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Restless
The restlessness that comes upon girls upon summer evenings results in lasting trouble unless it is speedily controlled.
-- Sedalia Times
Monday, February 16, 1998
Filtering more mailing list mail to separate folders makes it clear that I am not getting enough personal mail. I know you are out there, I can hear you breathing! So don't be shy, write me if you feel like it. I'm sure I send out my share of messages. *pout*
I was working this evening on a writing project suggested to me by Jason. The false starts, and attempts at different material than I am used to writing about, left me edgy and restless.
Jason has left it to me to decide what we should do this Friday night. I'd like to introduce him to opera, but looking at the laser disks I have, I didn't see one that I'd recommend as someone's first opera. (I may be doing him an injustice; he might be more familiar with the topic than I know!) So I decided to take a trip to Tower Records and Video, and treat myself to something new.
But it seems like Tower is phasing out the laser discs, at least the classical music ones! There were no Puccini operas there at all! I may have to look at Silver Platters tomorrow. And when I looked through the regular movies on disc, nothing appealed to me at all. I'll buy a musical disc, since I'm more likely to want to listen to it over and over. But how many times will I want to see a Hollywood movie, to make it worth twenty five dollars?
Of course, I couldn't leave without buying something. I got a laser disk, "Cecilia Bartoli: a Portrait." Bartoli is an Italian coloratura mezzo soprano, with a warm, agile, low voice, and a lot of personality. I do have a performance of La Cenerentola (Italian version of the Cinderella story) that stars her. I also got a modern-dress version of L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) that looks interesting, though Donizetti isn't a favorite composer of mine. The third disc was Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, a traditional performance from the Lyon National Opera of France. I already owned a modern-dress version directed by Peter Sellars on disc, and I love the one I taped off the air from Glyndebourne a number of years ago. In fact, that's the one I was hoping to buy on disc, for the sake of the better picture and sound quality. Benjamin Luxon as the Count is really wonderful!
I've been listening to so many music CDs at work, I needed to expand my library. I've been enjoying a Bryn Terfel sampler, so I bought two more from him. (Hmm. who does he remind me of?) I love the title on this Terfel-related link!
I also got a Bartoli CD and the soundtracks to two recently-seen movies. I don't dislike high voices, but the artists who are appealing to me the most right now do have lower ranges. The baritones and mezzos, rather than the tenors and sopranos, suit me better.
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