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Opera for Kids: Heron and the Salmon Girl

Set of Heron and Salmon Girl

A picture of the set, taken from Seattle Opera’s FB page because of technical difficulties related to my cell phone.

At the end of my rant about holding on to my own aesthetic standards in the face of a sanitized kid-friendly worldview, I gave opera as an example of music that really didn’t work for kids. I ate my words at Seattle Opera’s performance of La Cenerentola, a Cinderella story that both of my daughters would have enjoyed completely. About the same time, I won a Twitter contest for tickets to see Heron and the Salmon Girl. Read More

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Getting Giddy at Seattle Opera’s Cinderella

Cenerentola opera bookletAge ain’t nothing but a number, and even numbers appear to be relative. My awareness of this concept most acute when I’m writing about music. Like the recent performance of La Cenerentola at Seattle Opera. Read More