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| 30 Days of Pop-Up Opera (Photo by April, age 8) |
9/19/12 Walkabout Wednesday took on a new twist this
afternoon as my walking buddy, Ellen, has “turned” to swimming for exercise
because of a foot malady. I miss our times together. I miss the different
places we walk. I just miss her.
But.....today I had the granddaughter of friend Claudia accompany me
and we “walked” through the Farmer’s Market at the Botanic Gardens. What a surprise we found there. The
Opera Memphis folks were performing. Good music with great food. How
serendipitous was that!
My young friend asked the OM director, “What are they
singing?” When I asked her what he said, she replied, A word that tickles my
tongue---“La Boheme.”
I explained to her that this music was opera---and that they
had been taking opera “to the people”----just popping up in different places
like festivals, universities, parks, libraries and even the Greenline. I was thrilled that
we had happened on one of their outside "free" productions!
When I asked
her how she liked the music, I loved her response. “It crackles me up, and
makes me shiver.”
Well done, Opera Memphis. That sounds like a rave review to
me.
Since the group will be performing at Shelby Farms on October 6 (at the
playground) I suggested a "walkabout reprise." Hearing the word playground, she was all for it.
