Raving Yogi
Why bother indeed! You're such a drama queen.
You are already Lucia - only without the knife.
Just remember ... no matter how much you claim to love your Diva
(cognate with deva) she'll fry you with onions for sheer entertainment
if you become too much of a lunatickle.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula
<chivukula.ravi@...> wrote:
>
> "Anyone actually watch it?"
>
> Stop begging empty baby - this habit of yours is highly irritating -
OK? I
> am not going to watch it.
>
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 9:46 PM, emptybill emptybill@... wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Wonderful performances everyone.
> >
> > What brilliant addendums to the vocal
> > ornamentations of Donizetti's Lucia.
> >
> > You all are of the highest literary amplitude
> > by recreating the mad scene right here on FFL.
> >
> > And by the way. Remember that video the Judy
> > was praising?
> >
> > Anyone actually watch it?
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" emptybill@ wrote:
> > >
> > > Wonderful performances.
> > >
> > > That mad scene should be a snap-shot for men
> > > thinking these divas would be simple to deal with
> > > by a fool - a snap-shot of their own bloody corpse
> > > that is.
> > >
> > > Feste, be warned. They wouldn't just cut your
> > > heart out but also put a grenade under your
> > > body to greet anyone rolling you over.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" authfriend@
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Three Netrebko videos...
> > > >
> > > > "Quando m'en vo" ("Musetta's Waltz") from Puccini's La Boheme
> > > > (Not such a great aria for a concert performance; you really
> > > > need the staging for it to come across, but she sings it
> > > > nicely.)
> > > >
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWnWivspwRE
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Sempre libera" from Verdi's Traviata
> > > > (From the new Met modern-dress production--a rather outre
> > > interpretation of Violetta, but it shows off her acting
> > > > ability.)
> > > >
> > > >
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFJJ1zFBWgY&feature=endscreen&NR=1
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Mad Scene" from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
> > > > (Lucia has just killed her bridegroom. A conventional
> > > > production, but the staging of this scene is excellent,
> > > > and her performance is blood-chilling. It's a long
> > > > scene, over 10 minutes.)
> > > >
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX2r8ps9pUg
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" emptybill@
wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hah! Yeah ⦠she's like napalm.
> > > > >
> > > > > But image living with someone with such talent and charisma.
> > > > >
> > > > > Might easily end up like the performance by Dmitri
Hvorostovsky
> > and
> > > > > Renee Fleming in post #328213.
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@>
wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hotter than hot! There definitely was some cleavage, btw.
You
> > must
> > > > > have nodded off before they got it, you poor old bastard.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" emptybill@
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Oh yeah?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Here is an Anna Netrebko interview where she shows no
cleavage
> > > but
> > > > > ...
> > > > > > > it also is "so hot".
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > No wonder that video with Dmitri stopped before their
actual
> > > kiss.
> > > > > But
> > > > > > > it was on the other video that I saw ... And the audience
> > loved
> > > it.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=UgpVoMPGbUA
> > > > > > >
> > >
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=UgpVoMPGbUA>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Nice, but not enough cleavage, which is an essential
part of
> > a
> > > > > female
> > > > > > > opera singerââ¬â¢s repertoire, donââ¬â¢t
you think? In
> > > this
> > > > > > > regard, the divine Cecilia does not disappoint in the
> > following
> > > > > clip,
> > > > > > > especially given the tantalizing possibility of a wardrobe
> > > > > malfunction,
> > > > > > > which unfortunately not quite happen (but watch the
shoulder
> > > strap):
> > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaKX21earkk (Oh, yes, the
> > aria
> > > is
> > > > > good
> > > > > > > too.)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > My favorite Cecilia is this:
> > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2IeGgk_06I
> > > > > > > > Itââ¬â¢s an aria from a Vivaldi opera and she
uses it as
> > an
> > > > > encore.
> > > > > > > Itââ¬â¢s breathtaking, sensational. I defy anyone
to keep
> > > still
> > > > > while
> > > > > > > they watch it. Itââ¬â¢s Baroque rock. And just
look at her
> > > face
> > > > > when
> > > > > > > she is finished.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Cecilia is the sort of voluptuous Italian woman that men
> > would
> > > > > love to
> > > > > > > have in the kitchen and bedroom. She might be a bit of a
> > handful
> > > > > though.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Elina G made a great Sesto in the live Met telecast of
> > > Clemenza di
> > > > > > > Tito at the weekend. She is so hot.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill"
emptybill@
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Two of the best mezzo-sopranos, Elina Garanca and Anna
> > > Netrebko,
> > > > > > > sing
> > > > > > > > > the famous Flower duet (Lakm� Delibes).
Doesn't hurt
> > > that
> > > > > > > > > they're both as beautiful as the blossoms to which
they
> > give
> > > > > song.
> > > > > > > > > No wonder men are so easily spellbound.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf42IP__ipw
> > > > > > > > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf42IP__ipw>
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Also,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Renee Fleming in a fabulous
> > > performance
> > > > > in
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > palace at St. Petersburg
> > > > > > > > > (a duet from Verdi's Il Travatore).
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV9rE61kodw&feature=related
> > > > > > > > >
> > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV9rE61kodw&feature=related>
> > > > > > > > >
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