OPERA SINGERS AND SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS

Big Guy and I enjoyed Tapas Musicali this week @chambermusicstl. The concert featured music to honor our partnership with the St. Louis-Bologna Sister Cities.

As @benedettaorsi took the stage to sing a song cycle by Gaetano Donizetti, I was struck with a memory of a salt and pepper set I inherited from my parents. I remembered the opera singer from my childhood often thinking it was my mom doing one of her stage performances while I pictured myself as the watcher.

It was years later when I studied vocal performance that the roles changed in my mind with my mom, and dad, being the watcher. I used to keep them stored in a cabinet, but after this week, I have pulled them out so I can enjoy them again with fond memories.