Morning After a Magical Night #SundaySalon

Time: // 8:35 am.

The scene: // Loud, rumbling booms of thunder but it’s not raining, at the moment. We had a downpour a bit ago. Later it will be hot and humid. Welcome to summer in St. Louis.

Listening to: // The Magic Flute by Mozart. I just picked one of the albums on Spotify.

Reading: // London by Edward Rutherfurd. I’m up to the building of the Tower of London.

Watching: // We went to see The Magic Flute at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis last night, as designed and directed by fashion icon Isaac Mizrahi. It was staged as if on a 1950s Hollywood sound stage. I recognized visual reference to Singin’ in the Rain, An American in Paris, and The Band Wagon. The Queen of the Night entranced us with her arias, Tamino and Pamina were lovers to root for, and Papageno was always good for a laugh. Magical!

The Magic Flute, Opera Theatre of St. Louis

Pamina, from the Opera Theatre of St. Louis production of The Magic Flute

Blogging about: // Stonehenge for the Summer Solstice.

Participating in// Today’s Spread the Love Linky Party at The Steadfast Reader.

What are you up to this fine Sunday?

Comments

Morning After a Magical Night #SundaySalon — 6 Comments

Molly on June 22, 2014 at 9:20 am said:

The Magic Flute production sounds enjoyable. I am hoping to make it to St. Louis at least once this summer, and I hope to partake in some of the arts offerings.

My husband is reading London and enjoying it. I still need to finish New York before I begin this one.

We have no rain here…. just hazy, hot, and humid. Perfect weather to stay inside and read 🙂

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laurelrainsnow on June 22, 2014 at 10:49 am said:

What a great week! Thanks for sharing…and enjoy the new week.

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Vasilly on June 22, 2014 at 12:00 pm said:

Even though it sounds funny, I miss hearing the sound of thunder! I love winter and hopefully, California will have one. Isaac Mizrahi is a fantastic designer! His work is lovely. Today I plan on nursing a few sick kids back to health since they have summer colds and writing a review.

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Diana Leigh on June 22, 2014 at 9:19 pm said:

The Magic Flute performance sounds wonderful! I would love a night out at the opera. Happy Summer Solstice! 🙂

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susan on June 25, 2014 at 4:58 pm said:

You can’t go wrong with The Magic Flute! How do you like the Rutherford book on London? Is it much of a story or simply exhausting? I have not read him before. cheers.

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- Joy Weese Moll on June 25, 2014 at 5:19 pm said:
  
  There’s plenty of story in Rutherfurd to keep you going. This is my fourth book by him and I’m not getting tired of it. I struggled much more with Neal Stephenson’s massive Quicksilver than I do with Rutherfurd.
  
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