What can I say? Again I am blessed with an amazing home stay situation, first in Livermore in March and now in Palo Alto. The Gracons are the best! I get up in the morning and chat with them both. They are great supporters of the opera and completely...

Well, here we go. It's my first major operatic role, so we may as well just jump in. Up at 4:30 am CST, allergies in MN are full blown after only a few days, took a Benadryl the night before, go drowsy then felt like ants were crawling under my skin....