Perfect Fall evening @home

Last night we made a nice dinner, got a fire going, then settled into our respective positions (Drake with the libretto, me with some knitting) to listen to Seattle Opera's live radio broadcast of Iphigenia in Tauris.

Iphigenia and Orestes

The production is a big deal for Seattle Opera, since it's the first time the Met has done a co-production with a regional opera company. As soon as the Seattle production ends next week, it's being packed up and shipped to New York, where Placido Domingo will sing the role of Orestes. Interesting choice of role of Domingo, because even though Orestes is a baritone role, it's very high for a baritone. And even though Domingo spent most of his career singing tenor roles, I read recently that he's gone back to singing baritone (which is how he started his career). So a high baritone role is probably perfect for him.

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Anyway, I must have gotten overly involved in the broadcast, because I was knitting a sleeve and kept goofing up the final shaping. I finally did get the sleeve done, so now all the knitting is done on the sweater I made using some beautiful Donegal Tweed yarn sold by my cousin Chris (who lives in Northern Ireland). I still need to weave in the ends, sew it up, and add the crochet trim, so the sweater's hardly done, though. But, since it's a deep red color, I hope to have it finished in time to wear for the holidays.