[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and emptyB

2012-12-07 Thread awoelflebater


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
>
> Barry is being compelled by some strange self-
> destructive impulse to behave like a brainless
> buffoon.

Barry is compelled by his frustration with you, your mind, the very person you 
are Judy. You drive him crazy. He just can't help himself. He HAS to read your 
posts, he HAS to stand ready to jump in when he feels there is an opening to 
undermine, call you out, find the achilles heel where there may or may not be 
one. He seems, frankly, obsessed with you but there is even more than that. He 
seems to relish the prospect of cutting the legs out from under those who are 
smarter, have a bigger vision or are just plain nicer than he is. In some 
strange way you are his muse, or at least his motivation to get out of bed in 
the morning. He has a lot to thank you for.
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> >
> > Just for fun, given Judy's claim of being offended by
> > anything less than total historical accuracy...  :-)
> 
> I never made any such claim.
> 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > And with regard to the "Mad Scene" woman emptybill was talking
> > > about, she murders her bridegroom because she's been forced by
> > > her brother to marry him rather than the man she loves, and
> > > she has gone insane with grief.
> > >
> > > Real tricky on the woman's part, huh?
> > >
> > > There's more: Her brother has arranged the marriage for
> > > political reasons, to secure his own power; and the two
> > > thwarted lovers have been led to believe each has betrayed the
> > > other. When the woman's lover learns that she has died, he
> > > kills himself.
> > >
> > > The opera is based on real events that took place in 17th
> > > century Scotland.
> > 
> > First, this is inaccurate. The opera is based on Sir Walter
> > Scott's novel "The Bride of Lammermoor." Scott at one
> > point *claimed* that it was based on historical fact, but
> > that seems not to have been true. From Wikipedia:
> 
> Actually, if you check out Wikipedia on "The Bride of
> Lammermoor," you'll find that the novel, albeit
> fictional, is closely modeled on the historical events.
> The only area of real uncertainty historically is
> exactly what happened in the bridal chamber on the
> couple's wedding night:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bride_of_Lammermoor
> 
> Barry didn't give a link for what he quoted. That's
> because he had to go rather far afield to find anything
> on Wikipedia that called in question any of the historical
> basis for the opera:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscount_Stair
> 
> 
> > Second, now that Judy's description of the opera as
> > being based on "real events" has been shown to be...
> > uh...less than factual,
> 
> The opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" certainly takes some
> liberties with the plot of the novel, but given that
> the novel is fairly accurate historically, it's entirely
> reasonable to say the opera is based on real events.
> ("Based on" does not imply 100 percent historical
> accuracy, but Barry knew that.)
> 
> The point in context, of course, is the subjugation and
> oppression of women, specifically here with regard to
> arranged marriages.
> 
> > can we expect her anytime soon
> > to rag on it? That's what she did for the movie she never
> > bothered to see when she found out that it was less than
> > 100% historically accurate, after all.  :-)
> > 
> > Will she post a nasty putdown of the opera, claiming
> > that either Sir Walter Scott or Gaetano Donizetti were
> > "Christian bigots" trying to misrepresent true history?
> 
> Christianity came into this where, exactly?
> 
> (Anybody who doesn't understand why Barry's contorted
> effort here is laughable--even if he were correct about
> the historical issues, which he isn't--let me know, and
> I'll be happy to explain.)
>




Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12

2012-12-07 Thread Ravi Chivukula
On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 6:21 AM, emptybill  wrote:

> 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.
>

Devi loves being lunatickled empty baby and no one can lunatickle her like
me. I'm her real source of entertainment.


>
>
>
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula 
> 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?
> > >
>


[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and emptyB

2012-12-07 Thread authfriend
Barry is being compelled by some strange self-
destructive impulse to behave like a brainless
buffoon.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
>
> Just for fun, given Judy's claim of being offended by
> anything less than total historical accuracy...  :-)

I never made any such claim.

> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" 
> wrote:
> >
> > And with regard to the "Mad Scene" woman emptybill was talking
> > about, she murders her bridegroom because she's been forced by
> > her brother to marry him rather than the man she loves, and
> > she has gone insane with grief.
> >
> > Real tricky on the woman's part, huh?
> >
> > There's more: Her brother has arranged the marriage for
> > political reasons, to secure his own power; and the two
> > thwarted lovers have been led to believe each has betrayed the
> > other. When the woman's lover learns that she has died, he
> > kills himself.
> >
> > The opera is based on real events that took place in 17th
> > century Scotland.
> 
> First, this is inaccurate. The opera is based on Sir Walter
> Scott's novel "The Bride of Lammermoor." Scott at one
> point *claimed* that it was based on historical fact, but
> that seems not to have been true. From Wikipedia:

Actually, if you check out Wikipedia on "The Bride of
Lammermoor," you'll find that the novel, albeit
fictional, is closely modeled on the historical events.
The only area of real uncertainty historically is
exactly what happened in the bridal chamber on the
couple's wedding night:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bride_of_Lammermoor

Barry didn't give a link for what he quoted. That's
because he had to go rather far afield to find anything
on Wikipedia that called in question any of the historical
basis for the opera:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscount_Stair


> Second, now that Judy's description of the opera as
> being based on "real events" has been shown to be...
> uh...less than factual,

The opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" certainly takes some
liberties with the plot of the novel, but given that
the novel is fairly accurate historically, it's entirely
reasonable to say the opera is based on real events.
("Based on" does not imply 100 percent historical
accuracy, but Barry knew that.)

The point in context, of course, is the subjugation and
oppression of women, specifically here with regard to
arranged marriages.

> can we expect her anytime soon
> to rag on it? That's what she did for the movie she never
> bothered to see when she found out that it was less than
> 100% historically accurate, after all.  :-)
> 
> Will she post a nasty putdown of the opera, claiming
> that either Sir Walter Scott or Gaetano Donizetti were
> "Christian bigots" trying to misrepresent true history?

Christianity came into this where, exactly?

(Anybody who doesn't understand why Barry's contorted
effort here is laughable--even if he were correct about
the historical issues, which he isn't--let me know, and
I'll be happy to explain.)




[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and emptyB

2012-12-07 Thread turquoiseb
Just for fun, given Judy's claim of being offended by
anything less than total historical accuracy...  :-)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" 
wrote:
>
> And with regard to the "Mad Scene" woman emptybill was talking
> about, she murders her bridegroom because she's been forced by
> her brother to marry him rather than the man she loves, and
> she has gone insane with grief.
>
> Real tricky on the woman's part, huh?
>
> There's more: Her brother has arranged the marriage for
> political reasons, to secure his own power; and the two
> thwarted lovers have been led to believe each has betrayed the
> other. When the woman's lover learns that she has died, he
> kills himself.
>
> The opera is based on real events that took place in 17th
> century Scotland.

First, this is inaccurate. The opera is based on Sir Walter
Scott's novel "The Bride of Lammermoor." Scott at one
point *claimed* that it was based on historical fact, but
that seems not to have been true. From Wikipedia:

The next five years of Stair's [Sir James Dalrymple's] life were
comparatively uneventful, but  in 1669 a family calamity, the
exact facts of which will probably never  be ascertained,
overtook him. His daughter Janet, who had been betrothed  to
Lord Rutherfurd, was married to Dunbar of Baldoon, and some
tragic  incident occurred on the wedding night, from the effects
of which she  never recovered. As the traditions vary on the central
fact, whether it  was the bride who stabbed her husband, or the
husband who stabbed the  bride, no credence can be given to the
mass of superstitions and  spiteful slander
  which surrounded it,
principally leveled at Lady Stair. Sir Walter Scott
  took the plot
of his Bride of Lammermoor
  from this incident,
but he
disclaimed any intention of making Lord Stair the basis for
Sir William Ashton.

Second, now that Judy's description of the opera as
being based on "real events" has been shown to be...
uh...less than factual, can we expect her anytime soon
to rag on it? That's what she did for the movie she never
bothered to see when she found out that it was less than
100% historically accurate, after all.  :-)

Will she post a nasty putdown of the opera, claiming
that either Sir Walter Scott or Gaetano Donizetti were
"Christian bigots" trying to misrepresent true history?

Only time will tell...

:-)   :-)   :-)






Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12

2012-12-07 Thread Ravi Chivukula
"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  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"  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"  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
> > > > > >
> > 
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" 
> > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Nice, but not enough cleavage, which is an essential part of
> a
> > > > female
> > > > > > opera singer’s repertoire, don’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
> > > > > > > It’s an aria from a Vivaldi opera and she uses it as
> an
> > > > encore.
> > > > > > It’s breathtaking, sensational. I defy anyone to keep
> > still
> > > > while
> > > > > > they watch it. It’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 b

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12

2012-12-07 Thread emptybill

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
 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" 
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
> > > > > > >
> > >

> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" 
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Nice, but not enough cleavage, which is an essential
part of
> > a
> > > > > female
> > > > > > > opera singer’s repertoire, don’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
> > > > > > > > It’s an aria from a Vivaldi opera and she
uses it as
> > an
> > > > > encore.
> > > > > > > It’s breathtaking, sensational. I defy anyone
to keep
> > > still
> > > > > while
> > > > > > > they watch it. It’s Baroque rock. And just
look at her
> > > face
> > > > > when
> > > > > > > she is finished.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Cecilia is the sor

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12

2012-12-06 Thread emptybill
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"  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"  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
> > > > >
> 
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" 
> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Nice, but not enough cleavage, which is an essential part of
a
> > > female
> > > > > opera singer’s repertoire, don’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
> > > > > > It’s an aria from a Vivaldi opera and she uses it as
an
> > > encore.
> > > > > It’s breathtaking, sensational. I defy anyone to keep
> still
> > > while
> > > > > they watch it. It’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
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Also,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Renee Fleming in a fabulous
> performance
> > > in
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > palace at St. Petersburg
> > > > > > > (a duet from Verdi's Il Travatore).
> > > > > 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread Ravi Chivukula
All of this post is the usual feste retarded crap.

I am Ravi Chivukula (holding my clearly reddish, swollen nose hard) and I
approve this message.


On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 1:01 PM, feste37  wrote:

> **
>
>
> Most of this post is the usual authfriend crap, but I like the "darling"
> bit. I don't get called that nearly often enough, so I will take whatever I
> can get and hold my nose regarding the source.
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> > >
> > > We need to compile an authfriend lexicon that will help others
> > > to understand her. In this case "making a fool of yourself"
> > > means "writing something I don't agree with."
> >
> > And now you just made a fool of yourself again, feste.
> > Go back and look at my original post
> >
> > > In doing so we need to acknowledge the fine work already done
> > > in this field by Turquoise B, a brilliant, pioneering scholar
> > > of "authfriend speak," which we might define as a language
> > > developed entirely to browbeat and humiliate other people.
> >
> > What is this compulsion to make yourself look stupid
> > lately, feste? As if I could ever come anywhere near
> > the ability of Barryspeak to browbeat and humiliate.
> >
> > You are way out of your league here, feste darling.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" 
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Share, darling, you did not make a fool of yourself. That was
> > > > > just authfriend's malicious spin.
> > > >
> > > > Yeah, sorry, but she did make a fool of herself, in two ways.
> > > > First, she didn't make any effort to find out what the video
> > > > was that emptybill was talking about and just jumped in with
> > > > something wildly inappropriate to the context.
> > > >
> > > > And second, what she was babbling about was, on its own
> > > > terms (as Ann explained), stupidly chauvinistic, a dopey
> > > > notion she picked up without asking herself if it made any
> > > > sense.
> > > >
> > > > This wasn't the most egregious instance by any means of
> > > > her making a fool of herself, but it *was* typical. If you
> > > > really want the best for Share, feste, you need to let her
> > > > take her lumps instead of trying to protect her from
> > > > herself and from reality. You aren't even showing her any
> > > > *respect* when you do the latter.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long 
> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yep, obviously I'm still learning how to communicate online in a
> noninflammatory way.  Judy, I'm sure I've made a fool of myself prior to
> today and am equally sure that I will do so again in the future.  Ann,
> neither Edwin nor I were criticizing dirty fighting.  Which I thought,
> albeit wrongly, that the explanation explained.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > From: awoelflebater 
> > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 8:40 AM
> > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and
> emptyB
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Â
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long 
> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > feste, we adore you for adoring us and emptyB, we adore you
> for having a healthy respect for our trickiness which of course we had to
> develop to survive living with those big strong hairy cavemen prone to
> slinging us over their shoulder.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > In his workshop music man Edwin Coppard from Victoria teaches
> that since cave days, women fight dirty.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And do you believe that/him? Sounds

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread Ravi Chivukula
Most of this post is usual retarded feste stuff.

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 1:01 PM, feste37  wrote:

> **
>
>
> Most of this post is the usual authfriend crap, but I like the "darling"
> bit. I don't get called that nearly often enough, so I will take whatever I
> can get and hold my nose regarding the source.
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> > >
> > > We need to compile an authfriend lexicon that will help others
> > > to understand her. In this case "making a fool of yourself"
> > > means "writing something I don't agree with."
> >
> > And now you just made a fool of yourself again, feste.
> > Go back and look at my original post
> >
> > > In doing so we need to acknowledge the fine work already done
> > > in this field by Turquoise B, a brilliant, pioneering scholar
> > > of "authfriend speak," which we might define as a language
> > > developed entirely to browbeat and humiliate other people.
> >
> > What is this compulsion to make yourself look stupid
> > lately, feste? As if I could ever come anywhere near
> > the ability of Barryspeak to browbeat and humiliate.
> >
> > You are way out of your league here, feste darling.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" 
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Share, darling, you did not make a fool of yourself. That was
> > > > > just authfriend's malicious spin.
> > > >
> > > > Yeah, sorry, but she did make a fool of herself, in two ways.
> > > > First, she didn't make any effort to find out what the video
> > > > was that emptybill was talking about and just jumped in with
> > > > something wildly inappropriate to the context.
> > > >
> > > > And second, what she was babbling about was, on its own
> > > > terms (as Ann explained), stupidly chauvinistic, a dopey
> > > > notion she picked up without asking herself if it made any
> > > > sense.
> > > >
> > > > This wasn't the most egregious instance by any means of
> > > > her making a fool of herself, but it *was* typical. If you
> > > > really want the best for Share, feste, you need to let her
> > > > take her lumps instead of trying to protect her from
> > > > herself and from reality. You aren't even showing her any
> > > > *respect* when you do the latter.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long 
> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yep, obviously I'm still learning how to communicate online in a
> noninflammatory way.  Judy, I'm sure I've made a fool of myself prior to
> today and am equally sure that I will do so again in the future.  Ann,
> neither Edwin nor I were criticizing dirty fighting.  Which I thought,
> albeit wrongly, that the explanation explained.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > From: awoelflebater 
> > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 8:40 AM
> > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and
> emptyB
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Â
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long 
> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > feste, we adore you for adoring us and emptyB, we adore you
> for having a healthy respect for our trickiness which of course we had to
> develop to survive living with those big strong hairy cavemen prone to
> slinging us over their shoulder.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > In his workshop music man Edwin Coppard from Victoria teaches
> that since cave days, women fight dirty.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And do you believe that/him? Sounds like a funny sort of man's
> (n this case the man being Mr Coppard) viewpoint. How

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread Ravi Chivukula
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 12:49 PM, turquoiseb wrote:

> **
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> > 
> > > Like I said, a real chip off the old Robin blockheadedness.
> >
> > Hey, Barry, saying something RLY
> > RLY STOOPID
> > twice doesn't somehow make it any less
> > STPID.
>
> See what I mean about them having used up all of
> the scurrilous accusations they're capable of
> thinking up, Michael? The most they can do now
> is add more vowels to them.
>

Barry baby - you are really losing it - you should get a room together with
feste?


[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread feste37
Most of this post is the usual authfriend crap, but I like the "darling" bit. I 
don't get called that nearly often enough, so I will take whatever I can get 
and hold my nose regarding the source. 

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> >
> > We need to compile an authfriend lexicon that will help others
> > to  understand her. In this case "making a fool of yourself" 
> > means "writing something I don't agree with."
> 
> And now you just made a fool of yourself again, feste.
> Go back and look at my original post
> 
> > In doing so we need to acknowledge the fine work already done
> > in this field by Turquoise B, a brilliant, pioneering scholar 
> > of "authfriend speak," which we might define as a language 
> > developed entirely to browbeat and humiliate other people. 
> 
> What is this compulsion to make yourself look stupid 
> lately, feste? As if I could ever come anywhere near
> the ability of Barryspeak to browbeat and humiliate.
> 
> You are way out of your league here, feste darling.
> 
> 
> 
>  
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Share, darling, you did not make a fool of yourself. That was
> > > > just authfriend's malicious spin.
> > > 
> > > Yeah, sorry, but she did make a fool of herself, in two ways.
> > > First, she didn't make any effort to find out what the video
> > > was that emptybill was talking about and just jumped in with
> > > something wildly inappropriate to the context.
> > > 
> > > And second, what she was babbling about was, on its own
> > > terms (as Ann explained), stupidly chauvinistic, a dopey
> > > notion she picked up without asking herself if it made any
> > > sense.
> > > 
> > > This wasn't the most egregious instance by any means of
> > > her making a fool of herself, but it *was* typical. If you
> > > really want the best for Share, feste, you need to let her
> > > take her lumps instead of trying to protect her from
> > > herself and from reality. You aren't even showing her any
> > > *respect* when you do the latter.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Yep, obviously I'm still learning how to communicate online in a 
> > > > > noninflammatory way.  Judy, I'm sure I've made a fool of myself 
> > > > > prior to today and am equally sure that I will do so again in the 
> > > > > future.  Ann, neither Edwin nor I were criticizing dirty fighting.  
> > > > > Which I thought, albeit wrongly, that the explanation explained.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > >  From: awoelflebater 
> > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 8:40 AM
> > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and emptyB
> > > > >  
> > > > > 
> > > > >   
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > feste, we adore you for adoring us and emptyB, we adore you for 
> > > > > > having a healthy respect for our trickiness which of course we had 
> > > > > > to develop to survive living with those big strong hairy cavemen 
> > > > > > prone to slinging us over their shoulder.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > In his workshop music man Edwin Coppard from Victoria teaches that 
> > > > > > since cave days, women fight dirty.
> > > > > 
> > > > > And do you believe that/him? Sounds like a funny sort of man's (n 
> > > > > this case the man being Mr Coppard) viewpoint. How about looking at 
> > > > > it that because women are, generally speaking, less physically strong 
> > > > > than men they have to rely on their wits more and of course this 
> > > > > would apply mostly to days gone by when phys

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> 
> > Like I said, a real chip off the old Robin blockheadedness.
> 
> Hey, Barry, saying something RLY
> RLY STOOPID
> twice doesn't somehow make it any less
> STPID.

See what I mean about them having used up all of
the scurrilous accusations they're capable of 
thinking up, Michael? The most they can do now
is add more vowels to them. 





[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:

> Like I said, a real chip off the old Robin blockheadedness.

Hey, Barry, saying something RLY
RLY STOOPID
twice doesn't somehow make it any less
STPID.




[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> >
> > Looks like someone is trying to cover her embarrassment at 
> > her foolish error. 
> 
> Sorry, not embarrassed, not covering, and definitely not 
> foolish. I've been wrong, but not stupid.

Like I said, a real chip off the old Robin blockheadedness.

 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater  wrote:
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Correct. Wolf didn't bother to read the relevant post, so she made a 
> > > > fool of herself.
> > > 
> > > Sorry Feste, it takes a lot more than that to look like a fool. But it 
> > > hardly takes anything at all to look like an asshole.
> > > > 
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" 
> > > >  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater  wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Share, darling, you did not make a fool of yourself. That was 
> > > > > > > just authfriend's malicious spin. 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Dear Feste. Please note, in the interest of clarity here,  that 
> > > > > > Judy did not say Share had made a fool of herself, not even close. 
> > > > > > She asked a question, didn't make a statement, and the question was 
> > > > > > did 
> > > > > > Share think she had communicated to Judy or I in her last post to 
> > > > > > us. Take a breath and take a moment and figure out why you despise 
> > > > > > Judy and are reacting like crazy right now. OK, it's your turn, I 
> > > > > > think I'm ready.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > I'm pretty sure Feste is referring to what Judy wrote here:
> > > > > 
> > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328397
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>




[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
>
> We need to compile an authfriend lexicon that will help others
> to  understand her. In this case "making a fool of yourself" 
> means "writing something I don't agree with."

And now you just made a fool of yourself again, feste.
Go back and look at my original post

> In doing so we need to acknowledge the fine work already done
> in this field by Turquoise B, a brilliant, pioneering scholar 
> of "authfriend speak," which we might define as a language 
> developed entirely to browbeat and humiliate other people. 

What is this compulsion to make yourself look stupid 
lately, feste? As if I could ever come anywhere near
the ability of Barryspeak to browbeat and humiliate.

You are way out of your league here, feste darling.



 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> > >
> > > Share, darling, you did not make a fool of yourself. That was
> > > just authfriend's malicious spin.
> > 
> > Yeah, sorry, but she did make a fool of herself, in two ways.
> > First, she didn't make any effort to find out what the video
> > was that emptybill was talking about and just jumped in with
> > something wildly inappropriate to the context.
> > 
> > And second, what she was babbling about was, on its own
> > terms (as Ann explained), stupidly chauvinistic, a dopey
> > notion she picked up without asking herself if it made any
> > sense.
> > 
> > This wasn't the most egregious instance by any means of
> > her making a fool of herself, but it *was* typical. If you
> > really want the best for Share, feste, you need to let her
> > take her lumps instead of trying to protect her from
> > herself and from reality. You aren't even showing her any
> > *respect* when you do the latter.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Yep, obviously I'm still learning how to communicate online in a 
> > > > noninflammatory way.  Judy, I'm sure I've made a fool of myself prior 
> > > > to today and am equally sure that I will do so again in the future.  
> > > > Ann, neither Edwin nor I were criticizing dirty fighting.  Which I 
> > > > thought, albeit wrongly, that the explanation explained.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >  From: awoelflebater 
> > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> > > > Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 8:40 AM
> > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and emptyB
> > > >  
> > > > 
> > > >   
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > feste, we adore you for adoring us and emptyB, we adore you for 
> > > > > having a healthy respect for our trickiness which of course we had to 
> > > > > develop to survive living with those big strong hairy cavemen prone 
> > > > > to slinging us over their shoulder.
> > > > > 
> > > > > In his workshop music man Edwin Coppard from Victoria teaches that 
> > > > > since cave days, women fight dirty.
> > > > 
> > > > And do you believe that/him? Sounds like a funny sort of man's (n this 
> > > > case the man being Mr Coppard) viewpoint. How about looking at it that 
> > > > because women are, generally speaking, less physically strong than men 
> > > > they have to rely on their wits more and of course this would apply 
> > > > mostly to days gone by when physical threat was more common in daily 
> > > > life. To hide one's young from a predator would involve elements of 
> > > > foresight, the ability to be spontaneous and creative to find ways of 
> > > > escaping the jaws of some hungry mountain lion as well as a huge degree 
> > > > of courage. To use a term to lump all of these characteristics into one 
> > > > descriptive word like "dirty" is patently ridiculous and shortsighted, 
> > > > even underhanded. Talk about 'fighting dirty'. Just another person 
> > > > putting a negative spin on what could be otherwise construed as 
> > > > positive in the opposite sex.
> >

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread awoelflebater


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
>
> Looks like someone is trying to cover her embarrassment at her foolish error. 

Sorry, not embarrassed, not covering, and definitely not foolish. I've been 
wrong, but not stupid.
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> > >
> > > Correct. Wolf didn't bother to read the relevant post, so she made a fool 
> > > of herself.
> > 
> > Sorry Feste, it takes a lot more than that to look like a fool. But it 
> > hardly takes anything at all to look like an asshole.
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" 
> > >  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Share, darling, you did not make a fool of yourself. That was just 
> > > > > > authfriend's malicious spin. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Dear Feste. Please note, in the interest of clarity here,  that Judy 
> > > > > did not say Share had made a fool of herself, not even close. She 
> > > > > asked a question, didn't make a statement, and the question was did 
> > > > > Share think she had communicated to Judy or I in her last post to us. 
> > > > > Take a breath and take a moment and figure out why you despise Judy 
> > > > > and are reacting like crazy right now. OK, it's your turn, I think 
> > > > > I'm ready.
> > > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I'm pretty sure Feste is referring to what Judy wrote here:
> > > > 
> > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328397
> > > >
> > >
> >
>




[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread feste37
Looks like someone is trying to cover her embarrassment at her foolish error. 

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> >
> > Correct. Wolf didn't bother to read the relevant post, so she made a fool 
> > of herself.
> 
> Sorry Feste, it takes a lot more than that to look like a fool. But it hardly 
> takes anything at all to look like an asshole.
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"  
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Share, darling, you did not make a fool of yourself. That was just 
> > > > > authfriend's malicious spin. 
> > > > 
> > > > Dear Feste. Please note, in the interest of clarity here,  that Judy 
> > > > did not say Share had made a fool of herself, not even close. She asked 
> > > > a question, didn't make a statement, and the question was did 
> > > > Share think she had communicated to Judy or I in her last post to us. 
> > > > Take a breath and take a moment and figure out why you despise Judy and 
> > > > are reacting like crazy right now. OK, it's your turn, I think I'm 
> > > > ready.
> > > > > 
> > > 
> > > I'm pretty sure Feste is referring to what Judy wrote here:
> > > 
> > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328397
> > >
> >
>




[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"  
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater  wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Share, darling, you did not make a fool of yourself. That 
> > > > was just authfriend's malicious spin. 
> > > 
> > > Dear Feste. Please note, in the interest of clarity here,  
> > > that Judy did not say Share had made a fool of herself, 
> > > not even close. She asked a question, didn't make a statement, 
> > > and the question was did Share think she had communicated to 
> > > Judy or I in her last post to us. Take a breath and take a 
> > > moment and figure out why you despise Judy and are reacting 
> > > like crazy right now. OK, it's your turn, I think I'm ready.
> > 
> > I'm pretty sure Feste is referring to what Judy wrote here:
> > 
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328397
> 
> Thanks Alex, you just gave an example of correcting/clarifying 
> something without coming across like a dink.

Ahem. Methinks Angry Ann forgot to include the part of
her post that goes, "I was W...W...W...WRONG. It was 
M...M...M...ME who made a fool of myself. Sorry."

A real chip off the Robin blockheadedness. 





[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread awoelflebater


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"  
wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> > >
> > > Share, darling, you did not make a fool of yourself. That was just 
> > > authfriend's malicious spin. 
> > 
> > Dear Feste. Please note, in the interest of clarity here,  that Judy did 
> > not say Share had made a fool of herself, not even close. She asked a 
> > question, didn't make a statement, and the question was did 
> > Share think she had communicated to Judy or I in her last post to us. Take 
> > a breath and take a moment and figure out why you despise Judy and are 
> > reacting like crazy right now. OK, it's your turn, I think I'm ready.
> > > 
> 
> I'm pretty sure Feste is referring to what Judy wrote here:
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328397

Thanks Alex, you just gave an example of correcting/clarifying something 
without coming across like a dink.
>




[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread awoelflebater


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
>
> Correct. Wolf didn't bother to read the relevant post, so she made a fool of 
> herself.

Sorry Feste, it takes a lot more than that to look like a fool. But it hardly 
takes anything at all to look like an asshole.
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"  
> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater  wrote:
> > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Share, darling, you did not make a fool of yourself. That was just 
> > > > authfriend's malicious spin. 
> > > 
> > > Dear Feste. Please note, in the interest of clarity here,  that Judy did 
> > > not say Share had made a fool of herself, not even close. She asked a 
> > > question, didn't make a statement, and the question was did 
> > > Share think she had communicated to Judy or I in her last post to us. 
> > > Take a breath and take a moment and figure out why you despise Judy and 
> > > are reacting like crazy right now. OK, it's your turn, I think I'm ready.
> > > > 
> > 
> > I'm pretty sure Feste is referring to what Judy wrote here:
> > 
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328397
> >
>




[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread feste37
We need to compile an authfriend lexicon that will help others to  understand 
her. In this case "making a fool of yourself" means "writing something I don't 
agree with." In doing so we need to acknowledge the fine work already done in 
this field by Turquoise B, a brilliant, pioneering scholar of "authfriend 
speak," which we might define as a language developed entirely to browbeat and 
humiliate other people. 

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> >
> > Share, darling, you did not make a fool of yourself. That was
> > just authfriend's malicious spin.
> 
> Yeah, sorry, but she did make a fool of herself, in two ways.
> First, she didn't make any effort to find out what the video
> was that emptybill was talking about and just jumped in with
> something wildly inappropriate to the context.
> 
> And second, what she was babbling about was, on its own
> terms (as Ann explained), stupidly chauvinistic, a dopey
> notion she picked up without asking herself if it made any
> sense.
> 
> This wasn't the most egregious instance by any means of
> her making a fool of herself, but it *was* typical. If you
> really want the best for Share, feste, you need to let her
> take her lumps instead of trying to protect her from
> herself and from reality. You aren't even showing her any
> *respect* when you do the latter.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
> > >
> > > Yep, obviously I'm still learning how to communicate online in a 
> > > noninflammatory way.  Judy, I'm sure I've made a fool of myself prior to 
> > > today and am equally sure that I will do so again in the future.  Ann, 
> > > neither Edwin nor I were criticizing dirty fighting.  Which I thought, 
> > > albeit wrongly, that the explanation explained.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >  From: awoelflebater 
> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 8:40 AM
> > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and emptyB
> > >  
> > > 
> > >   
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > feste, we adore you for adoring us and emptyB, we adore you for having 
> > > > a healthy respect for our trickiness which of course we had to develop 
> > > > to survive living with those big strong hairy cavemen prone to slinging 
> > > > us over their shoulder.
> > > > 
> > > > In his workshop music man Edwin Coppard from Victoria teaches that 
> > > > since cave days, women fight dirty.
> > > 
> > > And do you believe that/him? Sounds like a funny sort of man's (n this 
> > > case the man being Mr Coppard) viewpoint. How about looking at it that 
> > > because women are, generally speaking, less physically strong than men 
> > > they have to rely on their wits more and of course this would apply 
> > > mostly to days gone by when physical threat was more common in daily 
> > > life. To hide one's young from a predator would involve elements of 
> > > foresight, the ability to be spontaneous and creative to find ways of 
> > > escaping the jaws of some hungry mountain lion as well as a huge degree 
> > > of courage. To use a term to lump all of these characteristics into one 
> > > descriptive word like "dirty" is patently ridiculous and shortsighted, 
> > > even underhanded. Talk about 'fighting dirty'. Just another person 
> > > putting a negative spin on what could be otherwise construed as positive 
> > > in the opposite sex.
> > > 
> > >   We had to have strategies and abilities to protect the young because 
> > > we were the last line of defense when the men of the tribe were off 
> > > hunting or warring.
> > > 
> > > We would have been the FIRST and far from inferior line of defense since 
> > > the men were gone and might have been the first line even if they had 
> > > been present.
> > > > 
> > > > Edwin still has a bit of a Cockney accent and he used much more 
> > > > colorful language which I will leave to everyone's imagination.  If 
> > > > only to spare Buck who makes me smile just about every single day 
> > > > (-:   
> > > 

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
>
> Share, darling, you did not make a fool of yourself. That was
> just authfriend's malicious spin.

Yeah, sorry, but she did make a fool of herself, in two ways.
First, she didn't make any effort to find out what the video
was that emptybill was talking about and just jumped in with
something wildly inappropriate to the context.

And second, what she was babbling about was, on its own
terms (as Ann explained), stupidly chauvinistic, a dopey
notion she picked up without asking herself if it made any
sense.

This wasn't the most egregious instance by any means of
her making a fool of herself, but it *was* typical. If you
really want the best for Share, feste, you need to let her
take her lumps instead of trying to protect her from
herself and from reality. You aren't even showing her any
*respect* when you do the latter.





> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
> >
> > Yep, obviously I'm still learning how to communicate online in a 
> > noninflammatory way.  Judy, I'm sure I've made a fool of myself prior to 
> > today and am equally sure that I will do so again in the future.  Ann, 
> > neither Edwin nor I were criticizing dirty fighting.  Which I thought, 
> > albeit wrongly, that the explanation explained.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  From: awoelflebater 
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> > Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 8:40 AM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and emptyB
> >  
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
> > >
> > > feste, we adore you for adoring us and emptyB, we adore you for having a 
> > > healthy respect for our trickiness which of course we had to develop to 
> > > survive living with those big strong hairy cavemen prone to slinging us 
> > > over their shoulder.
> > > 
> > > In his workshop music man Edwin Coppard from Victoria teaches that since 
> > > cave days, women fight dirty.
> > 
> > And do you believe that/him? Sounds like a funny sort of man's (n this case 
> > the man being Mr Coppard) viewpoint. How about looking at it that because 
> > women are, generally speaking, less physically strong than men they have to 
> > rely on their wits more and of course this would apply mostly to days gone 
> > by when physical threat was more common in daily life. To hide one's young 
> > from a predator would involve elements of foresight, the ability to be 
> > spontaneous and creative to find ways of escaping the jaws of some hungry 
> > mountain lion as well as a huge degree of courage. To use a term to lump 
> > all of these characteristics into one descriptive word like "dirty" is 
> > patently ridiculous and shortsighted, even underhanded. Talk about 
> > 'fighting dirty'. Just another person putting a negative spin on what could 
> > be otherwise construed as positive in the opposite sex.
> > 
> >   We had to have strategies and abilities to protect the young because 
> > we were the last line of defense when the men of the tribe were off hunting 
> > or warring.
> > 
> > We would have been the FIRST and far from inferior line of defense since 
> > the men were gone and might have been the first line even if they had been 
> > present.
> > > 
> > > Edwin still has a bit of a Cockney accent and he used much more colorful 
> > > language which I will leave to everyone's imagination.  If only to 
> > > spare Buck who makes me smile just about every single day (-:   
> > 
> > Yessiree, that Buck certainly makes me shake my head in wonder, every day. 
> > Can you imagine if he was our first line of defense against some marauder? 
> > "Now ladies, relax, just close your eyes for 20 minutes and all will be 
> > fine. If you find yourself dead in the next 20 seconds it's because there 
> > just weren't enough of us meditating right now. Now shoo, you nasty cougar."
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >  From: feste37 
> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 8:04 PM
> > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill"  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Wonderful performanc

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread feste37
Correct. Wolf didn't bother to read the relevant post, so she made a fool of 
herself. 

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"  
wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> > >
> > > Share, darling, you did not make a fool of yourself. That was just 
> > > authfriend's malicious spin. 
> > 
> > Dear Feste. Please note, in the interest of clarity here,  that Judy did 
> > not say Share had made a fool of herself, not even close. She asked a 
> > question, didn't make a statement, and the question was did 
> > Share think she had communicated to Judy or I in her last post to us. Take 
> > a breath and take a moment and figure out why you despise Judy and are 
> > reacting like crazy right now. OK, it's your turn, I think I'm ready.
> > > 
> 
> I'm pretty sure Feste is referring to what Judy wrote here:
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328397
>




[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread Alex Stanley


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> >
> > Share, darling, you did not make a fool of yourself. That was just 
> > authfriend's malicious spin. 
> 
> Dear Feste. Please note, in the interest of clarity here,  that Judy did not 
> say Share had made a fool of herself, not even close. She asked a question, 
> didn't make a statement, and the question was did 
> Share think she had communicated to Judy or I in her last post to us. Take a 
> breath and take a moment and figure out why you despise Judy and are reacting 
> like crazy right now. OK, it's your turn, I think I'm ready.
> > 

I'm pretty sure Feste is referring to what Judy wrote here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328397






[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread awoelflebater


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
>
> Share, darling, you did not make a fool of yourself. That was just 
> authfriend's malicious spin. 

Dear Feste. Please note, in the interest of clarity here,  that Judy did not 
say Share had made a fool of herself, not even close. She asked a question, 
didn't make a statement, and the question was did 
Share think she had communicated to Judy or I in her last post to us. Take a 
breath and take a moment and figure out why you despise Judy and are reacting 
like crazy right now. OK, it's your turn, I think I'm ready.
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
> >
> > Yep, obviously I'm still learning how to communicate online in a 
> > noninflammatory way.  Judy, I'm sure I've made a fool of myself prior to 
> > today and am equally sure that I will do so again in the future.  Ann, 
> > neither Edwin nor I were criticizing dirty fighting.  Which I thought, 
> > albeit wrongly, that the explanation explained.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  From: awoelflebater 
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> > Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 8:40 AM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and emptyB
> >  
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
> > >
> > > feste, we adore you for adoring us and emptyB, we adore you for having a 
> > > healthy respect for our trickiness which of course we had to develop to 
> > > survive living with those big strong hairy cavemen prone to slinging us 
> > > over their shoulder.
> > > 
> > > In his workshop music man Edwin Coppard from Victoria teaches that since 
> > > cave days, women fight dirty.
> > 
> > And do you believe that/him? Sounds like a funny sort of man's (n this case 
> > the man being Mr Coppard) viewpoint. How about looking at it that because 
> > women are, generally speaking, less physically strong than men they have to 
> > rely on their wits more and of course this would apply mostly to days gone 
> > by when physical threat was more common in daily life. To hide one's young 
> > from a predator would involve elements of foresight, the ability to be 
> > spontaneous and creative to find ways of escaping the jaws of some hungry 
> > mountain lion as well as a huge degree of courage. To use a term to lump 
> > all of these characteristics into one descriptive word like "dirty" is 
> > patently ridiculous and shortsighted, even underhanded. Talk about 
> > 'fighting dirty'. Just another person putting a negative spin on what could 
> > be otherwise construed as positive in the opposite sex.
> > 
> >   We had to have strategies and abilities to protect the young because 
> > we were the last line of defense when the men of the tribe were off hunting 
> > or warring.
> > 
> > We would have been the FIRST and far from inferior line of defense since 
> > the men were gone and might have been the first line even if they had been 
> > present.
> > > 
> > > Edwin still has a bit of a Cockney accent and he used much more colorful 
> > > language which I will leave to everyone's imagination.  If only to 
> > > spare Buck who makes me smile just about every single day (-:   
> > 
> > Yessiree, that Buck certainly makes me shake my head in wonder, every day. 
> > Can you imagine if he was our first line of defense against some marauder? 
> > "Now ladies, relax, just close your eyes for 20 minutes and all will be 
> > fine. If you find yourself dead in the next 20 seconds it's because there 
> > just weren't enough of us meditating right now. Now shoo, you nasty cougar."
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >  From: feste37 
> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 8:04 PM
> > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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, 

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread feste37
Share, darling, you did not make a fool of yourself. That was just authfriend's 
malicious spin. 

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
>
> Yep, obviously I'm still learning how to communicate online in a 
> noninflammatory way.  Judy, I'm sure I've made a fool of myself prior to 
> today and am equally sure that I will do so again in the future.  Ann, 
> neither Edwin nor I were criticizing dirty fighting.  Which I thought, 
> albeit wrongly, that the explanation explained.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  From: awoelflebater 
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 8:40 AM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and emptyB
>  
> 
>   
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
> >
> > feste, we adore you for adoring us and emptyB, we adore you for having a 
> > healthy respect for our trickiness which of course we had to develop to 
> > survive living with those big strong hairy cavemen prone to slinging us 
> > over their shoulder.
> > 
> > In his workshop music man Edwin Coppard from Victoria teaches that since 
> > cave days, women fight dirty.
> 
> And do you believe that/him? Sounds like a funny sort of man's (n this case 
> the man being Mr Coppard) viewpoint. How about looking at it that because 
> women are, generally speaking, less physically strong than men they have to 
> rely on their wits more and of course this would apply mostly to days gone by 
> when physical threat was more common in daily life. To hide one's young from 
> a predator would involve elements of foresight, the ability to be spontaneous 
> and creative to find ways of escaping the jaws of some hungry mountain lion 
> as well as a huge degree of courage. To use a term to lump all of these 
> characteristics into one descriptive word like "dirty" is patently ridiculous 
> and shortsighted, even underhanded. Talk about 'fighting dirty'. Just another 
> person putting a negative spin on what could be otherwise construed as 
> positive in the opposite sex.
> 
>   We had to have strategies and abilities to protect the young because we 
> were the last line of defense when the men of the tribe were off hunting or 
> warring.
> 
> We would have been the FIRST and far from inferior line of defense since the 
> men were gone and might have been the first line even if they had been 
> present.
> > 
> > Edwin still has a bit of a Cockney accent and he used much more colorful 
> > language which I will leave to everyone's imagination.  If only to spare 
> > Buck who makes me smile just about every single day (-:   
> 
> Yessiree, that Buck certainly makes me shake my head in wonder, every day. 
> Can you imagine if he was our first line of defense against some marauder? 
> "Now ladies, relax, just close your eyes for 20 minutes and all will be fine. 
> If you find yourself dead in the next 20 seconds it's because there just 
> weren't enough of us meditating right now. Now shoo, you nasty cougar."
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  From: feste37 
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 8:04 PM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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.
> > 
> > I know. Mess with them and you're history. That's why I adore them so much. 
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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
> > > >
> > > 

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and emptyB

2012-12-06 Thread turquoiseb
> And with regard to the "Mad Scene" woman emptybill was talking
> about, she murders her bridegroom because she's been forced by
> her brother to marry him rather than the man she loves, and
> she has gone insane with grief.
> 
> Real tricky on the woman's part, huh?
> 
> There's more: Her brother has arranged the marriage for
> political reasons, to secure his own power; and the two
> thwarted lovers have been led to believe each has betrayed the
> other. When the woman's lover learns that she has died, he
> kills himself.
> 
> The opera is based on real events that took place in 17th
> century Scotland.


And people wonder why I prefer the relatively upbeat,
comparatively happy themes of country music to opera.  :-)





[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread authfriend
Do you think you have communicated with Ann and me here,
Share?


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
>
> Yep, obviously I'm still learning how to communicate online in a 
> noninflammatory way.  Judy, I'm sure I've made a fool of myself prior to 
> today and am equally sure that I will do so again in the future.  Ann, 
> neither Edwin nor I were criticizing dirty fighting.  Which I thought, 
> albeit wrongly, that the explanation explained.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  From: awoelflebater 
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 8:40 AM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and emptyB
>  
> 
>   
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
> >
> > feste, we adore you for adoring us and emptyB, we adore you for having a 
> > healthy respect for our trickiness which of course we had to develop to 
> > survive living with those big strong hairy cavemen prone to slinging us 
> > over their shoulder.
> > 
> > In his workshop music man Edwin Coppard from Victoria teaches that since 
> > cave days, women fight dirty.
> 
> And do you believe that/him? Sounds like a funny sort of man's (n this case 
> the man being Mr Coppard) viewpoint. How about looking at it that because 
> women are, generally speaking, less physically strong than men they have to 
> rely on their wits more and of course this would apply mostly to days gone by 
> when physical threat was more common in daily life. To hide one's young from 
> a predator would involve elements of foresight, the ability to be spontaneous 
> and creative to find ways of escaping the jaws of some hungry mountain lion 
> as well as a huge degree of courage. To use a term to lump all of these 
> characteristics into one descriptive word like "dirty" is patently ridiculous 
> and shortsighted, even underhanded. Talk about 'fighting dirty'. Just another 
> person putting a negative spin on what could be otherwise construed as 
> positive in the opposite sex.
> 
>   We had to have strategies and abilities to protect the young because we 
> were the last line of defense when the men of the tribe were off hunting or 
> warring.
> 
> We would have been the FIRST and far from inferior line of defense since the 
> men were gone and might have been the first line even if they had been 
> present.
> > 
> > Edwin still has a bit of a Cockney accent and he used much more colorful 
> > language which I will leave to everyone's imagination.  If only to spare 
> > Buck who makes me smile just about every single day (-:   
> 
> Yessiree, that Buck certainly makes me shake my head in wonder, every day. 
> Can you imagine if he was our first line of defense against some marauder? 
> "Now ladies, relax, just close your eyes for 20 minutes and all will be fine. 
> If you find yourself dead in the next 20 seconds it's because there just 
> weren't enough of us meditating right now. Now shoo, you nasty cougar."
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  From: feste37 
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 8:04 PM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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.
> > 
> > I know. Mess with them and you're history. That's why I adore them so much. 
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and emptyB

2012-12-06 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater  wrote:
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
> >
> > feste, we adore you for adoring us and emptyB, we adore you
> > for having a healthy respect for our trickiness which of
> > course we had to develop to survive living with those big
> > strong hairy cavemen prone to slinging us over their shoulder.
> > 
> > In his workshop music man Edwin Coppard from Victoria teaches
> > that since cave days, women fight dirty.
> 
> And do you believe that/him? Sounds like a funny sort of man's
> (in this case the man being Mr Coppard) viewpoint.

> Talk about 'fighting dirty'. Just another person putting a
> negative spin on what could be otherwise construed as positive
> in the opposite sex.

That's OK, he's an "expert" and a "wise other."

And with regard to the "Mad Scene" woman emptybill was talking
about, she murders her bridegroom because she's been forced by
her brother to marry him rather than the man she loves, and
she has gone insane with grief.

Real tricky on the woman's part, huh?

There's more: Her brother has arranged the marriage for
political reasons, to secure his own power; and the two
thwarted lovers have been led to believe each has betrayed the
other. When the woman's lover learns that she has died, he
kills himself.

The opera is based on real events that took place in 17th
century Scotland.




Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to Judy and Ann

2012-12-06 Thread Share Long
Yep, obviously I'm still learning how to communicate online in a 
noninflammatory way.  Judy, I'm sure I've made a fool of myself prior to today 
and am equally sure that I will do so again in the future.  Ann, neither Edwin 
nor I were criticizing dirty fighting.  Which I thought, albeit wrongly, that 
the explanation explained.




 From: awoelflebater 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 8:40 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and emptyB
 

  


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
>
> feste, we adore you for adoring us and emptyB, we adore you for having a 
> healthy respect for our trickiness which of course we had to develop to 
> survive living with those big strong hairy cavemen prone to slinging us over 
> their shoulder.
> 
> In his workshop music man Edwin Coppard from Victoria teaches that since cave 
> days, women fight dirty.

And do you believe that/him? Sounds like a funny sort of man's (n this case the 
man being Mr Coppard) viewpoint. How about looking at it that because women 
are, generally speaking, less physically strong than men they have to rely on 
their wits more and of course this would apply mostly to days gone by when 
physical threat was more common in daily life. To hide one's young from a 
predator would involve elements of foresight, the ability to be spontaneous and 
creative to find ways of escaping the jaws of some hungry mountain lion as well 
as a huge degree of courage. To use a term to lump all of these characteristics 
into one descriptive word like "dirty" is patently ridiculous and shortsighted, 
even underhanded. Talk about 'fighting dirty'. Just another person putting a 
negative spin on what could be otherwise construed as positive in the opposite 
sex.

  We had to have strategies and abilities to protect the young because we were 
the last line of defense when the men of the tribe were off hunting or warring.

We would have been the FIRST and far from inferior line of defense since the 
men were gone and might have been the first line even if they had been present.
> 
> Edwin still has a bit of a Cockney accent and he used much more colorful 
> language which I will leave to everyone's imagination.  If only to spare 
> Buck who makes me smile just about every single day (-:   

Yessiree, that Buck certainly makes me shake my head in wonder, every day. Can 
you imagine if he was our first line of defense against some marauder? "Now 
ladies, relax, just close your eyes for 20 minutes and all will be fine. If you 
find yourself dead in the next 20 seconds it's because there just weren't 
enough of us meditating right now. Now shoo, you nasty cougar."
> 
> 
> 
> ____
>  From: feste37 
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 8:04 PM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12
> 
> 
>   
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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.
> 
> I know. Mess with them and you're history. That's why I adore them so much. 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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.)
> > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and emptyB

2012-12-06 Thread awoelflebater


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
>
> feste, we adore you for adoring us and emptyB, we adore you for having a 
> healthy respect for our trickiness which of course we had to develop to 
> survive living with those big strong hairy cavemen prone to slinging us over 
> their shoulder.
> 
> In his workshop music man Edwin Coppard from Victoria teaches that since cave 
> days, women fight dirty.

And do you believe that/him? Sounds like a funny sort of man's (n this case the 
man being Mr Coppard) viewpoint. How about looking at it that because women 
are, generally speaking, less physically strong than men they have to rely on 
their wits more and of course this would apply mostly to days gone by when 
physical threat was more common in daily life. To hide one's young from a 
predator would involve elements of foresight, the ability to be spontaneous and 
creative to find ways of escaping the jaws of some hungry mountain lion as well 
as a huge degree of courage. To use a term to lump all of these characteristics 
into one descriptive word like "dirty" is patently ridiculous and shortsighted, 
even underhanded. Talk about 'fighting dirty'. Just another person putting a 
negative spin on what could be otherwise construed as positive in the opposite 
sex.

  We had to have strategies and abilities to protect the young because we were 
the last line of defense when the men of the tribe were off hunting or warring.

We would have been the FIRST and far from inferior line of defense since the 
men were gone and might have been the first line even if they had been present.
> 
> Edwin still has a bit of a Cockney accent and he used much more colorful 
> language which I will leave to everyone's imagination.  If only to spare 
> Buck who makes me smile just about every single day (-:   

Yessiree, that Buck certainly makes me shake my head in wonder, every day. Can 
you imagine if he was our first line of defense against some marauder? "Now 
ladies, relax, just close your eyes for 20 minutes and all will be fine. If you 
find yourself dead in the next 20 seconds it's because there just weren't 
enough of us meditating right now. Now shoo, you nasty cougar."
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  From: feste37 
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 8:04 PM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12
>  
> 
>   
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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.
> 
> I know. Mess with them and you're history. That's why I adore them so much. 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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.
&g

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and emptyB

2012-12-06 Thread authfriend
Right. In this case, though, since the woman in question
goes insane, murders the man she has just married, and
then dies herself, not only are there no young to be
protected, there never *will* be any young to be
protected by her "dirty fighting."

It's always a good idea to view a video before one 
comments on it, lest one make a complete fool of oneself.
(Although the words "mad scene" should perhaps have been
a clue...)



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
>
> feste, we adore you for adoring us and emptyB, we adore you for having a 
> healthy respect for our trickiness which of course we had to develop to 
> survive living with those big strong hairy cavemen prone to slinging us over 
> their shoulder.
> 
> In his workshop music man Edwin Coppard from Victoria teaches that since cave 
> days, women fight dirty.  We had to have strategies and abilities to protect 
> the young because we were the last line of defense when the men of the tribe 
> were off hunting or warring.
> 
> Edwin still has a bit of a Cockney accent and he used much more colorful 
> language which I will leave to everyone's imagination.  If only to spare 
> Buck who makes me smile just about every single day (-:    
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  From: feste37 
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 8:04 PM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12
>  
> 
>   
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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.
> 
> I know. Mess with them and you're history. That's why I adore them so much. 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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"  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 audi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and emptyB

2012-12-06 Thread Share Long
feste, we adore you for adoring us and emptyB, we adore you for having a 
healthy respect for our trickiness which of course we had to develop to survive 
living with those big strong hairy cavemen prone to slinging us over their 
shoulder.

In his workshop music man Edwin Coppard from Victoria teaches that since cave 
days, women fight dirty.  We had to have strategies and abilities to protect 
the young because we were the last line of defense when the men of the tribe 
were off hunting or warring.

Edwin still has a bit of a Cockney accent and he used much more colorful 
language which I will leave to everyone's imagination.  If only to spare Buck 
who makes me smile just about every single day (-:    




 From: feste37 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 8:04 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12
 

  


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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.

I know. Mess with them and you're history. That's why I adore them so much. 

> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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"  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" 
> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Nice, but not enough cleavage, which is an essential part of a
> > > female
> > > > > opera singer’s repertoire, don’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:

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12

2012-12-05 Thread feste37


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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.


I know. Mess with them and you're history. That's why I adore them so much. 

> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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"  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
> > > > >
> 
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" 
> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Nice, but not enough cleavage, which is an essential part of a
> > > female
> > > > > opera singer’s repertoire, don’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
> > > > > > It’s an aria from a Vivaldi opera and she uses it as an
> > > encore.
> > > > > It’s breathtaking, sensational. I defy anyone to keep
> still
> > > while
> > > > > they watch it. It’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
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 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
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>




[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12

2012-12-05 Thread emptybill
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" 
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"  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
> > > >

> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" 
wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Nice, but not enough cleavage, which is an essential part of a
> > female
> > > > opera singer’s repertoire, don’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
> > > > > It’s an aria from a Vivaldi opera and she uses it as an
> > encore.
> > > > It’s breathtaking, sensational. I defy anyone to keep
still
> > while
> > > > they watch it. It’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
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 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
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>




[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12

2012-12-04 Thread authfriend
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"  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"  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
> > > 
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Nice, but not enough cleavage, which is an essential part of a
> female
> > > opera singer’s repertoire, don’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
> > > > It’s an aria from a Vivaldi opera and she uses it as an
> encore.
> > > It’s breathtaking, sensational. I defy anyone to keep still
> while
> > > they watch it. It’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
> > > > > 
> > > > >
> > > > > 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
> > > > > 
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>




[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12

2012-12-04 Thread emptybill

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"  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
> > 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> > >
> > > Nice, but not enough cleavage, which is an essential part of a
female
> > opera singer’s repertoire, don’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
> > > It’s an aria from a Vivaldi opera and she uses it as an
encore.
> > It’s breathtaking, sensational. I defy anyone to keep still
while
> > they watch it. It’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
> > > > 
> > > >
> > > > 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
> > > > 
> > > >
> > >
> >
>



[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12

2012-12-04 Thread feste37
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"  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
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
> >
> > Nice, but not enough cleavage, which is an essential part of a female
> opera singer’s repertoire, don’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
> > It’s an aria from a Vivaldi opera and she uses it as an encore.
> It’s breathtaking, sensational. I defy anyone to keep still while
> they watch it. It’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
> > > 
> > >
> > > 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
> > > 
> > >
> >
>




[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12

2012-12-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill"  wrote:
> 
> Two of the best mezzo-sopranos, Elina Garanca and Anna Netrebko, 
> sing the famous Flower duet (Lakmé 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
> 
>
>
> 
> Also,
> 
> Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Renee Fleming in a fabulous 
> performance in the palace at St. Petersburg (a duet from
> Verdi's Il Travatore).

YEOW!!

Have the smelling salts handy. This really packs a wallop.

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV9rE61kodw&feature=related
> 





[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12

2012-12-04 Thread emptybill

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





--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
>
> Nice, but not enough cleavage, which is an essential part of a female
opera singer’s repertoire, don’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
> It’s an aria from a Vivaldi opera and she uses it as an encore.
It’s breathtaking, sensational. I defy anyone to keep still while
they watch it. It’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
> > 
> >
> > 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
> > 
> >
>



[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12

2012-12-04 Thread emptybill
Thanks for that. It was hilarious.
But did "she" have breast reduction surgery?

What these divas will do to stay competitive.


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" 
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" feste37@ wrote:
> 
> > My favorite Cecilia is this:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2IeGgk_06I
> > Its an aria from a Vivaldi opera and she uses it as an encore.
> > Its breathtaking, sensational. I defy anyone to keep still
> > while they watch it. Its Baroque rock.  And just look at her
> > face when she is finished.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdQU-N8b3HA
>




[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12

2012-12-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:

> My favorite Cecilia is this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2IeGgk_06I
> Its an aria from a Vivaldi opera and she uses it as an encore.
> Its breathtaking, sensational. I defy anyone to keep still
> while they watch it. Its Baroque rock.  And just look at her
> face when she is finished. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdQU-N8b3HA




[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12

2012-12-04 Thread merudanda

Elina G ..

G?G-Effect...G-Force?
from G-Factor.. to G-Spot? [:D]

decide yourself


during recording

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQR9d8Y96hY

during concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE0HXHirY7U


  Clemenza di Tito
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMX-s0L2wLo

Clemenza di Tito
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhJjY-ohBSk


the great B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roo34ysqc4Y



  
all without "wardrobe malfunction" I think-I hope- oh feste,feste37 why
oh why you mentioned?


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"  wrote:
>
> Nice, but not enough cleavage, which is an essential part of a female
opera singer’s repertoire, don’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
> It’s an aria from a Vivaldi opera and she uses it as an encore.
It’s breathtaking, sensational. I defy anyone to keep still while
they watch it. It’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
> > 
> >
> > 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
> > 
> >
>



[FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12

2012-12-04 Thread feste37
Nice, but not enough cleavage, which is an essential part of a female opera 
singer’s repertoire, don’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
It’s an aria from a Vivaldi opera and she uses it as an encore. It’s 
breathtaking, sensational. I defy anyone to keep still while they watch it. 
It’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"  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
> 
> 
> 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
> 
>