Getting
on and getting off the main highway viaduct over the Mississippi, known
locally as the Poplar Street Bridge. The direction is from Illinois to
Missouri.
This
blog promises the occasional rant, and they are very occasional indeed.
But there can be the occasional rave. Our wonderful little summer opera
company, Union Avenue Opera,
is doing an ambitious Ring Cycle over four years. It's a "reduced"
version for small companies and houses (UAO plays in a church with a
semicircular auditorium and good acoustics). This summer's offering is Die Walküre, which we attended last night. O M G.
This was the most intense, brilliant performance on the musical stage
this town has seen since I don't know when. The long, tender final scene
with Brünnhilde
and Wotan actually brought tears to these cynical old eyes. We're going
back again next weekend. If you're around The Lou and you like opera,
you gotta catch this one. St. Louis Post-Dispatch review here.
