tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716892415828794074.post8585271511795534122..comments2024-03-26T13:03:33.696+00:00Comments on British Art: Covent Garden (Royal Opera House)Hermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716892415828794074.post-35589973792785788532011-03-17T09:58:48.365+00:002011-03-17T09:58:48.365+00:00Oh yes Helen. That was in 1892 and Ralph Vaughan W...Oh yes Helen. That was in 1892 and Ralph Vaughan Williams, "staggered home in a daze and could not sleep for two nights." after seeing him conduct Tristram. I'm a baby boomer but luckily my parents gave me a love of opera and the classics. Mixes oddly with Jimi Hendrix sometimes though.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716892415828794074.post-20149475576465412642011-03-16T22:19:12.678+00:002011-03-16T22:19:12.678+00:00Look at what you find in blogs :) The text said Ma...Look at what you find in blogs :) The text said Mahler's The Ring was first performed there, with Mahler himself conducting, on his ONE visit to England. Wouldn't it have been rather special to have been there!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com