Midsummer Night’s Dream 3000

Ideally, it would be a new skill - without prejudice to your teeth as long as you don't eat yourself... It might be a good and cheap thing to offer your fellow sopranos, though... 😆

In fact, it would have been difficult to love my Wagner repertory, since I was a Siegfried-voice. Difficult to take a catnap with "Schmiede mein Hammer ein hartes Schwert" resounding.

I wish that my cat had been fond of Opera. When I studied at the piano, she used to roost on my shoulder or lay on the keyboard, alright. However, the only music she really loved was George Michael's "Jesus to a child". Well, you don't choose your cat, they choose you.

One of the greatest musical genii of the past century. We still don't value enough her legacy for music.

Couldn't agree more. She was the most important concert-singer of all times. Distributing her as Ulrica was adding insult to the injury though for "...dell'immondo sangue dei n****." The breach of the glass ceiling though was equivalent to Hattie MacDaniel winning the Oscar. Solitude (youtube.com)

Are you referring to "When the Fat Lady sings"? But yes, "Oh I die, Farewell! but remember me, but don't forget me, but take care of my cat..." and "Trink, trink, trink..." pretty much sums it. That's why it becomes so fun when real booze is involved (Visconti), notwithstanding the lengthy dying.

Jose-Maria Cano wrote an Opera about it - unaccomplished though. The Hijo de la Luna is only heard faintly during the conjuration scene. The local Valencian musicians and overall Spanish musicians bitched the score and the composer seemingly abandoned the endeavour.Listen Conjuro LUNA (youtube.com)

Oh yes, let's hear what Mary has to say about this topic.

Wouldn't Ravel, wherever he went, precisely leave something of himself behind, since we are still listening to his music? Also, he was one fondly accepting foreign influence in his music. What motivated you to use that quote for a thesis about Ravel?