I know there aren't that many Seattle sports fans on this blog, but I can't help pointing out the news about Cliff Lee, the star pitcher who will henceforth display his excellence in a Dallas Cowboys, er Texas Ranger uniform.
As many of you know, the Seattle Opera Association has been working for the last couple of years on commissioning a modern-day follow up to the Wagner Ring saga which had been such a huge hit for them over the years. The adaptation was going to focus on the sad history of Seattle sports, with characters based on Lauren Jackson, the Storm basketball star, as the Queen of the Valkeries, a Coach Mike Holmgren look-alike playing Wotan, and either Ken Griffey or Alex Rodriquez playing young Siegfried. There were other characters and roles involved, Gary Payton and Billie Jo Hobart, Nate Robinson etc.
But with the loss of Cliff Lee, apparently the sponsors decided the whole topic was just too sad, too tragic, and too depressing even for grand opera. Now the plan is to just do a version of Romeo and Juliet set in Rwanda.
It's supposed to be a lot more cheerful . . . .
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So sorry for your loss, Bart. Both the pitcher and the Opera- it sounds like it would have been an amazing performance- although the likes of which you might have had to take night classes in to keep straight. I don't think I know who ANY of those characters are.
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