Dave and Barry - About us
We are intense lovers of all kinds of classical music and have been collecting for decades. Dave from the age of 13.....true!!! It also helped that Dave worked for a number of years in HMV Oxford Street in the days when that store really was a true world centre of recorded music.
Opera is a particular passion and apart from recorded music we were avid audience members at the myriad performing centres in London where we lived for many years, especially English National Opera at the London Coliseum - a very special place for us. Our music tastes are pretty eclectic and there is very little that we will not listen to; special favourites are Wagner, Strauss (Richard), Verdi, Mahler to name but a few - the list is endless. Apart from music we love theatre (particularly Shakespeare), the visual arts and of course, travel.
In 2008 we decided to move to Greece and took everything with us. Since being here we have managed to slake the musical thirst by visiting Vienna, Paris, Madrid, Brussels, Koln to name but a few . We have also been getting to know the Greek National Opera in Athens where we have seen many fine productions. Oh yes, we even managed to see a wonderful performance of the ballet 'Spartacus' in Cairo!
Opera is a particular passion and apart from recorded music we were avid audience members at the myriad performing centres in London where we lived for many years, especially English National Opera at the London Coliseum - a very special place for us. Our music tastes are pretty eclectic and there is very little that we will not listen to; special favourites are Wagner, Strauss (Richard), Verdi, Mahler to name but a few - the list is endless. Apart from music we love theatre (particularly Shakespeare), the visual arts and of course, travel.
In 2008 we decided to move to Greece and took everything with us. Since being here we have managed to slake the musical thirst by visiting Vienna, Paris, Madrid, Brussels, Koln to name but a few . We have also been getting to know the Greek National Opera in Athens where we have seen many fine productions. Oh yes, we even managed to see a wonderful performance of the ballet 'Spartacus' in Cairo!