3 in First....

While I was indulging myself watching Anna Netrebko's Lucia on Pbs 2 (The Met) and Better Half listened to "TheTexas Rangers" on tape,

our other ears were cocked to the Voice of the Aeros, O'Donnell.

Over the fantastic singing by Soprano Netrebko as Lucia,
Baritone Kwiecien as her scheming brothert Edgardo,
Tenor Beczala as her lover Edgardo and bass Abdrazakov as the priest Raimondo,
 we were elated to hear that the Aeros scored 3 goals right off the bat in the First:

 by Peters

Peters -2.goal of season

 (formerly a Texas Stars - should you  have forgotten)



Kalus

Kalus (who now has 7pts) and looks to settling down for more, 

McBride 2.goal of season

and Mc Bride (kind of a Lammers look alike? IMO).

The opera's mad scene, a huge favorite by sopranos, took up all my attention,

so I missed the activity during the second, which was nil as far as scoring went for both teams.

And then, the unbelievable, the Chicago Wolves howled back with a goal in the Third making it 3-1, and now that my attention was fully (well almost) on the Aeros games, I was stunned to hear that with a few seconds to go they scored again-Aeros 3-Wolves 2.

But a win is a win, right?

Meanwhile, Lucia dies and Edgardo commits suicide since he does not want to live without her.
All the while Enrico is eaten up by guilt having forced his mentally unstable sister into an unwanted marriage with Arturo (whom she kills on their wedding night, an act which drives her completely bonkers)
and so she dies. And Raimondo, too, was not quite as innocent of helping drive Lucia over the edge!

Ah well, THAT is opera at  its finest!

Lots of beautiful arias for one soprano,
one flute (yes, THAT famous duet of voice and instruments)

(IMO the voice wins out over the flute, especially as sung by Dame Joan Sutherland,
or do you think otherwise?);
two tenors and a baritone and bass respectively.

It is Donizetti's masterpiece of Bel Canto, (that in English simply means beautiful singing, LOL).
The Met will reprise it with Natalie Dessay in the title role (have marked my calendar)
and HGO also will present LUCIA in January/February 2011.

Netrebko

Kwiecien

Abrazdakov

Beczala