I was hoping

One of my lovers would have texted me..."I am in the audience, tuto brava diva....

The curtain closes on my front row seat for Lucia di lammermore.

Good night <3

What an awesome night.

I love singing ooera. I love the people, friendship, so amazing. High energy, creativity, we work so hard to get the right sound.

A small man, with a little stick....

I said"ooooo the conductor is quite handsome" my fellow chorus member replied he was short, seemed snooty. I meant he was eye candy, not for personal use.
As time went on he proved to be just that. He made rude comments that shook the chorus conference. " you are nothing but community theater,...don't you all even know how to dress for a sitsprobe!?....watch my stick, aways watch, even if I don't cue you. "

His tempo changed more than we all changed our costumes.

He made remarks about our chorus mistress, and her assistant. "He seems to have some intelligence" WTF, really?

He directed the bel canto music to sound like a locomotive....not emotionally deep.

Thank goodness the review this morning noted "perfunctory" in his style. Yet the orchestra was strong, solid.
He deserves much worse.

Over anchorage last night

Opening night

As I sat down at the boardroom table this morning

Certainly not what I was expecting. The representative of the company I told could go fuck themselves was our newly elected member.

It was fine, it sure beats the year I told his boss he and his horse..... and then we both ended up speaking on the same panel.