h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Whne I went back to work in January, after the best part of eight months' sick leave, I was determined that this year, I would really make an effort to see what I could. So, in terms of opera, it worked!

Spring:
1 The Lighthouse, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Opera Theatre Company, O'Reilly Theatre, Dublin -great, very intense.
2 Der Fliegende Hollander, Wagner, Opera Ireland, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin - great.
3 The Silver Tassie, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Opera Ireland, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin - great production, not very memorable music.
Summer
4 Faust, Gounod, Anna Livia Festival, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin - very old-fashioned production but good.
4 Il Tabarro, Puccini, Anna Livia Festival, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin - good.
5 Gianni Schicchi, Puccini, Anna Livia Festival, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin - good.
6 Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Shostakovitch, ENO, Coliseum, London - wonderful.
7 Don Giovanni, Mozart, ENO, Coliseum, London, crap.
8 The Rape of Lucretia, Britten, ENO, Coliseum, London, great.
Autumn
9 Erismena, Cavalli, Opera Theatre Company, St. Werburgh's Dublin - wonderful.
10 Jacobin, Dvorak, Wexfrod Festival Opera - wonderful.
11 Sappho, Massenet, Wexford Festial Opera - great.
12 Alessandro Stradella, Flotow, Wexford Festival Opera - great.
13 Cosi fan Tutti, Mozart, Scottish Opera, Edinburgh Festival Theatre - great.
14 Don Carlo, Verdi, Opera Ireland, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin - wonderful.
15 Julio Cesare, Handel, Opera Ireland, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin - wonderful.

Unfortunately, I had 17 bottles of wine leftr
over after a very abstemious party last week, and it's just gone down to 16.....

Azara