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NABUCCO: S'appressan gl'istanti
D'un'ira fatale;
Sui muti sembianti
Già piomba, già piomba il terror!
Le folgori intorno
Già schiudono l'ale!
Apprestano un giorno
Di lutto e squallor!

Music by Giuseppe Verdi

Ghena Dimitrova in the role of Abigaille in Verdi’s Nabucco is sheer pleasure. Without doubt a great performance.


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Love, everlasting.


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A musing following completion of A Tale of Two Cities.


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Amneris running wildly through the castle to meet secretly with Macbeth; Abigaille in cohorts with Lady Macbeth; and revenge never sounded so sweet! Such is the state of dreams the past several nights. Cursing the priests and pleasing the gods; the false idols shall fall and we shall be set free! Gloria!Schiudi, inferno, la bocca ed inghiotti ( Read more... )

“Fondling,” she saith, “since I have hemm'd thee here
Within the circuit of this ivory pale,
I'll be a park, and thou shalt be my deer;
Feed where thou wilt, on mountain or in dale:
Graze on my lips; and if those hills be dry,
Stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie.”

Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare

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Just for fun, as the year comes to a close...

( Completed reading 2006. )

I discovered the works of Michael Hoppé and suddenly nothing seems the same. The Poet: Romances for Cello combines the beauty of the violoncello with the eloquence of poetry. The cello is succulent, moving, romantic, melancholy-a weeping instrument to a weeping soul. From the start, from the first note the mind leaves the mortal world for the ( Read more... )