GregMcConeghy
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GregMcConeghy
@GregMcConeghy
Opera, Travel, Literature in Translation, Russian and Eastern European History, Irish History and Literature. Find me on Goodreads
Dallas, Texas Katılım Mart 2014
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@simongerman600 @Civixplorer As a boy I collected postage stamps and thought I knew geography, but Akrotiri is totally new to me.
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While The British Empire is dead, quite a few British overseas territories are still alive and well. HT @civixplorer

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@operamagazine Gilda Cruz-Romo was my first Mimi in Boheme in Ft Worth Texas, 1971. Placido Domingo was Rodolpho.
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Review: Sublime Brahms, sonorous Bruckner from Fabio Luisi and the Dallas Symphony dallasnews.com/arts-entertain…
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@gggirl924 Yes, and I always recited a funny poem about the other team while holding a large paper flower like Henry Gibson on Laugh-In. Trust me, it was a big hit in 1968.
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@Tjeerd001 When I was twelve I hoped someday to play trombone with the Lawrence Welk Orchestra. Ah-one, ah-two.
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Just returned from Wexford Opera Festival and two weeks in Dublin. I bought some books 📚 🇮🇪
@wexfordopera
@MumblinDeafRo
@ColinBarrett82
@DavidGrann
@IrishLitSoc
@IrishLitTimes

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@Acyn I’ll bet there is no record that I worked for the Herrick Memorial Library in Wellington, Ohio, 1967-1968 either. And I still remember the Dewey Decimal System.
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@marcdefaoite @MumblinDeafRo Vertical Motion or Five Spice Street.
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@PlacidoDomingo Domingo was the Rodolpho in the first Boheme I ever saw, in 1971 in Ft Worth.
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⚜️ In memory of the great Italian composer G. Puccini in this year of the 100th anniversary of his passing 22/XII/1924.
🎶 Tosca, “Recondita armonia”
@PlacidoDomingo
Opera film on location in Rome, 1976
#Puccini100 #opera #placidodomingo
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@MumblinDeafRo @chaptersbooks I'll be in Dublin next month, will look for your books at @chaptersbooks. Have been reading a lot of Irish Lit in preparation.
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