Day 79

My baby got me roses after the opera...black, red, and white. My first real black rose! So lovely!

"My love is like a rose, divided into two, the leaves I give to others, but the rose I give to you." ~Unknown

Day 77

Opening night for the opera!

"Opera does  not call so much for an imaginative ear as for an imaginative eye, an eye which can see beyond little absurdities toward great truths." ~George Marek

Day 41

We had a moment of silence to remember Valerie Davis at opera rehearsal today. Bless her and her family and friends.

"If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character...Would you slow down? Or speed up?" ~Chuck Palahniuk

Day 38

Got to see my costume list for the opera today. Getting excited!

"Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are." ~Colleen Atwood

Day 13

Had my first day of practice for the opera today, La Boheme. Performances start in March!

"An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house." ~Maria Callas