Turandot or Aeros Game?

There was NO question which I rather listened to, or saw, for that matter.

Jerina Photo of previous game showing Daoust 

But the Aeros apparently did play a respectable game, scoring once in every period!
With Daoust getting the 3rd * of the Game for one goal and two assists. Noreau and Di Salvatore also got 2 pts each -
1 goal and 1 assist.
Unfortunately, Kalus lost his temper again and sat out 12 minutes -roughing plus misconduct.

While Maria Guleghina's voice of steel (!) posed the 3 questions,

and Marcello Giordani's clarion tenor kept everyone awake (Nessun Dorma),

even though the truly sumptious scenery and staging drew all eyes,
Christmas cards were addressed, nevertheless, and put aside to be stamped,
especially the ones going overseeas.
You see, IF I get them into the mail the first week in December,
I can be pretty sure they will arrive BEFORE Christmas :-)!
Unless, they make a detour to Australia, then back to Texas,
in which case they WILL arrive sometime the  next year! A late delivery?

Or a, so to speak, early, very early, next year delivery :-)!

Enough for this morning-

into the kitchen I must,
for the preparation of the feast!
The cranberries are waiting!


And tomorrow is another game right here, at home, vs Rampage
(it's also the drop the toys off for Kids Unlimited day),
then on Saturday vs Milwaukie. Go Aeros! :-)!

Oh no, let me get away...

Last night I watched- well really just listened to, a DVD made in 1981 in Stuttgart of Der Freischuetz by Carl Maria von Weber, below an excerpt which I found rather laughable
it was sung reasonably well, but the staging and special effects appeared ludicrous me, the directions to the singers were so bad it was rather funny, alas.

And so went snooping on YouTube today to find 'opera funnies', not just staging, but maybe singing and encountered this
and then there is this
just to give a comparison, where I feel even a non opera lover can hear the difference. Although the recording has been made several years ago, while the Met's was made just last fall and with much better audio/video equipment. Either singer sings one of the most fearsome arias in a language not native to her.
Enjoy or not, :-D!