Leah's Journal

27 MARCH 2006- Orfeo ed Eurydice

Yesterday, my friend from girlhood days, Theresa Jacobi, and I went to the last performance of Lyric Opera's regular season. While the music by Gluck was beautiful, Lyric Opera Company went "on the cheap" to mount the performance. Staging was awful - no change of scenery and what was presented looked like a sterile moonscape - all gray and craggy - with a stage front/right hole that represented entrance and egress from hades. The countertenor, David Daniels was spectacular - both in voice and appearance. Theresa and I met him after the performance while we were waiting for a cast member that we both know. T and I talked to another opera-goer who had seats on the orchestra level and paid much more for the chance to be disappointed than did T and me. I guess that at Lyric all operas are not created equally - some are spectacular while others are less so and could be just as well enjoyed by putting on a CD. Also, this version was not the same Gluck opera as the French version. After hearing the French version on radio, I ordered the CD and have listened to stirring melodies and uplifting choruses that were more enjoyable than Sunday's offering.

T and I then went to a restaurant called Dine. She had a $25.00 off coupon that could be applied when two entrees are ordered. Unfortunately, T ordered an appetizer as her entree and the coupon was denied. My meatloaf was meager and salty and cost $18.00 This is not an establishment that I will anticipate returning to in the near or distant future. While we had several definite misses, the day was fun and we laughed a lot. What more can one ask?