000 word exposé. I’m sure I’ll get back into it in a few weeks. In the interim – more random thoughts.
Random Thoughts…
It’s random thought day. Be warned.
Having our Cross-over to Bear: Concert Snapshot – Chris O’Riley
A funny thing happened on the way to the Dakota: a new magazine came across my path. It’s called “Listen – Life With Classical Music.” Actually I don’t know if it’s new but it’s definitely new to me. What caught my eye was an article on Erich Korngold and his travails for having the …… audacity? …… idiocy? ……… intelligence? ……… to write music for Hollywood, and the negative effect this had on his career. Boy does that sound familiar……
Is it time for the Revolution?
Newsflash – Endowments are down the toilet; Arts orgs. are laying off people at record pace; donations are down; the NYCity Opera got sold a bag of rotten turnips; ponzi scheems are playing havoc with donors; orchestras/dnace companies/opera companies/etc. are folding ……… Folks, is it time for the next Revolution?