live-streamed opera

Greetings from Munich! It's been very cloudy here in Bavaria's capital, which has kept us indoors for much of the week. Of course, we did venture out a few times for food, Brenda's rehearsals and performances (one of which is tonight), and I went for a couple of jogs through the English Garden, but the rest of the time was spent indoors looking for vitamin D supplements online. Ok, not really, but we did spend a lot of time online searching for apartments in Frankfurt. We've discovered, however, that it's not that easy to find a place from a couple hundred miles away. In spite of the challenge, Brenda managed to make contact with a few landlords, and we'll be seeing at least one apartment when we're back in Frankfurt next week. We've been mentioning up front that Brenda is an opera singer with the hope that we'll find a landlord who is a huge opera fan, and then maybe we could get a discount on the rent. Although, having an opera singer for a tenant could mean more noise since singers tend to be pretty loud when they practice. We're crossing our fingers for a music lover.

Brenda's first performance in Munich on Saturday was excellent. I had never seen this production before, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The audience obviously did too. I thought about buying another ticket to see the show again tonight, but it's sold out. In fact, the whole run (i.e. the performance last week in Paris and the three in Munich) is sold out. It's really great to see people enjoying opera so much. And speaking of which, here's my last plug for the live-stream this Friday: you too can see a sold-out performance of this opera, Ariadne auf Naxos, from the comforts of your own home (or wherever you can find an internet connection) by going to the Bavarian State Opera's website this Friday (October 23rd) at 1:00 PM central time. We hope you'll tune in!

Brenda signing autographs by the stage door after the last performance.

Before we leave Munich, we are going to take a day this weekend to be tourists with Brenda's aunt and uncle who are currently vacationing through Europe. I foresee a picture of me with a Munich-sized beer in my hand in next week's blog entry. Until then, I hope you all have a great week!