DEC-MAY; SEP-NOV: Dined elegantly with many friends at the Metropolitan Opera Club before performances. Guests (& operas) included: Mom, Jeannette Wang & Alan Neiditch (La Bohème); Tom & Pat Shiah, Uncle Kenneth & Auntie Denise Sze (Lucia di Lammermoor); Kate & Molly McNamara (Il Trovatore); Mom, Auntie Lily Liu (Il Barbiere di Siviglia);
... Michael & Adassa Richardson, Michael Hodgson (Madama Butterfly); Pat Shiah, Norm Haffner, Michael Richardson (La Sonnambula); Russ Isaacs (the new production of Tosca - a disaster! A huge mistake to replace Zeffirelli’s production with this minimalist one!); K.S. & Gina Liu, Mom (Turandot);
... Mabel Freeman (Die Zauberflöte); Susie Rusk, Don Honeman, Evelyn Hu DeHart (Aïda); Lisa Lu, Mom, Chester Mah (Turandot). Zeffirelli’s Turandot is still my favorite!
DEC, JAN, MAR: Pat Shiah & I enjoyed Renée Fleming’s stirring performance in Thaïs on Dec. 30th. Then 2 days later, Mom & I were thrilled to meet her in person at Shirley Young’s scrumptuous Chinese Hot Pot dinner for Renée and her family (I coached Renée on poaching the myriad raw foods). I greeted her again at the Opera Club’s dinner honoring her in March. One of the world’s greatest operatic sopranos, she’s delightful and generously gracious.
APR: Attended Chinese baritone Shenyang’s Met debut as Masetto in Don Giovanni. Went backstage to congratulate him, as did opera great Marilyn Horne and actress Tyne Daly. Also greeted the noted bass Samuel Ramey. Shirley Young had a congratulatory reception for Shenyang in her apartment after his wonderful performance.
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