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.
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?
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.
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.
Irresponsibly posting my location on social media.
October 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Irresponsibly posting my location on social media.
What's it like inside your head?
October 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What's it like inside your head?
Show us the last four albums you listened to.
October 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Show us the last four albums you listened to.
The birthday boy would like you to believe that I never feed him (which, of course, I do).
October 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The birthday boy would like you to believe that I never feed him (which, of course, I do).
This just came out. Instant favourite.
August 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This just came out. Instant favourite.
Marie Collier doing the dishes (1965).
August 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Marie Collier doing the dishes (1965).
I immediately thought of the opening paragraph of Virginia Woolf's The Years as a counterexample, which it is not as it is all about people reacting to the weather (and also about the two senses of the word "season," which comes much to the same thing).
July 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I immediately thought of the opening paragraph of Virginia Woolf's The Years as a counterexample, which it is not as it is all about people reacting to the weather (and also about the two senses of the word "season," which comes much to the same thing).
Apparently, I have a thing for fine porcelain, I have no idea why. Meissen ware can move me to tears. I find this bowl utterly fascinating.
July 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Apparently, I have a thing for fine porcelain, I have no idea why. Meissen ware can move me to tears. I find this bowl utterly fascinating.
Anyway, somehow, here I am.
July 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Anyway, somehow, here I am.
Almaviva io son, non son Lindoro.
July 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Almaviva io son, non son Lindoro.
Quote a record that you found in your parents’ collection when you were young.
June 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Quote a record that you found in your parents’ collection when you were young.
This was literally the first CD I bought as a teen.
June 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This was literally the first CD I bought as a teen.
This was years ago. We had oysters by the sea and chatted about the Book of Isaiah.
June 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
This was years ago. We had oysters by the sea and chatted about the Book of Isaiah.
Initially, I chose to read Moravia because I wanted to improve my Italian, and his prose is just the right level of difficulty. But this book has so much more to recommend it. Like Louis Aragon's Aurélien, which I read a few months ago, it explores the reasons that turn an average, mediocre...
June 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Initially, I chose to read Moravia because I wanted to improve my Italian, and his prose is just the right level of difficulty. But this book has so much more to recommend it. Like Louis Aragon's Aurélien, which I read a few months ago, it explores the reasons that turn an average, mediocre...
Yes, it's hilarious. Isn't it the way this aria was commonly done at the time? I recall hearing a similar performance by Marcella Sembrich. Unlike Sembrich, however, Galvany was not the most tasteful of singers, and she goes wildly over the top. She must have been fun to watch.
April 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Yes, it's hilarious. Isn't it the way this aria was commonly done at the time? I recall hearing a similar performance by Marcella Sembrich. Unlike Sembrich, however, Galvany was not the most tasteful of singers, and she goes wildly over the top. She must have been fun to watch.