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OPERA FOR DUMMIES
« on: February 05, 2021, 12:06:34 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were notes for dummies, and now it is time for you to post until the dummy cows come home.
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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2021, 12:07:51 AM »

And the word of the day is: NUANCE!
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2021, 12:15:30 AM »

Very nice poster for Tonight's the Night, BK!
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« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2021, 12:34:46 AM »

Have a good day, all!
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« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2021, 03:55:23 AM »

Good morning, all!
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« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2021, 03:59:08 AM »

Good morning, everyone.
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« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2021, 04:00:23 AM »

It is currently 6 degrees out.

On Sunday, we'll have a high for the day of -1.
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« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2021, 04:00:48 AM »

I'm kind of glad we don't have a dog at the moment.
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« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2021, 04:10:11 AM »

BK, I haven't mentioned it, but I really enjoy your comments on opera in the notes.  I'm happy you enjoyed Prince Igor; I'm amazed I missed it when I was raving about Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and Mussorgsky.  I think you'd really like Glinka's overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla but I think the opera was written in an earlier style than you would like.
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« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2021, 04:24:41 AM »

BK, since you are fond of Street Scene, as am I, I think you might like Johann Strauss, Jr's Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron), which was based on a romantic Hungarian novel.  It's a heavier work than Strauss' popular Die Fledermaus, and Strauss' writing is more ambitious. Because there's so much music, early "complete" recordings had to cut numbers to fir the work onto two LPs.  Some cuts, like Mirabella's Act One story of her adventures, the Act Two Morals Commission waltz, and Arsena's Act Three ditty, might be traditional performance cuts, but some were because of length.  My favorite recording is Harnoncourt's, which is not only complete but attempts to reconstruct Strauss; ambitious Act Two finale.  I believe the original full score for the piece was destroyed in the bombing of Dresden, and the New Johann Strauss edition in Vienna, edited by Michael Rot, attempts a similar reconstruction.

Broadway's Franz Allers recorded for Angel/EMI several German operettas.  His recording follows the standard cuts EMI established with their monaural recording with Schwarzkopf.  It's not bad, and the voices are good casting. Boskovsky's later recording for EMI adds Arsena's Act Three ditty, but I wish I liked her thin little voice better.
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« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2021, 04:26:01 AM »

DR George, we had what appears to be our first mail delivery since Saturday,  Thanks for the package!
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« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2021, 04:34:08 AM »

DR Jeanne asked:
What do you feel comfortable with these days?
Indoor dining in a restaurant?  No, not yet.
Outdoor dining at a restaurant?  Yes, but not in the current weather.
Public transportation? I have not taken a bus or subway since March 13, 2020.
Crowded spaces? (theatre, concerts, etc) Not yet.
Having cleaning help, plumbers, etc?  Since March 2020, I've had the super in to take care of various issues, a refrigerator service man, two refrigerator delivery men, and all wore masks.  I worried about none of it.  I also get groceries and takeout delivered to my door.
In cars with others? The closest I've come to that are my many taxi rides.
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« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2021, 05:01:51 AM »

Thought for the day.
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« Reply #13 on: February 05, 2021, 05:17:05 AM »

Good morning, all.
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« Reply #14 on: February 05, 2021, 05:27:42 AM »

TOD

DVD and BD:  A couple of nights ago something made me take the original BBC TV and Hammer film versions of The Quatermass Experiment off the shelf, and I've been in the process of revisiting both series. I was just in the mood, and I'm enjoying them more than ever before.

CD:  The Renée Fleming "I Want Magic", and - perhaps - hopefully - if time permits - at least part of the Steurat Beford Albert Herring just received.
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« Reply #15 on: February 05, 2021, 05:32:43 AM »

DR George, we had what appears to be our first mail delivery since Saturday,  Thanks for the package!

It's incredible how NYC gets *way* more impacted by their few inches of snow than up here in the wilderness where we get the real stuff. We only missed Monday's deliveries while the nor'easter was battering everyone.

On Tuesday, our plow guy had no sooner finished clearing our driveway around 11:00 a.m. when both a USPS and an Amazon van were driving up to the house bestowing gifts.

I do realize that the resulting slush is a huge factor in NYC snowstorm recovery.
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« Reply #16 on: February 05, 2021, 05:36:05 AM »

DR George, we had what appears to be our first mail delivery since Saturday,  Thanks for the package!

It's incredible how NYC gets *way* more impacted by their few inches of snow than up here in the wilderness where we get the real stuff. We only missed Monday's deliveries while the nor'easter was battering everyone.

On Tuesday, our plow guy had no sooner finished clearing our driveway around 11:00 a.m. when both a USPS and an Amazon van were driving up to the house bestowing gifts.

I do realize that the resulting slush is a huge factor in NYC snowstorm recovery.

I think too many postal carriers these days call in sick when they don't want to push a cart through large piles of snow.  In your neck of the woods, don't they drive?
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« Reply #17 on: February 05, 2021, 05:36:54 AM »

The cats are quite frisky this morning.
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« Reply #18 on: February 05, 2021, 05:47:45 AM »

DR George, we had what appears to be our first mail delivery since Saturday,  Thanks for the package!

It's incredible how NYC gets *way* more impacted by their few inches of snow than up here in the wilderness where we get the real stuff. We only missed Monday's deliveries while the nor'easter was battering everyone.

On Tuesday, our plow guy had no sooner finished clearing our driveway around 11:00 a.m. when both a USPS and an Amazon van were driving up to the house bestowing gifts.

I do realize that the resulting slush is a huge factor in NYC snowstorm recovery.

I think too many postal carriers these days call in sick when they don't want to push a cart through large piles of snow.  In your neck of the woods, don't they drive?

Yes, but I think there might also be a little more of the "through rain, snow and sleet" ethic prevailing in some areas.
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« Reply #20 on: February 05, 2021, 05:54:10 AM »

Good morning, all.
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« Reply #21 on: February 05, 2021, 05:55:01 AM »

The symphony is actually going to perform tonight. Socially distanced across the stage.
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« Reply #22 on: February 05, 2021, 05:55:32 AM »

Should be interesting. No intermission. 90 minutes or less.
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« Reply #23 on: February 05, 2021, 05:57:22 AM »

Heartbreaking, indeed, DR elmore3003.  Thank you for sharing.
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« Reply #24 on: February 05, 2021, 05:57:44 AM »

Heartbreaking, and beautiful.
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« Reply #25 on: February 05, 2021, 06:29:12 AM »

Friday.
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« Reply #26 on: February 05, 2021, 06:30:13 AM »

I am going to make a meatloaf today that will last the weekend.

Then I will try to find a loved one worth up to $5000.

Opera!!

Yes DR singdaw you may have the epitaph.....
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« Reply #27 on: February 05, 2021, 06:50:15 AM »

It's $*@%!&# snowing.
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« Reply #28 on: February 05, 2021, 07:02:19 AM »

I am going to make a meatloaf today that will last the weekend.

Then I will try to find a loved one worth up to $5000.

Opera!!

Yes DR singdaw you may have the epitaph.....

I need to find a loved one worth a $1,000,000 life insurance policy so I can show them the view from the roof.
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« Reply #29 on: February 05, 2021, 07:14:56 AM »

I am going to make a meatloaf today that will last the weekend.

Then I will try to find a loved one worth up to $5000.

Opera!!

Yes DR singdaw you may have the epitaph.....

I need to find a loved one worth a $1,000,000 life insurance policy so I can show them the view from the roof.

LOL!
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