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[bk]

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were actually not that long, and now it is time for you to post until the long, long cows come home.

[bk]

And the word of the day is: EUPHORIA!

[George]

Topic of the Day:  I must confess that I haven't listened to Donald's radio show in quite a while.  I think I just forgot about it. Very sorry about that.  I'm always listening to something at work, so I can easily listen to The Broadway Radio Show while I'm working.  I just need to get back into the habit!

[George]

But now, I'm going to bed...perchance to sleep.

Have a good day, all!

[singdaw]

Thank you, DR TCB, for fixing and correcting my memory about Marlene Dietrich versus Greta Garbo!

[singdaw]

re: Schreker...     It's always darkest before The Drawn.

[singdaw]

  I just need to get back into the habit!

I can help with that!

[singdaw]

TOD: I, too, had frankly forgotten about Donald's radio program. Listening right now!

[singdaw]

It is sounding great. Long ago, I remember a silent gap between each selection or segment, but now it flows along seamlessly.

[elmore3003]

Good morning, all!

[elmore3003]

I have a bit of tidying up this morning, and I'm still waiting to hear from my urologist about blood work for my December CT-scan.

[elmore3003]

I also need to see what local restaurants are delivering Thanksgiving dinners and get an order in for Thursday.

[elmore3003]

BK, I've been thinking about that recording of H&G with two children in the roles.  It's a marketing ploy.  Two children could never sing those roles in an opera house over that Wagnerian orchestra without a lot of miking.  Luckily, most mezzo-sopranos who sing Hansel also have the boy roles of Cherubino and Octavian under their belts.

[elmore3003]

DR ChasSmith, the gossip at the time of Thomas Fulton's death was that he was an AIDS victim. Kidney failure, brain tumor, cancer, etc. were often euphemisms to protect the victims' families from the scourge of telling the world the victim was gay. One of my most vivid memories of Opera News magazine between, say, 1986-1996 is how large the obituary section was.

[elmore3003]

I'm guilty of forgetting about Donald's program.  He used to alert us to new broadcasts and that prompted mew to listen if I found the topic interesting.  I think he should return to doing that.

[elmore3003]

Just because I think this photo is adorable.

[elmore3003]

This is now my officially favorite photo of the late great Streetcat Bob.

[ChasSmith]

Good morning, all.

[John G.]

Good morning, all.

[John G.]

To add to the animal photos:

https://www.boredpanda.com/comedy-pet-photography-awards-winners-2020/

[John G.]

I must get up. Ugh.

[ChasSmith]

Sorry, I've lost track --

Which is the recording with the kids singing the leads?

While I like the idea of hearing it with younger voices, I guess there's a reason composers write things the way they do.   Apparently ol' Engelbert knew when it was time for a trouser role.

DR Elmore speaks of the Wagnerian orchestra. There are musical passages that definitely brought to my mind a Wagnerian or Straussian-with-an-R moment.

[ChasSmith]

TOD

Same with me, re forgetting that the interviews are right here. I've enjoyed a number of them but I never succeeded in making it a regular thing in spite of several attempts. The same thing used to happen to me with Peter Filichia's column.

Here's why it happens:  Once I'm into my morning HHW routine (reading the rest of last night's posts, then reading the notes, then reading what's posted so far today, then jumping in), I'm mired in all of this activity and I no longer think about what else is out there.

I've thought of a solution that should work for me. In Safari I have a folder of bookmarks I call "Forums, Blogs, etc.", the topmost of which are HHW, HTF, and a couple of other sites I keep up with regularly. I'll add a new bookmark that links directly to the interviews. That'll keep me cognizant of it, and there should then be no excuses. Let's see how that works.

[Jrand74]

All Trombones to the other side!

[Jrand74]

Thanks DR VIXMOM - as an old person on a very fixed income with not a lot of cushion - I don't think I can afford an implant @ $2400.  I don't know what the Dentist will say....we shall see.....

[ChasSmith]

Marie Callender's sounds like the perfect jernt to order the turkey dinner from.

I'm still a little sad when reminded that their Wilshire Blvd. "flagship" restaurant is no more, mainly because a few co-workers and I enjoyed going there occasionally for late drinks and dinner during a couple of years in the late '80s. But I had always loved grabbing a nice lunch in their regular places prior to that. The simpler comfortable style of those jernts is what Marie Callender's was all about. At least back then. I don't know if it's changed since.

[elmore3003]

To add to the animal photos:

https://www.boredpanda.com/comedy-pet-photography-awards-winners-2020/

I loved the Overly-dramatic cat.  I've got three of them.

[elmore3003]

DR Elmore speaks of the Wagnerian orchestra. There are musical passages that definitely brought to my mind a Wagnerian or Straussian-with-an-R moment.

Humperdinck was a Wagner disciple who assisted in the premiere of Parsifal.  He may even have some music in the scene changes.

[ChasSmith]

DR ChasSmith, the gossip at the time of Thomas Fulton's death was that he was an AIDS victim. Kidney failure, brain tumor, cancer, etc. were often euphemisms to protect the victims' families from the scourge of telling the world the victim was gay. One of my most vivid memories of Opera News magazine between, say, 1986-1996 is how large the obituary section was.

Thank you for that. I had considered that possibility.

So, he conducted that H&G broadcast at age 32, and twelve years later he was dead. What can one say...

[ChasSmith]

DR Elmore speaks of the Wagnerian orchestra. There are musical passages that definitely brought to my mind a Wagnerian or Straussian-with-an-R moment.

Humperdinck was a Wagner discipl;e who assisted in the premiere of Parsifal.  He may even have some music in the scene changes.

Indeed. Coming back and listening to the piece after many years with my adult ears (wait, am I an adult yet?), I was amazed at the power of the orchestration.