Mathieu Duplay 🌈
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Music for a while. He/him/his. Reposts are not endorsements. TERFs need not apply. I am Albert Gregor.
It says something about Bluesky that the first thing I noticed here was the impeccably tailored suit and, in particular, the lack of a collar gap.
... to Mrs. Erlynne's last gambit (El abanico de Lady Windermere)
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It says something about Bluesky that the first thing I noticed here was the impeccably tailored suit and, in particular, the lack of a collar gap.
We're on a mission from God.
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We're on a mission from God.
It isn't just Starbucks. The Quest for the Perfect Teapot, that modern adventure story.
Tea drinkers, here’s a little gift for you.
Enjoy this perfect teapot from Starbucks.
Enjoy this perfect teapot from Starbucks.
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
It isn't just Starbucks. The Quest for the Perfect Teapot, that modern adventure story.
Gwyneth Jones was born on Nov. 7th, 1936. Turandot is the one role in which I was lucky enough to see her live. (Obviously the music here is by Alfano, not Puccini.)
Gwyneth Jones James Mc Cracken Puccini Turandot Principessa di morte Bercy 20 06 1985
YouTube video by Allons à l'Opéra
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Gwyneth Jones was born on Nov. 7th, 1936. Turandot is the one role in which I was lucky enough to see her live. (Obviously the music here is by Alfano, not Puccini.)
You can have book piles, or you can have a dog. I have a dog.
From the NYT Style section. This makes book piles legitimate decor choices, right?
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
You can have book piles, or you can have a dog. I have a dog.
My unpopular take on Lucia di Lammermoor is that the title character is best cast as a lyric soprano with a strong legato, and that turning the role into a coloratura extravaganza is a betrayal of what the composer actually wrote. Caballé may not be the best Lucia overall, but this is what I mean.
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Act 3 - "Ardon gl'incensi"
YouTube video by Montserrat Caballé - Topic
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My unpopular take on Lucia di Lammermoor is that the title character is best cast as a lyric soprano with a strong legato, and that turning the role into a coloratura extravaganza is a betrayal of what the composer actually wrote. Caballé may not be the best Lucia overall, but this is what I mean.
"Bossy"
November 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Bossy"
I am about half-way through this recording, so my reaction is premature, but I don't understand why an artist who has sung the role with all the best "Italian" singers would want to record it with a bunch of B-listers. There are many excellent recordings of this opera; what is the added value here?
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I am about half-way through this recording, so my reaction is premature, but I don't understand why an artist who has sung the role with all the best "Italian" singers would want to record it with a bunch of B-listers. There are many excellent recordings of this opera; what is the added value here?
I have no idea whether Rosalia's new album is (or isn't) "classical" music, as 1/ I don't know what "classical" music is, 2/ I find all such forms of cultural gatekeeping deeply suspicious. What I do know is that the music itself sounds neither fresh nor original, despite its obvious camp appeal.
November 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I have no idea whether Rosalia's new album is (or isn't) "classical" music, as 1/ I don't know what "classical" music is, 2/ I find all such forms of cultural gatekeeping deeply suspicious. What I do know is that the music itself sounds neither fresh nor original, despite its obvious camp appeal.
This. Just this.
Schreker: Der ferne Klang - Nachtstück
YouTube video by Konzerthausorchester Berlin - Topic
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This. Just this.
I followed that Australian court case and now I'm not having Beef Wellington again, ever.
Saint Hugh of Grenoble visits Carthusian friars to convince them that they should stop eating meat. They are thinking Wot, no more hamburgers? No more Beef Wellington? No more cassoulet? No more coq au vin?
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I followed that Australian court case and now I'm not having Beef Wellington again, ever.
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A little music to accompany the clerical card game in 1741. Much appreciated by the dog! By Pietro Longhi, born in Venice OTD 1701.
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A little music to accompany the clerical card game in 1741. Much appreciated by the dog! By Pietro Longhi, born in Venice OTD 1701.
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Clara the rhinoceros, put on display (to a lot of masked people) in Venice in 1751 and immortalized by Pietro Longhi, born on this day 1701.
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Clara the rhinoceros, put on display (to a lot of masked people) in Venice in 1751 and immortalized by Pietro Longhi, born on this day 1701.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Carracci's Assumption of Mary tends to be overshadowed by the two neighbouring Caravaggios, but it deserves better.
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Carracci's Assumption of Mary tends to be overshadowed by the two neighbouring Caravaggios, but it deserves better.
Pier Paolo Pasolini died (how?) fifty years ago, on Nov. 2nd, 1975.
Medea clip
YouTube video by Dave Fischer
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Pier Paolo Pasolini died (how?) fifty years ago, on Nov. 2nd, 1975.
"Impatiently switching the dial around, Hugh thought he heard Joe Venuti's violin suddenly, the joyous little lark of discursive melody soaring in some remote summer of its own above all this abyssal fury, yet furious too, with the wild controlled abandon of that music which still sometimes...
I'll Never Be The Same (Little Buttercup)
YouTube video by Eddie Lang - Topic
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"Impatiently switching the dial around, Hugh thought he heard Joe Venuti's violin suddenly, the joyous little lark of discursive melody soaring in some remote summer of its own above all this abyssal fury, yet furious too, with the wild controlled abandon of that music which still sometimes...
Today is All Souls' Day, a festival that grows in significance as one gets older and one's dear departed become more numerous.
Allerseelen
YouTube video by Kirsten Flagstad - Topic
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Today is All Souls' Day, a festival that grows in significance as one gets older and one's dear departed become more numerous.
Tom Buchanan would have been a Tr*mp supporter and a regular at Mar-a-Lago. Daisy and Ghislaine Maxwell would have been besties.
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy — they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Tom Buchanan would have been a Tr*mp supporter and a regular at Mar-a-Lago. Daisy and Ghislaine Maxwell would have been besties.
David Teniers the Younger painted a number of delightfully spooky variations on the Temptation of St. Anthony. They say the devil has the best tunes.
October 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
David Teniers the Younger painted a number of delightfully spooky variations on the Temptation of St. Anthony. They say the devil has the best tunes.
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Finally, the perfect #Halloween costume for the Latinist in your life... 😉
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Finally, the perfect #Halloween costume for the Latinist in your life... 😉
Irresponsibly posting my location on social media.
October 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Irresponsibly posting my location on social media.
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Créé par des résistants des PTT, un réseau téléphonique parallèle a survécu après la Libération. Espace de communication et de rencontre dans les années 1970, il constitue le chaînon manquant entre les agences matrimoniales du XIX e siècle et nos applis contemporaines.
Le Réseau, ou lorsque nous étions intraçables
Créé par des résistants des PTT, un réseau téléphonique parallèle a survécu après la Libération. Espace de communication et de rencontre dans les années 1970, il constitue le chaînon manquant entre les agences matrimoniales du XIX e siècle et nos applis contemporaines.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Créé par des résistants des PTT, un réseau téléphonique parallèle a survécu après la Libération. Espace de communication et de rencontre dans les années 1970, il constitue le chaînon manquant entre les agences matrimoniales du XIX e siècle et nos applis contemporaines.