How to Drive someone Mad: Donizetti and the Bride of Lammermoor

1: Introduction 2: Gaslighting in ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ 3: Donizetti’s own Mad Scene 4: Gaetano Donizetti 5: The Birth of the Mad Lucia 6: Enter Maria Callas as Lucia 7: The 1955 Berlin Lucia 8: Blood and Gore Throughout   1: Introduction It is wonderful to hear an opera fully realised on stage with aContinue reading “How to Drive someone Mad: Donizetti and the Bride of Lammermoor”

Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius: Refresh your Ideas

1) Mercury Retrograde in Capricorn and Sagittarius 2) Triggering the Aspects 3) Is Mercury really that Bad in Sagittarius? 4) Reflections on Sagittarius 5) Fictional Sagittarians 6) Famous Sagittarians   1) Mercury Retrograde in Capricorn and Sagittarius Here comes the merry-go-round again and Mercury is about to go retrograde on December 13th.  Retrograde Mercury isContinue reading “Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius: Refresh your Ideas”