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What about Francesco Rosi's "Cronica di una morte annunciata"... with said Irene Pappas & G.M.Volonté & Ornella Muti?

Oh, I wish...

linda_lakeside wrote:Oh, I wish...

Don't we all?

You too? I thought we were all too old for wishes. In this case, I wish I spoke fluent Spanish.

Anne-Marie wrote:That was gorgeously written. How often do you write?

i didn't understand the lines
but the melody of solitudo
made me wish i did.

Beautiful.

Thank you, Anne-Marie. You make me

I write permanently, but most of the time I'm not content with the outcome. Not that I'm ever satisfied with my lines, but "if I kept on revising everything I don't like, I wouldn't have the time to write new poems" - so I post even those I consider "almost novice"...

Thank you again for your kind words.

Tom

Thank you, Anne-Marie. You make me

tom: Just take it...

Italian wouldn't kill me either . Another language made for poetry/song.
Let's try to hear Opera in Swedish.

Who is ever content with the outcome? Tom Wolfe, maybe.

Hi Tom,

I can't explain it really but I keep coming back to this poem. If my printer were attached to this machine, I'd print it. Maybe I'll just type it.

What I meant by "just take it" is that criticism and compliment should probably be taken with equal parts grace and grains of salt. Not to take away from compliments aimed in your direction, more like criticism aimed in my direction.

Re: Tom Wolfe - I meant that I think Mr. Wolfe is infatuated with his laundry list. I do like him. Usually. But I think he likes himself more.

Hi Linda,

I'm interested much more in Metterling's laundry list than in Tom Wolfe's...

Tom

PS: I take it.

Well, I have to agree with you there. Me? I prefer black over blue, argyle (or anything else) over brown. I sincerely hope the Cheese was a Camembert.

I made a frightening discovery tonight. I took Cia's personality test. I'm an 8. Obviously still in the closet as I see myself as a 4.

All veerryy interesting.

Tks,
Linda.

German apparently lends itself to poetry as well. It certainly has been used quite a bit in Opera but I don't like the sound of the language iteself. I haven't as yet digested the latest poem - I might change my mind.

Oddly enough, Chinese Opera can be entertaining, with a male in the lead soprano role. One film I enjoy quite a lot (I've packed it with me for a couple of moves anyway) is Farewell, My Concubine. It deals with Chinese Opera (and other things) very well. Actually, it's a good film. I don't imagine that Chinese Opera has many fans in North America/Western Europe or just about anywhere other than the Orient. I don't imagine there are many Opera lovers on this site. Why I'm talking about Chinese Opera, I do not know. I'll ask Marcel. One day.

Linda, There are more opera lovers here than you think. Although it's a bit expensive to see it performed very often I have seen a few and enjoy the music on cd's. I prefer opera to musicals, it's more dramatic!

Likewise foreign films. Farewell my concubine is a good one. I'd also recommend Raise the red lantern, and To Live (all Chinese) One of my sons buys lots of Japanese and Chinese dvd's. Our local cinemas are dominated by the moneyspinning Hollywood ones so there isn't much choice to watch on the big screen

Hi Margaret and Linda ~

Margaret ~ Isn't Farewell, My Concubine one of the foreign-film DVDs that you pointed out to me in the store in NYC as being wonderful?

Linda ~ I love opera, too. LaurieAK does more than just love it; she's probably considered an afficionado. She's traveled to Milan to see operas there, I believe it was a Puccini festival. Turandot is one of my very favourites.

~ Lizzy

Hi Guys!

An afficiando I'm not, but I do enjoy it (a paternal gene, methinks). Like you said, Margaret, it is dramatic. Even if you can't understand every word - the story always comes across. To Live sounds familiar. My Dad taped a bunch for me and that might be one of them.

My Father has done much travelling (for work) and went to Macau a few times, he was quite enthralled with the Opera - live and onstage. I think Farewell, My Concubine is a beautiful film. I've seen it enough times to not have to rely on the sub-titles!

I love many of the arias from Puccini but overall there's too much 'talking' for me. I guess I'd have to say that Mozart wrote the most beautiful. Even though it's not Opera, his Requiem Mass is a Desert Island pick for me! Again, not Opera as such, Ode to Joy is, of course, a favourite of many. Even though Beethoven wrote only one 'Opera', O to J makes up for it in spades.

Thanks Lizzy, maybe I'll try and talk to LaurieAK about it one day. I'll have to cram first, though.

I once shook the hand of a lady who had used that hand to shake the hand of Pavarotti. She had been in a choir that he was performing with.

May I suggest that, those who have the time and inclination, have a look for Spem in alium by Thomas Tallis. I have it by several artistes and the performance by Kings College Choir Cambridge is my favourite.