Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 7:38 am
Glad it turned out well, duchess! 
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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 9:23 am
Sounded like a good time, Duchess.
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 2:45 am
Glad you enjoyed yourself! And hey, sometimes they repeat the same several words for several minutes!
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 4:42 am
No problem, emma. I can understand anyone who doesn't like opera. I don't have much patience for sitting through an opera myself. Normally a "highlights" disc will do the job just fine. I can imagine you duelling with an opera singer, emma! The fireworks!edinburghemma wrote: On the opera front. I had a very nasty run in with an opera singer once, (although one of my best friends is an opera singer, so it is going some way to alleviate my animosity) and now have a hard time having anything to do with the art form. All opera is evil.
Speaking of opera singers, Luciano Pavarotti is apparently saying goodbye to the stage for good. I think he had his farewell performance earlier this month. He was not particularly important to me, but I can appreciate the voice he had in his prime when he was the "King of the High C's."
My favorite opera singer is probably the late great Maria Callas. Her voice was not conventionally beautiful, nor was it especially powerful in terms of volume. But it had AUTHORITY. I like Jessye Norman a lot, too: her voice is almost as commanding as Callas's, and has tons of volume to spare.