Home of the world’s best opera company
My absolutely favorite place in Frankfurt am Main is the opera house. No, I don’t mean the Old Opera House. I mean the real opera house on Willy-Brandt-Platz, where they Read More …
Category: Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt OperaTalk
If you speak English, live in or near Frankfurt and are interested in opera, be sure to sign up for Germany’s only English-language opera appreciation course, Frankfurt OperaTalk, at the Read More …
Opern-Gespräche
Seit 1999 leite ich einen Kurs namens „Opern-Gespräche“ an der Volkshochschule Frankfurt. In diesem Kurs reden wir (nicht nur ich!) mit fachkundigen Gästen aus dem Opernbetrieb über das reichhaltige Frankfurter Read More …
The Old Opera in Frankfurt
When I first moved to Frankfurt in 1970 we lived in a fourth-floor apartment not far from the city center. From our bathroom window we could see the ruins of Read More …
Operas in the Bockenheimer Depot
This barn-like structure in the Frankfurt district of Bockenheim, near the old university campus, served for many decades as a depot for streetcars. I can remember when the whole place Read More …
L’Orfeo in the Bockenheimer Depot
If the legendary ancient Greek singer Orpheus were alive today he would be an opera singer, right? Well, not exactly. He would sing like an opera singer, but he would Read More …
The world’s first tourist opera
Have you ever been in this situation? You’re traveling with a dozen or so nice people from several different countries, and you’re all very excited about the next leg of Read More …
The Fairy Tale Fountain
Back in the days when we were both active members of the now-defunct website VirtualTourist, my friend Albert from Canberra, Australia, sent me a message pointing out that my Frankfurt Read More …
About me
Hello, my name’s Don. I’m an American living in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, where I teach, ride a bicycle and go to the opera. I became an opera fan at Read More …
Cutting edge technology …
… of bygone decades. In the winter of 1989 one of the monthly computer magazines — I forget if it was a German or an American one — came out Read More …