Opera Musings on the Eighth Night of Hanukkah January 1st, 2025

                                                    Hanukkah Musings.....

  My Grandmother Ann.....

                                                   And Opera Drawings I have Done 

January 5th, 2025      

  7th Night of Hanukkah 2025 ...candles glow...my grandmothers portrait nearby.

and below

SHABBAT ON FRIDAY NIGHT  with Angels, mermaids and bowl of fruit...

 
                         and so my long labyrinthian Jewish Journey found its home.My search...the tendrils of mystical time.... and my unbidden relationship to myunknown grandmother Ann came through as I perused my archive of Opera Drawingsdone over the years............and now in these present moments Celebrating Shabbat Gloriouslydone over the years.

 

I have so many Cheerful Happy Colorful Paintings of Hanukkah

"They look like Candy" a Rabbi remarked

and then this year I turned as well to the archive of my Opera Drawings

remembering how my late mother said:

"We didn't have religion! We had Opera!" 

Somehow this year I realized all the more how central Opera was to my late 

grandmother and my mother...so I turn to recall and look...

Here are some of my favorites including my Opera reflections often drawn with my wise cats 

nearby who purr and say

"We are not just Cute Cuddly Creatures! We love Opera Too 

and Feel its Emotions Deeply!"

The Upper Realms of Opera

Aida

La Boehme

                                          

La Fortse Del Destina

Madame Butterfly

Tosca

The Merry Widow

Don Giovanni

The Magic Flute

Rigoletto by Verdi

in the land of memories...recalling how my mother laid on the couch listening

to the Saturday Afternoon Opera..lost in her emotions of going to the Opera in 

Vienna long ago with her parents...and feeling the emotions of the Opera

all over again

Another emotional musing on my mother listening

to the Opera,,,

My feelings as I listen to the Opera and feel my mother's prescense...