Wolf Trap Foundation For The Performing Arts

June 8, 1977
Tosca, Giacomo Puccini

Richard Woitach; Gilda Cruz-Romo, Barry Morell (for indisposed Jose Carreras), Louis Quilico, Italo Tajo, Paul Franke, Allen Monk, Gene Boucher, Joyce Olson, Andrij Dobriansky

June 9, 1977
Lohengrin, Richard Wagner

James Levine; John Alexander, Lucine Amara, Mignon Dunn, Morley Meredith, John Macurdy, Arthur Thompson, Antoinette Peloso, Robert Goodloe, Andrea Velis, Philip Booth, Charles Anthony

I’m planning a surprise for a friend and taking him to Face of America: Hawai’i (http://www.wolftrap.org/performances/foa/2006/webAdvHome.html) next month. I’ve never been to a performance at this National Park for the Performing Arts (what a neat concept!) and I love the sentiment behind this series: exploring our national parks through a combination of live performance and film. I’m also using this as an opportunity to explore a variety of picnic recipes, as food and beverages are allowed on the lawn. The combination of beautiful setting and the arts is something I greatly look forward to.

I’ve been to two concerts in the outdoor amphitheatre, once sitting in the seats (great Ben Folds / Guster / Rufus Wainwright show) and another time out on the lawn with a group of friends (for my first Eddie from Ohio show).