To clean the palate

The decade we just interred, left an unpleasant taste. It is time to start a new
decade by cleaning the palate. Allow me to suggest a cultural feast to restore
the joys of life. Watching these will lift the spirits, pleasure the soul and
replace the gloom of the past era.

Leonard Bernstein's comic opera CANDIDE, with libretto by Sondheim among others, is
a romp which will give a new concept of opera. In the more classical vein, Puccini's
TOSCA is one of the most gripping, with magnificent Arias.

In Ballet, the Royal Ballet production of ROMEO & JULIET, is ballet at the peak of perfection. A tragedy told in dance, to a magnificent score by Prokofiev. And the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet's DON QUICHOTTE features Rudolf Nureyev at the peak of his talent.

For pure musical genius watch and listen to Itzhak Perlman perform Beethoven and
Brahms with the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra.

All of these works are available through Netflix, which is well worth the small monthly fee.

Forgive this diversion from the usually more solemn themes of my blogs. I also
need to clean my palate.