“I was listening to this while taking a piss once. I felt like it was a piss which would determine the fate of the world.”
Yeah Mozart will do that to you.
One of those days
Sometimes when I’m feeling gloomy, I go on Youtube and listen to every version of Parto, Parto I can find.
At the airport
Oh fail. I forgot to bring Wolfie and Ludwig with me. I guess I’m traveling sans diva composers this time. Probably for the better - they probably would have started fighting over the sopranos at the Opera News Awards. They can sit home and…fester. lol.
Mozart:
Non so piu from Le nozze di Figaro(Susan Graham)
LOL I love how she just takes her shoes off.
“sforza d’amore….lemme take this shoe…un desio…lemme take this other shoe…”
(via journeyintonight)
Also, look at the portion of the text that was enlarged. “Throughout the Mozart portions of the Requiem, there are many moments to treasure.”
Okay, granted, I’m feeling a bit snarky tonight, but why would you choose that as a sentence to highlight?!? That’s like saying, “If you look up at the sky, you will see that it is blue.”
I am currently at the BSO, waiting for Mozart’s Requiem to start, and this guy behind me, who is wearing too much cologne, just said Don Giovanni is a dumb opera. [insert all the gifs of annoyance and disappointment in the human species].
Come Scoglio - Act I
June 27, 1789
I hardly had time to wrestle myself out of my costume before people were knocking on my dressing room door. I wanted so badly to take off my stage makeup but the insistent sound from the other side of the door would not permit such a luxury. I pulled on my ordinary clothes (what a relief to be in a dress again!) and attempted to calm my wig-inflicted hair.
Two bouquets of flowers had been waiting on my dressing table when I came in after the curtain call; one of them had a card from Vincenzo, but the other was unlabeled. I grabbed them before rushing to the door and opening it to the flood of people.
Vincenzo met me first.
“Brava!” he said, kissing my cheek. “That was one hell of a debut.”
The next part in Kim’s novella!!!!!
TOUCHDOWN!!!! Wolfgang is just so excited because everyone in this city is so happy about the game! He has no idea what American football is, or how it is played (apparently some team called the Ravens won?), but he is down for any reason to celebrate!!
Ludwig, on the other hand, had wagered some money on the Patriots. He is going to drown his sorrows with Boston lager while Wolfgang annoyingly dances around.
Le Nozze di Figaro, 1995, Salzburg (Act 3 & 4)
Susan Graham at 1:02:45. SUSAN GRAHAM YOU BAMF. Haha she is so awesome. Leave it to Susan Graham to march into Le Nozze humming Don Giovanni. (Courtesy of Jaimie!)
Opera contest: It’s the Puccini operas
I got most of Mozart covered, but I still need a couple of more suggestions. And then it’s ALL THE PUCCINI OPERAS.
If you have no idea what this is for, click here. Remember prizes include an Amazon gift certificate, iTunes gift certificate, and Susan Graham’s new CD. So send me your videos!
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
-Idomeneo re di Creta
Musorgsky, Modest
-Boris Godunov
Offenbach, Jacques
-Orphée aux enfers
Puccini, Giacomo
-La Bohème
-Gianni Schicchi
-La fanciulla del West
-Madame Butterfly
-Manon Lescaut
-Suor Angelica
-Il Tabarro
-Tosca
-Turandot
