Blog – Page 23 – Oberon's Glade

The inimitable Tatiana Troyanos as Venus in Wagner’s TANNHAUSER, photographed by Winnie Klotz.

Tatiana Troyanos – Geliebter komm! from TANNHAUSER – Met bcast 1992

January 24, 2016

Fall, Leaves, Fall

“Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;

Lengthen night and shorten day;

Every leaf speaks bliss to me

Fluttering from the autumn tree.

I shall smile when wreaths of snow

Blossom where the rose should grow;

I shall sing when night’s decay

Ushers in a drearier day.”

~ Emily Brontë

December 25, 2015

DIVA

Wilhelminia Fernandez sings the aria “Ebben? Ne andrò lontana” from Catalani’s LA WALLY in the 1981 film DIVA.

What? You’ve never watched the film? Tsk, tsk.

Wilhelminia Fernandez – WALLY aria – from the film DIVA

December 24, 2015

DIVA

Wilhelminia Fernandez sings the aria “Ebben? Ne andrò lontana” from Catalani’s LA WALLY in the 1981 film DIVA.

What? You’ve never watched the film? Tsk, tsk.

Wilhelminia Fernandez – WALLY aria – from the film DIVA

December 23, 2015

Christmas 2015

For centuries, millions of people worldwide have been praying for peace. Like so many prayers, these have gone unanswered.

If we are to achieve peace, it has to be worked at rather than prayed for: worked at in small, seemingly insignificant ways on a daily basis. A single act of compassion achieves more than a thousand well-intentioned prayers.

December 23, 2015

Roz & Franco

Rosalind Elias (above) and Franco Corelli singing the final scene of CARMEN on a Summer evening long ago.

Rosalind Elias & Franco Corelli – CARMEN – final scene – 1968

September 14, 2015

Roz & Franco

Rosalind Elias (above) and Franco Corelli singing the final scene of CARMEN on a Summer evening long ago.

Rosalind Elias & Franco Corelli – CARMEN – final scene – 1968

September 13, 2015

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