Topic: THE COMEBACK NOTES WITH COMEBACK SAUCY SAUCE (Read 3548 times)

bk · « **on:** July 23, 2020, 12:05:30 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes made a comeback and had sauce, and now it is time for you to post until the saucy cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** July 23, 2020, 12:06:56 AM »

And the word of the day is: MIRABILIA!

George · « **Reply #2 on:** July 23, 2020, 12:24:04 AM »

The picture of the chicken sandwich and fries looks pretty good.

bk · « **Reply #3 on:** July 23, 2020, 12:31:09 AM »

Listening now to Mozart arias for bass - with George London.

George · « **Reply #4 on:** July 23, 2020, 12:38:17 AM »

Topic of the Day: I don't really know a lot of arias, but of the ones that I can think of right now are in English:

"Ain't It a Pretty Night" and "The Trees on the Mountains" from Susannah
"The Willow Song" from The Ballad of Baby Doe
"Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide

George · « **Reply #5 on:** July 23, 2020, 01:07:27 AM »

Time for bed.

Have a good day, all!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 23, 2020, 03:49:31 AM »

Good morning, all!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 23, 2020, 03:50:10 AM »

A bad night of sleep, payback for yesterday's I guess.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 23, 2020, 03:52:01 AM »

Another completely formless day. My only commitment is a zoom meeting with my Miami University Theatre friends at 8:00 tonight. I'm looking forward to that.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 23, 2020, 04:00:29 AM »

The thunderstorm between 7:00 and 8:30 or so was quite noisy last night. The three cats luckily are not frightened by storms or firecrackers, so I'm happy. Randy and Jo's German shepherds are terrified. Their beautiful Maddie had a special hideaway that Jo prepared for her in the closet next to the vacuum cleaner.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 23, 2020, 04:12:18 AM »

Last night we watched another Miss Marple, Endless Night, which had a crafty plot that kept me guessing. This is another Agatha Christie novel that did not have Miss Marple as a character and the BBC version wedges her in so badly that I felt the last 15 minutes went totally to hell because the screenwriter had her behaving completely out of character.

According to Wikipedia, there are eighteen novels and collections of short stories with Jane Marple, so I do not understand the need to wedge the character into other Christie mysteries.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 23, 2020, 04:57:18 AM »

TOD, and this is a short list.
MOZART
Voi che sapete (The Marriage of Figaro)
Si voul ballare, signor Contino (The Marriage of Figaro)
Deh vine, non tardar (The Marriage of Figaro)
ROSSINI
Una voce poco fa (The Barber of Seville)
BELLINI
Son vergin vezzosa (I Puritani)
DONIZETTI
Mad Scene (Lucia di Lammermoor)
BIZET
Habanera (Carmen)
Seguidille (Carmen)
Flower Song (Carmen)
THOMAS
Je suis Titania (Mignon)
Ophelia’s Mad Scene (Hamlet)
OFFENBACH
Ah! Quel diner (La Perichole)
Conduisez-moi vers celui que j'adore (Robinson Crusoe)
Ah! Que J'aime Le Militaires (The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein)
VERDI
Sleepwalking Scene (Macbeth)
PUCCINI
Un bel di vedremo (Madame Butterfly)
Vissi d’arte (Tosca)
Che gelida marina (La Boheme)
Si, mi chimiano Mimi (La Boheme)
O mio bambino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
WEILL
Denn wie mann sich bettet (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny)
Lonely House (Street Scene)
HERBERT
The nightingale and the star (Mlle. Modiste)
BERNSTEIN
What a Movie! (Trouble in Tahiti)
Glitter and Be Gay (Candide)
MENOTTI
Steal me, sweet thief (The Old Maid and The Thief)
Hello! Hello! Oh, Margaret, it’s you (The Telephone)
MOORE
The Willow Song (The Ballad of Baby Doe)

God knows how many words spellcheck has screwed up here!

John G. · « **Reply #12 on:** July 23, 2020, 05:14:08 AM »

Good morning, all.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #13 on:** July 23, 2020, 06:08:19 AM »

Good morning, all.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #14 on:** July 23, 2020, 06:11:11 AM »

That chicken sandwich sounds delicious, and looks great.

I don't think we have anyone around here specializing in fried chicken sandwiches except Chick-Fil-A and Popeye's.

John G. · « **Reply #15 on:** July 23, 2020, 06:43:47 AM »

TOD

Can’t top Elmore’s list

Some additions:

Queen of the Night from The Magic Flute
Summertime from Porgy and Bess
This Is Prophetic from Nixon in China
Green Finch and Linnet Bird from Sweeney Todd

ChasSmith · « **Reply #16 on:** July 23, 2020, 06:46:17 AM »

Good to hear that BK is enjoy Eleanor Steber's voice. I think it's one of the most uniquely beautiful ones ever. Mozart arias are perfect, but I don't think there are any pieces she did that weren't perfect for her.

Here's a discography, which may or may not be complete: https://shrtm.nu/TftM

Those 1950s Metropolitan Opera recordings on Columbia are golden -- Madama Butterfly and Cosi fan tutte, both with Richard Tucker (and Roberta Peters in the latter), and La fanciulla del West. I also see a Marriage of Figaro with Ezio Pinza, conducted by Bruno Walter, that I hadn't known about. There are a number of live performance recordings that look very tempting.

In concert music she was especially known for Barber's Knoxville "Summer of 1915", which she commissioned, and Berlioz's Les nuits d'ete. I know she's on a Porgy and Bess compilation. And good lord, look at that Oklahoma!. I don't believe I've ever crossed paths with that one.

I am so happy to have known her and played for countless voice lessons with her at school. She didn't do much concertizing herself in those years, but I remember a wonderful Four Last Songs with the student orchestra and Levine, another perfect piece for her intelligence and vocal beauty.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #17 on:** July 23, 2020, 06:55:27 AM »

What great lists already. It would take me all day to come up with favorite arias without simply cribbing from these!

Without looking up their titles, I'll just add: the major arias (or "fragments" of same) in Berg's Wozzeck and Lulu, Strauss's Elektra and Salome and Der Rosenkavalier, and Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress and Oedipus Rex.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 23, 2020, 07:03:54 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on July 23, 2020, 06:55:27 AM

What great lists already. It would take me all day to come up with favorite arias without simply cribbing from these!

Without looking up their titles, I'll just add: the major arias (or "fragments" of same) in Berg's Wozzeck and Lulu, Strauss's Elektra and Salome and Der Rosenkavalier, and Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress and Oedipus Rex.

How could I have forgotten Anne's cavatina and cabaletta at the end of Act One of The Rake's Progress?

ChasSmith · « **Reply #19 on:** July 23, 2020, 07:12:40 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on July 23, 2020, 07:03:54 AM

Quote from: ChasSmith on July 23, 2020, 06:55:27 AM
What great lists already. It would take me all day to come up with favorite arias without simply cribbing from these!

Without looking up their titles, I'll just add: the major arias (or "fragments" of same) in Berg's Wozzeck and Lulu, Strauss's Elektra and Salome and Der Rosenkavalier, and Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress and Oedipus Rex.

How could I have forgotten Anne's cavatina and cabaletta at the end of Act One of The Rake's Progress?

Indeed!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #20 on:** July 23, 2020, 07:16:08 AM »

I conked out last night, and I wonder if I'm going to get to Verdi's Macbeth while it's still available today.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #21 on:** July 23, 2020, 07:32:09 AM »

Most of the MIRABILIA I collect concerns Frances Farmer, Allison Hayes, and Carroll Baker.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #22 on:** July 23, 2020, 07:32:53 AM »

Now I want a chicken sandwich and fries, but I have to finish my cheeseburgers first.

I was going to go to WalMart this morning, but I decided to wait until tomorrow morning.....

Jrand74 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 23, 2020, 07:33:38 AM »

TOD:

Un bel di......is probably my favorite (except as "sung" by Miss Shirley MacClaine in MY GEISHA.

Glitter and Be Gay

Jrand74 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 23, 2020, 07:33:52 AM »

Mystery project vibes for MR BK.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #25 on:** July 23, 2020, 07:36:55 AM »

I watched a lot of MY FAIR LADY last night.....I always like it here and there.....but it doesn't thrill me like THE SOUND OF MUSIC and OKLAHOMA! do.....

elmore3003 · « **Reply #26 on:** July 23, 2020, 07:45:01 AM »

Quote from: Jrand69 on July 23, 2020, 07:32:53 AM

Now I want a chicken sandwich and fries, but I have to finish my cheeseburgers first.

I'd be happy with either!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #27 on:** July 23, 2020, 08:01:02 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on July 23, 2020, 07:45:01 AM

Quote from: Jrand69 on July 23, 2020, 07:32:53 AM
Now I want a chicken sandwich and fries, but I have to finish my cheeseburgers first.

I'd be happy with either!

So would I. In fact, my last dream this morning concerned a huge platter of cheeseburgers that I couldn't quite get to. (Tragic!) Hadn't had one of my "bountiful food" dreams in a while. It's one of my less frequent standards.

Ginny · « **Reply #28 on:** July 23, 2020, 08:03:13 AM »

Thursday morning greetings! Nothing to report...

John G. · « **Reply #29 on:** July 23, 2020, 08:23:58 AM »

Let’s move on ...

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