Dear Colleagues,
What a surprise to have Libby Bassett come up to me in the foyer of the Sydney Recital Centre in Angel Place at the opening night of Pinchgut Opera's new baroque opera (see my opera notes for details about 'Orontea', the sexiest opera on the 17 century).
I told her about Tamara (Cheney) Freund's recent visit to Sydney and our luncheon with Mike Campbell-Smith at Bendooley Estate Vineyards in the Southern Highlands (see photo below). Libby looked gorgeous ... and told me she had read my blog and had also retired, leading a more relaxed existence. Her daughter Jane Sheldon is a successful opera singer and is about to embark on an engagement in Holland.
In the intermission I noted Leo Schofield talking to Fiona Stewart but thought better of interrupting them. I hope they were enjoying the performance as much as we were.
On the way home we bumped into Bill Brooks who was walking along Macquarie Street having dined at the Australia Club (as you do). He was looking forward to seeing Mefistophiles in Melbourne, making our local baroque Pinchgut outing seem very parochial.
So it is indeed a small world ... or else our university colleagues have some sort of magnetic GPS finding system!
Best wishes and hope that most have a warmer winter to look forward to than frosty Bowral, NSW.
Andrew Byrne ..
Andrew's Opera (andrewsopera.blogspot.com)
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