tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post1001725128589911374..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-66068842353543673312015-03-03T09:24:26.522-05:002015-03-03T09:24:26.522-05:00I saw her concert in Englewood, NJ as well. The f...I saw her concert in Englewood, NJ as well. The father of a friend gave us two tickets. We had no idea who she was but were great fans forever after that concert.nmharleyriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691246091141905288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-91145422888828991002014-09-04T15:50:20.387-04:002014-09-04T15:50:20.387-04:00Giacomo Dandi said
Wow! What a beautiful woman sh...<b>Giacomo Dandi said</b><br /><br />Wow! What a beautiful woman she was! Didn't need to sing a note. All she needed to do was smile the way she does in that picture. <br /><br />I don't blame you for falling in love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-46300086286162140022014-09-02T18:39:08.128-04:002014-09-02T18:39:08.128-04:00I like it when a great story accompanies great mus...I like it when a great story accompanies great music. And if I don't understand the story, I'm missing out on some of the surplus "jouissance" that the artist has worked so hard to share with me.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-68027780211721038732014-09-02T11:15:06.062-04:002014-09-02T11:15:06.062-04:00We need to understand that while a text may inspir...We need to understand that while a text may inspire or serve as the basis for an opera, it is the MUSIC, itself, that expresses the MEANING and MOOD of the text far better than the text, itself, ever could in most cases.<br /><br />Music after all <i>is</i> a LANGUAGE in and of itself.<br /><br />Of course "bad" music, -- and God knows there's a superabundance of that, -- often does a terrible disservice to a "good" text.<br /><br />On the other hand a composer of the stature of a Franz Schubert could take mediocre, rather prosaic poems and transform them into sublime, eloquent expressions of profound significance.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-51267008595471343512014-09-02T10:18:33.427-04:002014-09-02T10:18:33.427-04:00I don't' much like many female opera voice...I don't' much like many female opera voices, but hers is both pleasant and relatively intelligible. Most are, IMO, neither. Very lyrical.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-54365447396016216002014-09-02T09:01:18.561-04:002014-09-02T09:01:18.561-04:00My father took me to see her perform years ago whe...My father took me to see her perform years ago when The Met used to travel to Boston. I remember how he loved her as well. Toscanini called her "voce d'angelo," angel voice.<br /><br />Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-17737117324877220232014-09-02T08:07:12.945-04:002014-09-02T08:07:12.945-04:00What a wonderful and wistful glimpse into your chi...What a wonderful and wistful glimpse into your childhood.<br /><br />Thank you for telling this story.Silverfiddlenoreply@blogger.com