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9 11, 2018

Patriotism… at the Opera?
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Patriotism… at the Opera?

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Patriotism… at the Opera?

By Joram Piatigorsky|2020-03-28T21:28:52-04:00November 9th, 2018|Categories: Blog, Perpectives|Tags: Anne Midgette, Giuseppe, La Traviata, National Opera, Opera, Patriotism, Washington Post|0 Comments

Last month, feeling crushed by the political debacle of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, Lona and I went to the opening of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, the first performance of the 2018 – 2019 season at the Kennedy Center. I was looking forward to a special evening at an opera I love. Once [...]

25 09, 2017

Sleepy Thoughts on Jellyfish: Fiction Turns Real
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Sleepy Thoughts on Jellyfish: Fiction Turns Real

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Sleepy Thoughts on Jellyfish: Fiction Turns Real

By Joram Piatigorsky|2020-03-30T08:38:54-04:00September 25th, 2017|Categories: Blog, Jellyfish Have Eyes!|Tags: Brainless Jellyfish reveal why we sleep, Cassiopeia, Jellyfish, Sleep, Washington Post|0 Comments

In the prologue of my novel Jellyfish Have Eyes, Ricardo reflects on his dead wife and tells her, “If you had been there and seen the jellyfish, Lillian. They have eyes and minds. We have so much to learn from them.” Ricardo, a fierce believer in chasing ideas that fascinated him, had gone to La [...]