Mar 25 2022

Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial

Her statue by Penelope Juncks (1936-) is part of the Riverside Park. It seems a good prelude to the opera at the Met. Here in 2017 before Don Giovanni.

… and the West End Avenue

 


Mar 25 2022

72nd subway station

One of west side subway station in New York, housing red line, 1 (local), 2 and 3 (express). It was opened in 1904; ranks


Mar 25 2022

Eugene Onegin, 1879


This is my seventh of the season, also the last. Written by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and premiered on March 29, 1879 in Moscow’s Maly Theatre.

It has three acts (seven scenes). The music is beautiful but no climax like his violin concerto or piano concerto #1: heart pound & memorable.

The love story is based on a classic of Russian literature. An older sister falls in love with a friend of her sister