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World Cup: maybe I should have bet on the Netherlands winning the World Cup before this afternoon's game :) It's probably not worth it now - their odds are going to have halved...
Come back analog TV: the picture on this hotel Freeview TV for today's other quarter final has loads of mpeg artefacts. Do other people notice these?
Tennis: you could tell who'd won a grand slam tournament already and who hadn't.
Opera: the ENO season is finishing soon, so there are only a couple of chances to see each of these. Their production of Pearl Fishers (the Bizet opera that isn't Carmen) is very good: beautiful and delightfully sung. I particularly liked the end, where the cost of the big decision is shown. Similarly, the Tosca is well worth seeing even if I miss the heroine falling from above the top of the stage from their previous production. I'm seeing the rarely performed Mozart's last performance, but apparently that's good too.
Come back analog TV: the picture on this hotel Freeview TV for today's other quarter final has loads of mpeg artefacts. Do other people notice these?
Tennis: you could tell who'd won a grand slam tournament already and who hadn't.
Opera: the ENO season is finishing soon, so there are only a couple of chances to see each of these. Their production of Pearl Fishers (the Bizet opera that isn't Carmen) is very good: beautiful and delightfully sung. I particularly liked the end, where the cost of the big decision is shown. Similarly, the Tosca is well worth seeing even if I miss the heroine falling from above the top of the stage from their previous production. I'm seeing the rarely performed Mozart's last performance, but apparently that's good too.