> [Original Message] > From: Herbert Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: The Horn List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 1/15/03 12:31:29 PM > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Anna Russell > > She was an opera singer, and I believe her husband was a hornist, so she knew > what she was singing(?) about. > > Herb Foster You could call her an opera singer, but she herself realized early in her career that she wasn't going to set the world on fire that way, so to our great benefit she used her wonderful skills of communicating to audiences in much more enjoyable ways (than having to sit through a whole opera). It was her second husband I believe, who played the horn for a community musical organization, not actually professionally. FWIW, she wrote an autobiography which is wonderful, honest, and charming. Well worth reading. p.s. before people get the wrong idea, I am not completely anti-opera, but you really need to see it live. I worked for a professional regional opera company as a theater carpenter/tech/videographer/gopher for a time right out of college. "Boheme," for example is wonderful, but after seeing it ten times in a week, it's not the most exciting way to spend three hours.
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