The Side Balcony

Loves #opera. Dislikes polyester.

[The Side Balcony @TheSideBalcony_]

@emilymfg @NGIreland @rijksmuseum Delighted for you Emily, and just a tiny bit jealous! I would have loved to go to this exhibition, but I read it was completely sold out... Lucky who could get in. Hugs!

[The Side Balcony @TheSideBalcony_]

@TaraErraught My condolences Tara, I'm very sorry for your loss.

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@Opera_North @GavanRing @oliver_rundell That was beautiful ♥️

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@emilymfg @ClaudiVaBoyle 😂 hilarious!

[Opera with Opera News @operamagazine]

Thanks to ⁦@bachtrack⁩, probably the most comprehensive list of streamed opera: https://t.co/WSx6qUOH0W

[Maitiu O Tuathail @DrZeroCraic]

If there is ONE video clip that every man, woman, and child in this country needs to watch its this!

PLEASE, PLEASE watch this 🙏

We have one opportunity to alter the course of our nations history.

Our future, lies in our hands

Please wash them, frequently, and STAY APART 🙏

[Jennifer O'Connell @jenoconnell]

Almost one third of #coronavirus cases in Ireland are under-35s; two thirds are under-55s. What we really need now is a Greta Thunberg type figure mobilising young people to get behind social distancing

[The Side Balcony @TheSideBalcony_]

Good historical perspective on #coronavirus from the @nytimes, looking back at what happened with the "Spanish flu" back in 1918.

[Yo-Yo Ma @YoYo_Ma]

The Single Most Important Lesson From the 1918 Influenza https://t.co/V69Cl4p1He

[Bachtrack @bachtrack]

Given the current restrictions on concert hall and opera house activity, we've cast our net wide to dig out some of the best classical streaming/ on demand content to share with you. https://t.co/Y7PYe3w9di

[Darren Cleary @RadioCleary]

“I cancelled 5 gigs so I could do this one” - Irish people will always make the best of a bad situation #StPatricksDay

[Jennifer O'Connell @jenoconnell]

This is a great service for book lovers 📚 And @KennysBookshop ships free in Ireland.

If you know of any other indie businesses offering online sales and home delivery in Ireland (either generally or during the lockdown) send them my way, and I’ll post them below

[The Side Balcony @TheSideBalcony_]

Such divine selection of #earlymusic this morning on @RTElyricfm #Voxnostra Thank you Vlad Smishkewych, a joy to wakeup on Sunday morning to this!

[The Side Balcony @TheSideBalcony_]

Italian doctor warns Irish people to change lifestyles https://t.co/n14XNulWCn via @rte

[The Side Balcony @TheSideBalcony_]

#CloseThePubs

[😷 Miriam O' Callaghan🕊 @mir_ocall]

Need the pint? The craic? The dinner out? The trip the gym? The nailbar? Look at the local paper from Bergamo. Think whose death will you put in your own? #coronavirus

[Metropolitan Opera @MetOpera]

General Manager Peter Gelb announced today that in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the cancellation of performances, the Met will offer a nightly series of free web streams that will bring opera to audiences while the house is dark—beginning March 16 at 7:30PM ET.

[Simon Harris TD @SimonHarrisTD]

Important! We have issued a new message in terms of what we need the public to do to help in our fight against #coronavirus #COVID19. Please read it & retweet. Let’s get the key public health messages out there & let’s put them into practice in our lives now. We need to do this

[The Side Balcony @TheSideBalcony_]

LOL! #coronavirus

[grant👨🏻‍🦱 @urdadssidepiece]

Gloria Gaynor washing her hands to I Will Survive is the hand washing video I didn’t know I needed

[valemercurii @valemercurii]

People of my hometown #Siena sing a popular song from their houses along an empty street to warm their hearts during the Italian #Covid_19 #lockdown.

#coronavirusitalia #COVID19 #coronavirus

[The Side Balcony @TheSideBalcony_]

@fergussheil 😢

[Kevin Cunningham @kevcunningham]

Complete nonsense to delay aggressive measures to contain
#COVID19ireland because the public aren't able for it.

The WHO urged for EARLY aggressive measures a week ago.

Many, many leading doctors and epidemiologist argue to move NOW rather than later.