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Tosca- Scottish Opera Review
Rating: This review appeared first at Opera Britannia Scottish Opera’s revival of Anthony Besch’s Tosca offers a rewarding evening, though not one without its problems. Vocally, this is a Tosca not to be missed. Unfortunately, most of the evening is marred by insensitive conducting and far too much noise from the pit. The production itself…
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She’s Still Singing
Oh, it isn’t over yet, you know. Our Lady is still singing for joy over the Easter Triumph yet. 50 days of unremitting joy were announced on Easter Day. Storms and hail and mid-May snow are not going to stop us. Here’s a wee video of the way in which we keep the Feast around…
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St Matthias
It is St Matthias’s day today. He isn’t someone whom we tend to make much of. We don’t preach much about him, nor associate him with anything much more than the manner in which he was chosen to be an apostle. Matthias was the one chosen by lot to replace Judas. Though he doesn’t have…
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The Colour Purple
It is the consecration of the next Bishop of Edinburgh today. Usually I try to go to these services but sadly today, I’m not able to go. So here’s a photograph of the colour purple for the Diocese of Edinburgh. God bless John Armes and all who will build the church with him.
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President Obama and Marriage
I’m pleased that President Obama has now come out and stated that he supports the right of same-sex couples to marry. I’m interested too that it has taken him so long to say so publicly and in the various things (his children’s views, his colleagues lives) that he cited as reasons for his position “evolving”…
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The results are now in
Perhaps you can indulge me for needing to post another political piece. After all, local elections were at one time the stuff of personal agony…. Well, the results of the local elections are now in. There were several surprises. Congratulations are certainly in order for the Labour party in Glasgow and also the Greens. Both…
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The Joy of Tax
I voted in yesterday’s local election. I’ll readily confess that it was less of a pleasure than it usually is as I was not particularly excited about the vote I cast. However, civic duty is civic duty and the fact that I can vote matters more than the actual people I voted for. I had…
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It isn’t over yet
Oh no, Easter is far from over. The 50 days of unremitting joy are simply unremitting. Here’s another Regina Coeli to keep us skipping along: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYKwACJQUgk Incidently, this one reminds me of my interview for the job at St Mary’s, after which, one of those interviewing me confessed that she had been swayed by the…
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