Monday, January 2
Operameme
Name or Nom de Blogge:
Trrill. That's two R's, two L's, zero F's. Age:
27. 2 + 7 = 9. Nine is a trinity of trinities. Locale:
Seattle. Just a few blocks from where the folks in Singles lived.
Raison de blog:
Florid passages. Dependable theatrics. LOLs. Voice type (real):
What do they even call this anymore? Basse belcantiste. Basso cantante. Basse pédé? Voice type (in yer dreams):
Some sort of mezzo. No, contralto, à la Schumman-Heink.
Arias sung in the shower:
"Chi mi dir´," the brindisi from Flotow's Martha (fuck the German). Assur's mad scene from Semiramide. The Drum Major's aria from Thomas's Le Caïd. My neighbor hates me at 7:30 AM. Sometimes I think she plays Alanis Morissette to get back at me. Arias of other gender sung in shower: "Tanti affetti" and "O zittre nicht." First opera seen: La Cenerentola in Dallas. Bartoli was supposed to sing it, but bailed due to a "knee injury." It was still hella good. First opera to elicit madly queeny reaction of obsession and dedication to a lifetime at the opera: Norma in Seattle. It was Podleś that did it, really. Uberdiva, living:
Vivica Genaux. I'd never heard of her before seeing her by accident in some Handel opera that started with an A in the late 90's. We were all "Holy shit, what is this?" When we went backstage to talk to and congratulate her, she was decked head-to-toe in Prada, including these weird-assed Lucite heels. You rarely get voice and looks, but damn. Uberdiva of the past:
Everyone's saying Callas, but clearly it's Sissieretta Jones.
Lizzi Bougatsos, from Gang Gang Dance. It's not opera. Shut up. Favorite line from a libretto:
"Fare del mondo un Pantheon, gli uomini in di mutare e in un sol bacio e abbraccio tutte le genti amar!" Opera you'd rather eat thumbtacks than sit through ever again:
Fucking L'Elisir d'Amore. "Why won't the Met/my local company put on… ":
Semiramide again??? Jesus, with all these singers! "A perfect role assumption I have seen was… ":
Jane Eaglen as anything. L O L. "If I had a time machine… ":
That time Gilbert-Louis Duprez sang the first high C with chest voice. Everyone died, I bet.
Trrill. That's two R's, two L's, zero F's. Age:
27. 2 + 7 = 9. Nine is a trinity of trinities. Locale:
Seattle. Just a few blocks from where the folks in Singles lived.
Raison de blog:
Florid passages. Dependable theatrics. LOLs. Voice type (real):
What do they even call this anymore? Basse belcantiste. Basso cantante. Basse pédé? Voice type (in yer dreams):
Some sort of mezzo. No, contralto, à la Schumman-Heink.
Arias sung in the shower:
"Chi mi dir´," the brindisi from Flotow's Martha (fuck the German). Assur's mad scene from Semiramide. The Drum Major's aria from Thomas's Le Caïd. My neighbor hates me at 7:30 AM. Sometimes I think she plays Alanis Morissette to get back at me. Arias of other gender sung in shower: "Tanti affetti" and "O zittre nicht." First opera seen: La Cenerentola in Dallas. Bartoli was supposed to sing it, but bailed due to a "knee injury." It was still hella good. First opera to elicit madly queeny reaction of obsession and dedication to a lifetime at the opera: Norma in Seattle. It was Podleś that did it, really. Uberdiva, living:
Vivica Genaux. I'd never heard of her before seeing her by accident in some Handel opera that started with an A in the late 90's. We were all "Holy shit, what is this?" When we went backstage to talk to and congratulate her, she was decked head-to-toe in Prada, including these weird-assed Lucite heels. You rarely get voice and looks, but damn. Uberdiva of the past:
Everyone's saying Callas, but clearly it's Sissieretta Jones.
Lizzi Bougatsos, from Gang Gang Dance. It's not opera. Shut up. Favorite line from a libretto:
"Fare del mondo un Pantheon, gli uomini in di mutare e in un sol bacio e abbraccio tutte le genti amar!" Opera you'd rather eat thumbtacks than sit through ever again:
Fucking L'Elisir d'Amore. "Why won't the Met/my local company put on… ":
Semiramide again??? Jesus, with all these singers! "A perfect role assumption I have seen was… ":
Jane Eaglen as anything. L O L. "If I had a time machine… ":
That time Gilbert-Louis Duprez sang the first high C with chest voice. Everyone died, I bet.
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