Today was a sad day. The MET opera, watched live in a quiet and safe place, Coquitlam east of Vancouver, BC, was Aida. Yet the national tragedy of the twenty-eight deaths in Connecticut overshadowed the tragedy of the opera. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘don giovanni’
MET Opera Violence; Aida: Connecticut Deaths; Fat Ladies; and Gun Control
Posted in brandy, British Columbia, opera, safety, tagged aida, aspergers., connecticut, coquitlam, death, don giovanni, grandchildren, gun control, met opera, roberta alagna on December 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Mining Jobs: Lawyers in Mining
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, Law (Mining), tagged don giovanni, james patterson, law, lawyers, michael connelly, mining jobs, rock mountain institute on October 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Having watched the Met Opera Don Giovanni yesterday, I decided today that I had had enough culture. So, on a rainy day I sat in my study reading a detective novel. Trash for pure entertainment! (more…)
Goldcorp, Vancouver Opera, and West Side Story
Posted in British Columbia, mining, opera, tagged Bellini, bez bezuidenhout, don giovanni, Goldcorp, Guatemala, juliette, romeo, Vancouver opera, west side story on October 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is a blog about what I THINK MINING, thus I focus on the mining aspects of life. So once again I pay tribute to Goldcorp for sponsoring the Vancouver Opera production of West Side Story. (more…)
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