Tonight's presentation of Iphigenia in Tauris at the Seattle Opera was intense. This was my first viewing of this opera and I wasn't familiar with the music by Christopher Willibald Gluck which was very melodic and flowed nicely with the French libretto. After the first two acts when Nuccia Focile had us all in tears because of "poor, sad Iphigenia"'s tough life made her want to die, I couldn't help commenting that all these Halloween Opera's were especially emotional. Then after the break, we returned to William Burden playing Pylades and Brett Polegato playing Orestes in their aria about I'll die for you my best friend. Very touching and so very beautiful to hear. This is the first opera where we've spent two hours watching people not kill, cool. The sets built jointly with New York Metropolitan Opera are gorgeous. I loved seeing Michele Losier drop in from the moon as Diana and evil old Thoas' great baritone sung by Phillip Joal. A nice evening worth seeing. I can't wait for I Puritani.
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10/28/2007
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China 2007
- Best of the hundreds of pictures we took on our trip to China with the Ohio State Alumni and AHI Tours. Copyright Robert and Sheri Harper
Hawaii
- Our October/November trip to Oahu and Kauai islands in Hawaii. Pictures taken with a Nikon digital camera by Bob Harper.
Midwest Critters
- These are some of the fine birds and beasts we encountered on our recent trip along the Snake River and to the Dakotas for a family reunion. All photos copyright Robert Harper, were taken on a Nikon Coolpix 5700.
Melakwa Lake Hike
- These are some pictures taken during our Labor day weekend hike to Melakwa Lake. This hike is one of the many found in the Denny Creek recreation area in the Cascade Mountains of WA state, at the exit off I-90 bearing the name. Follow the signs to Denny Creek road, pass the campground and eventually you get to the Melakwa Lake trailhead. Total trip length 8 miles, approximately 9 hours with 2950 gain. Good stopping points at 1 mile in at slippery rocks and at the second falls about 45 minutes further. Hemlock pass is another 2.5 miles. Once you reach the top, the trail drops 1/2 a mile, 350 feet to the lake.
Mushrooms
- These photo's were taken yesterday by my husband, Bob on our day workshop on Mushrooms at the Cedar River Watershed in Washington state. See my blog about this event for more information. I don't know all the names of the mushrooms shown. The photo's were taken with a Nikon. All photo's and text copyright Robert and Sheri Harper.
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