User talk:Urve

that's all for now !

Lambert Hamel,
who played Martin Luther and Helmut Kohl
in television films,
worked for decades at Munich's
Residenztheater and Kammerspiele
cast as Shakespeare's
Bottom and Titus Andronicus,
Miller's Willy Lohman
and Thomas Bernhard's Theatre maker.
23 February 2026
(from User:Gerda Arendt/Stories)

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November thanks

Thank you for support in November! - On St. Cecilia's Day - patron saint of music - I remember a composition by Benjamin Britten, and have a woman on the main page who illustrated songs, with a sense of humour. My places take you to Milan, my first visit to La Scala, and music features our latest choral Abendlob, with English music. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:55, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's always great to hear from you, my friend. How are you doing?

I've been so very busy lately. (And wow, four years already!) I admit to being ignorant about opera in general, but I've taken up a project to make all of Cather's journalism available online - almost all of which are reviews of various opera she saw, and highly opinionated reviews at that ;). And whenever I read one of her reviews, I smile to myself and wonder, has my friend Gerda listened to this one before? Just the other day, I read one where she mentions Lucia di Lammermoor and thought about you and Marie Litta. :-) Urve (talk) 02:06, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's lovely, great project, and I smile as well, because that happened to be the first opera I saw (because my mother who had the subscription didn't feel well that day, and I stepped in), with Yvonne Ciannella. I think you would have liked Così fan tutte, with the frozen wedding discussed on WT:DYK, sample here. I am also very busy - click on music and places any time. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:43, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

December music

Laughter for Christmas: enjoy the season! - During Bach's time in Leipzig, they celebrated for three days, DYK? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:55, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

January music

happy new year! - inviting you to check out "my" story (fun listen today, full of surprises), music (and memory), and places (pictured by me: the latest uploads) any day! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:23, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]