Happy Holidays, ladies, gentlemen, and readers of all ages. Let us briefly talk about my experience with Inuyasha. This was an anime that I was rather fascinated with when I was an eleven-year-old boy and continued to like it when I was a teenager, especially considering that my gateway episode was “Episode 43: Tetsusaiga Breaks” with the shining moment being Inuyasha’s transformation into a full yokai with red eyes and purple stripes on his cheeks after Goshinki bit off his sword, Tetsusaiga. As I grew, I continued to watch a lot more episodes on Adult Swim and even the movies, thus heightening my fascination for this show and how much fun I was having with it. I grew to like the characters, especially Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru, Bankotsu, Sango, Miroku, Souta, Rin, Jaken, and Kagura, and hate some others too, most notably Naraku. Now as someone in my twenties, I have seen that although there is still an enjoyable factor in terms of nostalgia and having so much fun with it, there are some flaws to be found. There are some filler episodes I never cared for, the whole Status Quo is God card being used, thus not fully fleshing out certain characters, and even Kagome’s occasionally abusive treatment towards Inuyasha, especially with the “Sit, boy!” command with the Beads of Subjugation. Sure, Inuyasha and Kagome can have their moments, but other times, it is just back to bickering and grumbling. I honestly do not understand why InuKag is so well-loved when it is so clear that their “relationship” just seems to fall back into bad habits, which is why InuKag is definitely my NoTP for life, as there are so many other better pairings than this overrated one. This is why I have come up with a list of 10 Inuyasha OTPs I will never tire of in any shape or form. I know some of you who follow me here on DeviantArt are aware that I am so passionate about my ships. So, in this entry, which is also a Red Ribbon Reviewers contribution, I will talk about why I love and ship these particular couples. I am also fully aware that Inuvember may not for another eleven months, but it still gives me the chance to shed light on these Inuyasha OTPs of mine and share with you, my dear readers, the love and passion I have for them. Maybe I might end up having a go at doing more fanart of them seeing how I might not stop talking about them. With that said, sit back, relax, and enjoy. Keep in mind that this is my list, so take it for what it is and do understand that these are my opinions. If you have an OTP you like that is either from this list or not, please post it on the comments below. Thank you and enjoy. 10. Shippou x Souten Yes, I know there are people out there who do not care for Shippou because he ends up being rather cowardly in battle, but he is still just a young child when all is said and done. When being paired up with someone like Souten, I can see Shippou being a little bit more tolerable mostly thanks to how well they work off of each other. As children, they would certainly have a playful way of showing affection while being rather mischievous. As they grow up, they would retain their mischievousness but combine it with a few sweet, gentle moments when they are alone together. I even figure that their kits would be as feisty, fun-loving and cheeky as they are when they were young. 9. Souta x Kanna First of all, I would like to thank Lance-the-young and tailfluffgirl for getting me invested with this particular pairing, as I have been shipping them ever since I was fourteen years old. I am actually surprised this particular pairing based on them being polar opposites of each other still holds up to this very day in my eyes. Combining Souta’s inquisitive, outgoing, friendly nature with Kanna’s reserved, introverted, quiet personality seems like a pretty fascinating and intriguing idea. I have always seen this as a really cute, interesting couple and I enjoy it a lot more than having Souta pair up with Hitomi, as it makes for more interesting dynamics. Kanna would not have to be so much of a reserved introvert and can always be on Souta’s side through thick and thin, thus opening up to him a lot more and showing more trust which then develops into affection, while Souta can prove himself brave, selfless, and strong in the face of battle thanks to her support and they can protect each other from all obstacles, thus showing a strong bond that they could have for each other and stick together in good times and in bad times and healthily breaking each others’ barriers down. 8. Kohaku x Rin Another pairing that I have been shipping as a fourteen-year-old boy that has held up to this day? Oh, heavens, yes! Kohaku x Rin is a couple I will support, defend, cherish, and adore to the ends of the earth until the day I die. I know darn well I will not let this couple go in virtue of how genuine, sweet, down-to-earth, and lovely they are together. What I love about this couple is that there seems to be barely any arguments going on with them and their relationship is on the normal, humble, and lovely side, which makes my support for Kohaku and Rin as an item all the more legitimate. Rin could indubitably reach out to Kohaku’s more sympathetic and human side, while Kohaku can feel more comfortable and at ease with being with someone as optimistic and jolly as Rin. This is essentially a relationship that begins with youthful puppy love, builds up to adolescent admiration and delightful dating, then has marriage as the apotheosis and has Rin bearing Kohaku’s progeny as the icing…
Articles by Antoni Matteo Garcia
¡Feliz Navidad y Un Año Nuevo Feliz, compañeras y compañeros! I hope you all enjoy my rendition of Joaquín Rodrigo’s En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor, which has been performed by a lot of classical crossover singers including Andrea Bocelli and Il Divo. I would also love to thank my paternal auntie, Melinda Garcia, for filming this. Moreover, my paternal grandma, Nena Garcia, was really overjoyed to have heard this song that tears rolled down her eyes.
This piece of Zane fanart, which is part of my art trade with my very good friend and sister from another mother Dolo aka PowerpuffObsessed, is dedicated to the one and only Zane aka ZaneRowdyruff who celebrated his birthday yesterday. So, Zane, I hope you had a wonderful, grand, and exquisite birthday. I wish you a lot of love, joy, happiness, abundance, and beauty in everything you do as an artist and as a person. Como se dice en español, espero que tu hayas tenido un maravilloso, grande y exquisito cumpleaños. Te deseo much amor, felicidad, abunancia y belleza en todo que tú haces como artista y persona. I have to say that enjoy making Zane’s OC Zane the Rowdyruff Boy because of how I had to make sure that I got the right characterization, attitude, stance, and everything about him that makes him awesome and fun. I figure that he would make a nice addition to my Team Xtreme universe as one of Brick’s, Butch’s, Bommer’s, Blossom’s, Buttercup’s, and Bubbles’ greatest ally of all time. Since he is fifteen years old and Brick, Butch, and Boomer are twenty-six years old, Blossom and Buttercup are twenty-five years old, and Bubbles is twenty-four years old, I think he would make a nice apprentice to them and he would look up to them as his greatest sources of inspiration, thus giving them a lot of respect and admiration and the team respecting him back in virtue of his extraordinary powers that while in the process of development shows exceptional promise. So, Zane, I hope you like my idea for your OC in my Rowdyruff x Powerpuff Headcanon. Happy Holidays and I will see you on the flipside, man. The Powerpuff Girls belong to Craig McCracken and Cartoon Network. Zane belongs to ZaneRowdyruff.
Happy Holidays, ladies, gentlemen, and readers of all ages. I know a lot of my readers on DeviantArt are aware of how much I love, treasure, and keep my most beloved character shippings close to my heart. I also know how much I happen to show an insane amount of passion when it comes to my OTPs from each fandom. Sure, I know how much it can be a bit of a nuisance but sometimes I cannot help it. For this holiday season and as my Red Ribbon Reviewers written blog contribution, I want to spread and share the love I have for my OTPs that I will never tire from. I am sure you wonderful readers have OTP pairings you cherish the most. Please do post them down on the comments below if you agree with any of them because it is awesome to have different tastes and opinions from all across the border. Anyway, let the holiday love-sharing for the OTPs start….now! The Powerpuff Girls Brick x Buttercup Butch x Blossom Butch x Bubbles Mitch x Bunny Boomer x Blossom Boomer x Bubbles Mike Believe x Robin Snyder Professor Utonium x Miss Keane Mr. Green x Miss Sara Bellum Elmer Sglue x Mary Harry Pitt x Julie Bean The Mayor x His Wife Hanout x Pablo Ace x Berserk Bud Smith x Brute Snake x Brat Major Man x Sedusa Dexter’s Laboratory Mandark x DeeDee Dexter x Lalavava Douglas Mordecai x Vicky Mr. McPherson x Mrs. McPherson Toshi x Soyen Krunk x She-Thing Courage the Cowardly Dog Courage x Shirley Kitty x Bunny Eustace Bagge x Muriel Bagge Goose God x Storm Goddess Samurai Jack Aku x High Priestess Jack x Ashi The Scotsman x His Wife The Emperor x His Wife Ed, Edd ‘n Eddy Kevin x Edd Rolf x Ed Jonny x May Jimmy x Sarah Lee x Nazz Eddy x Marie Scooby-Doo Shaggy Rogers x Daphne Blake Fred Rogers x Velma Dinkley Hey Arnold! Arnold Shortman x Phoebe Heyerdahl Gerald Johanssen x Rhonda Wellington Lloyd Harold Berman x Patty Smith Stinky Peterson x Sheena Sid x Nadine Alan Redmond x Helga G. Pataki Grandpa Phil x Grandma Gertie Miles Shortman x Stella Shortman Chocolate Boy x Timberly Tucker Wittenberg x Eugene Horovitz Peapod Kid x Park Robert x Siobhan As Told by Ginger Carl Foutley x Noelle Sussmann Hoodsey Bishop x Macie Lightfoot Orion x Courtney Gripling Darren Patterson x Ginger Foutley Wil Patterson x Simone Dr. Dave x Lois Foutley Avatar the Last Airbender Aang x Katara Sokka x Suki Zuko x Mai Haru x Toph Jet x Ty Lee Chan x Azula Ruon-Jian x Yue Longshot x Meng Avatar the Legend of Korra Korra x Asami Adventure Time Jake the Dog x Lady Rainicorn Marceline the Vampire Queen x Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum Finn the Human x The Flame Princess Marshall Lee x Prince Gumball Simon Petrikov x Betty Regular Show Mordecai x CJ Rigby x Eileen Mitch x Starla Thomas the Goat Man x Margaret The Amazing World of Gumball Richard Watterson x Nicole Watterson Gumball x Penny Darwin x Carrie Ben 10 Kevin Levin x Gwen Tennyson Ben Tennyson x Kai Green Charmcaster x Julie Yamamoto Sym Bionic Titan Lance x Ilana Kim Possible Ron Stoppable x Kim Possible Señor Senior, Junior x Bonnie Rockwaller Brick Flagg x Zita Flores Josh Mankey x Tara Wade Load x Monique Hirotaka x Yori Motor Ed x Shego Invader Zim Zim x Gaz Recess! TJ Detwiler x Ashley Spinelli Mikey x Gretchen Gus x Cornchip Girl The Weekenders Tino x Lor Kirk x Penny Pepper Ann Craig x Pepper Ann Bud x Nicky Gravity Falls Dipper x Pacifica Soos x Wendy Marius x Mabel Star vs The Forces of Evil Tom x Star Marco x Jackie Cowboy Bebop Spike Spiegel x Faye Valentine Jet Black x Alisa Laputa: Castle in the Sky Pazu x Sheeta Jungle Book Shonen Mowgli Mowgli x Jumeirah Texhnolyze Ichise x Ran Wolf’s Rain Tsume x Blue Kiba x Cheza Hige x Miu Toboe x Leara Hubb x Cher Gundam Seed Kira Yamato x Lacus Clyne Athrun Zala x Cagalli Yula Athha Rurouni Kenshin Kenshin x Kaoru Sanosuke x Sayo Tantei Gakuen Q Ryu Amakusa x Megumi Minami Kyu Renjou x Kaoru Ichinose Kintaro Toyama x Akane Minami Yutaka Saburomaru x Sakurako Yukihira Hayato Shiramine x Kuniko Touya Bleach Ichigo x Rukia Chad x Orihime Yoruichi x Soi-Fon Toshiro Hitsugaya x Nemu Kurotsuchi YuYu Hakusho Yusuke x Hiei Kurama x Keiko Kuwabara x Yukina Jin x Mukuro Sakkyo x Shizuru Shishiwakamaru x Touya Koto x Juri Inuyasha Inuyasha x Ayame Ginta x Shunran Sesshoumaru x Kagura Kouga x Sango Bankotsu x Kagome Higurashi Kuranosuke Takeda x Kaguya-Hime Miroku x Kikyou Hakkaku x Karan Hojo x Koharu Kohaku x Rin Souta Higurashi x Kanna Hakudoshi x Satsuki Shippou x Souten Hoshiyomi x Tsukiyomi Revolutionary Girl Utena Utena x Anthy Juri x Shiori Touga x Ruka Souji x Kaoru Chrono Crusade Chrono x Rosette Christopher Joshua Christopher x Azmaria Hendric Fullmetal Alchemist Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye Edward Elric x Winry Rockbell Alphonse Elric x May Chang Kain Fuery x Rosé Thomas Hell Girl Ren Ichimoku x Hone-Onna Welcome to the NHK Tatsuhiro Sato x Misaki Nakahara Kaoru Yamazaki x Hitomi Kashiwa Xiaolin Showdown Chase Young x Kimiko Tohomiko Clay Bailey x Dyris Raimundo Pedrosa x Katnappé Teen Titans Robin x Raven Speedy x Starfire Beastboy x Terra Cyborg x Bumblebee Aqualad x Sarasim Kid Flash x Jinx Malchior x Blackfire Jericho x Kole Thunder x Pantha Lightning x Argent The Emperor’s New Groove Pacha x Chicha Kuzco x Malina Kronk x Birdie Disney’s The Legend of Tarzan Muviro x Queen La Robert Canler x Lady Waltham Ian Doyle x Abby Markham Stanley Obrowski x Naomi Madison Henry x Greenley Ayakashi Samurai Horror Tales Zushonosuke x Tomihime Gurren Lagann Simon x Nia Kamina x Yoko Viral x Adiane Clannad Tomoya x Nagisa Cardcaptor Sakura Li Syaoran x Sakura Kinomoto Mei Ling x Tomoyo Yukito x Touya Sailor Moon Mamoru…
This Rowdyruff x Powerpuff Couples Chart belongs to miss pacman aka QuietLullabies. And yes, there are a few additions to this that I put in, which are inspired by the other completed memes. Moreover, I am going to make this a Red Ribbon Reviewers contribution, since I have rarely done any of these contributions in text-based form. Some things in this world are indubitably true. At best, Christmas is the time of giving, reflecting, and showing comfort, joy, love, and openness to your loved ones. At worst, Christmas can be the time of mass commercialism and consumerism to the point where people forget the true meaning of the season. To deviate from this holiday sentiment, lots opinions change either suddenly or gradually. Such is the case of my sentiments with my Rowdyruff Boys/Powerpuff Girls ships. Now at age twenty-six, I have seen that there are pairings that have held up well and others that sadly did not mostly due to decreasing tolerance of those pairings, as there were opinions from the old meme that have changed as I grew and expanded my horizons. So, for this holiday season, let us get the lumps of coal out of the way, as I talk about my RRB/PPG pairings I cannot stand anymore but actually function on a comrade-to-comrade basis. Keep in mind that these are all of my opinions, so please do not throw a hissy fit if your ship gets the NOTP treatment from me. With that said, let us get the crap out of the way before we get to the really good stuff. NOTPs that actually function somewhat better as BroTPs Brick x Blossom aka Blossick aka The Reds or as the anti-Blossick people love to call it BlossSICK! Here a Blossick! There a Blossick! Everywhere a Blossick! Everywhere I turn when I search for Rowdyruff x Powerpuff pairings, Brick x Blossom seems to ubiquitously pop up. Why, pray tell, are these two red-clad leaders the poster children of being an awesome RRB/PPG couple or an overall Powerpuff Girls couple? Is it because of the belligerent sexual tension? Is it because these two have the most differences as opposed to Butchercup and Boomubbles? Is it because these two are opposites that attract each other? I guess those can be legitimate reasons as to why anyone would love to ship Blossick, since Brick is fire, Blossom is ice, he is rugged, roguish, rough, and crass, while she is classy, elegant, articulate, and poised, and Brick is street smart, while Blossom is book smart. Fine. I am not going to stop anyone from shipping Blossick. However, do you really want to know what kills this “pairing” for me? Their egos! My goodness! After rewatching some episodes, I found out the one factor why I kind of abhor Blossick being shipped as a romantic couple and that has to be their huge egos. It is one thing to exude confidence, strong beliefs, and pride in everything one does. It is another thing when that said confidence and pride mutate into a bloated ego on the verge of hubris complete with bragging about what great qualities they think they have. Do not get me wrong. I like both Brick and Blossom as individual characters. However, when paired up as lovers, I get the feeling that their relationship will fall apart due to their egos and their willingness to constantly one-up each other and it will never cease nor desist nor will there be any compromise whatsoever! Oh, and do not ever get me started on how overloved, overrated, over-bloated, and over-ubiquitous this RRB/PPG pairing is, as there are memes which place Brick as the favorite Ruff, Blossom as the favorite Puff, and Blossick as the favorite RuffPuff pairing. Let us also not forget the constant shipping wars going on between Blossick and DexBloss shippers, which can give the whole Superman vs Goku craze a run for its money. I still could not believe I used to like Blossick as a teenager, but I guess when you are a teenager you tend to like almost anything without getting into any depths as to why you like it. My feelings for Blossick went from loving it to liking it to feeling indifferent to it to me shouting to the heavens, “PLEASE MAKE THIS BLOSSICK CRAZE STOP!!!!!” Sorry, hardcore Blossick shippers, but that is just how I roll these days. In spite of all my vehemence against Blossick, I can still ship them platonically as a sort of Team Dad, Team Mom duo in my Team Xtreme headcanon. At least, these two red-clad leaders can work professionally like that. Plus, there are other better pairings for both Brick and Blossom anyway. So, now that I got my feeling for the Reds out of the way, let’s talk about….ugh…The Greens! Butch x Buttercup aka Butchercup aka The Greens Behold, the Greens. The toughest fighters. The muscles of their respective siblings. The very people you do not want to mess with if you get on their bad sides or cross their paths. And God, help you if you do, for Butch and Buttercup will give you the Queen Mother of knuckle sandwiches. On top of that, Butch and Buttercup are absolutely competitive to the point where no one seems to stop them from getting what they want. And yes, when these two green-clad, hot-tempered fighters are together, belligerent sexual tension will occur. Unfortunately, the Greens have a seriously messed-up relationship, at least that is how I see it. What makes their relationship messed up is their stubbornness and their harsh, fiery tempers when they are together. Everything they do would feel like a freaking battlefield and that is saying something. Sure, this pairing is not as overrated as BlosSICK is, but it still sucks because of their unhinged animosity, grumbling, whining, complaining, aggression, egos, and constant shouting. These two green-clad hotheads would fail badly in an intimate relationship and…
I would love to wish all of you a blessed, merry, and prosperous holidays with an a capella rendition of a well-known Christmas Carol. Wie wir auf deutsch sagen, ich wünsche euch allen eine gesegnete, fröhliche und nachhaltige Weihnacht mit einer A Capella Fassung eines berühmtes Weihnachtsliedes. Viel Spaß beim Zuhören. I would also like to thank my auntie, Melinda Garcia, for filming this. It was such a pleasure seeing you and all of my beloved paternal relatives after so many years.
This Blossoomer family picture is dedicated to Bernadette V. aka Heszperia, Dave the Knave aka Dynamoe, DemgieMaxine, The-Chibster, Roz aka irozhea, and maham aka blossomandbubbles who celebrated their birthdays weeks ago. So, I hope you guys had a wonderful, blessed, beautiful, and exceptional celebration. I wish you all a lot of love, joy, and beauty in your lives as artists and as people. This is also dedicated to all of the Blossoomer shippers out there. So, I hope you all enjoy and soak up the Blossoomer goodness. The Blossoomer family has struck again and this time they are complete. We already got acquainted with Boomer’s and Blossom’s other children in the forms of Bloom, Brittney Jane aka BJ, Beau, Becky, and Bella aka Belladonna, so let us get to know Brian who is the fourth 7-year-old Blossoomer sextuplet in my Team Xtreme headcanon. Brian Matthew Green, much like his other siblings, was born on July 25, 2011. It was said he was rather placid and sweet when he emerged from his mother’s womb akin to his other siblings. Brian loves his parents equally to the point where he has inherited both of their signature traits. He has inherited Blossom’s intelligence and ambition and Boomer’s hilarity and sympathetic nature. He does get anxious and jumpy when he is in a sticky situation and he can be a bit reckless when it comes to his occasional ego. However, he will always stick by his parents’, uncles’, aunties’, siblings’ and cousins’ sides no matter what mission they have and in everything they do, thus showing immense loyalty and an unrivaled sense of duty to his family. Even though he is very close to all of his siblings, he has an exceptionally strong bond with Beau, given how passionate these two are when it comes to music, theater, and the arts. As opposed to Beau, who is a pianist, Brian specializes in the French horn and enjoys singing in the Townsville Opera House’s children’s chorus. Playing the French horn has certainly helped Brian learn the essence of really good breathing to the point where plays a few notes on the French horn before bursting into song and he even stands out in the chorus as having the most vocal presence. He has played the French horn ever since he was a three-year-old and he is yet another wonderful musical prodigy. Every holiday Beau and Brian would play on their respective instruments to entertain their family members and their friends, thus bringing an amiable, loving, and warm atmosphere throughout the halls of Team Xtreme Headquarters. Brian is passionate about opera, chamber music, Lieder, Shakespearean theater, Broadway musicals, Enka, J-Pop. K-Pop, audio dramas, world literature, anime, jazz, and rhythm and blues. For someone who is currently seven years old, Brian is completely immersed into the works of Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Carl Maria von Weber, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioacchino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, William Shakespeare, Friedrich Schiller, John Keats, and John Milton. Moreover, Brian can speak French, Spanish, German, Italian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Czech, Hungarian, and Russian. Outside of music, theater, and literature, Brian is even into history, biology, physics, mathematics, and soccer. Brian aspires to be a classically-trained singer who specializes in the Italian, French, and German repertoires while also singing chamber music and jazz while supporting LGBTQ causes. Brian’s special power is his glacial shockwave, in which he unleashes a huge wave of ice-encased energy with his hands. Plus, he can even spot pressure points on his opponent’s body in order to ensure incapacitation. So, there you have it, ladies and gentlemen, we not only got to know Brian, but we also have the complete Boomer x Blossom or Blossoomer clan. Boomer and Blossom from The Powerpuff Girls belong to Craig McCracken and Cartoon Network. Bloom, Brittney, and Becky belong to KatyGorl. Beau, Brian, and Bella belong to Misse-the-cat.
I know I have not been completely active on DeviantArt as of late, as I have some pending Brickercup and Blossoomer Next-Gen Month submissions that I really have to take care of. Moreover, it is not really that easy to juggle my stint as an online reviewer, an artist who specializes in mainly Rowdyruff x Powerpuff fanart, thus making them join forces in my headcanon as Team Xtreme, and a student who has his eyes on specializing in Linguistics, Literature, and the Arts in university, given the fact that it is the Red Ribbon Reviewers Month in observation of AIDS Awareness. However, I just want to spend this moment to thank a fine fellow artist, a staunch supporter, and a wonderful friend of mine named Daniel Roberts aka JekyllAndHydeChannel for not only the lovely Christmas gifts he gave to me but for everything he is as a friend and a fan of my fanart and works in general. Now, I am fully aware that there were instructions that I should not open this until Christmas, but there were a few reasons why I had to take immediate action. One is the fact that I will be spending my Christmas break in the Philippines and Hong Kong with my family. It has been five years since I last set foot in Cebu the place where I spent the majority of my life and I firmly believe it is ample time to see my paternal grandmother once again after all of those years. So, waiting until Christmas to open the present was completely out of the question. Two is just plain curiosity. I sort of knew in the back of my mind that the gifts were going to be animation related and my guess was right. So, Daniel, I know I ended up opening these gifts before Christmas but with all of the things that are happening in my life right now, especially my upcoming trip to Cebu and Hong Kong, could you blame me for opening these ahead of time? Still, I want to thank you so much for being so thoughtful and kind and I am eternally grateful for everything you are and all that you have done so far. Going to gifts I have to say that these are really adorable. The blue samurai action figure seems pretty familiar to me but my memory of this particular is really fuzzy. The Cleo stuffed toy is simply put really lovely, as she is one of my favorite Disney animal characters and I am pretty sure she could be useful for stress relief, especially since my A-Level exams are underway. In terms of my experience with the animated show “Braceface”, it is an okay show. Is it better than let’s say “As Told by Ginger” or “Kim Possible”? Not by a long shot, but it is enjoyable on some occasions. I caught snippets of this show when I was tuning into the Disney Channel in Hawaii with my parents as a thirteen-year-old boy, but it never really grew on me too much in spite of its quirky charm. Finally, the little note Daniel wrote was really kind and encouraging in its own special way and I will always cherish it. So, there you have it, my gifts from a very fine person who has always been supportive during my time on DeviantArt. And Daniel, I also wish you a very blessed, happy, and wonderful Christmas and a fulfilling New Year. Thank you for your support, your openness, and your passion. Keep on being a unique and brilliant young man, may you spend your holidays with joy and delight, and I wish you, your family, and friends a lot of love, euphoria, and peace in this holiday season. Take care, my friend.
After her 38-year-old Deutsche Oper Berlin debut as Lucia Ashton from Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Signora Gruberova’s stint at this very opera house goes out with a bang with this farewell concert and along the way are more roads less traveled for this diva who is still going very strong. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
It’s Tales of Hoffmann meets Edgar Allan Poe starring a strapping Swedish spinto tenor, a charismatic American lyric mezzo-soprano, a versatile, wide-ranging Romanian lyric soprano who can sing almost anything from coloratura soprano to lyric soprano to spinto soprano, a virile Italian bass-baritone, and a charming German light tenor. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.