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and snowing.......

Yesterday I went to the Opera with my Operafriends and since it was the last time before Christmas we also had dinner together. We usually do that last time before Christmas and last time before summer. Very nice tradition. However when on my way to fetch Carole it start snowing again. The morning had been sunny, cold and nice and suddenly the temp. went up and the snow started. Not very nice weather to drive in so we had extra time on our hands if something should happen which it often does in this weather. We luckily came into town, we had a very good dinner and lots of chat and anticipation for the opera. We saw Elektra by Richard Strauss. You would have thought with that name the music should be nice and tender and waltzy ;-) But you couldn't have been more wrong. This opera is so intense, so passionate and yes scary. The music makes you feel so much and many time my heart beated so fast like I was watching a horror movie. The scenography is really just a big red wall and in fr...