It's winter in CNY - we might as well enjoy it!

Wise words...

"I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them—with the books themselves, cover and binding and the paper they were printed on, with their smell and their weight and with their possession in my arms, captured and carried off to myself."
Eudora Welty

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Tribute to Joan Sutherland

The great Australian soprano Joan Sutherland died a few days ago, and we've been listening to her recordings.  She was called "La Stupenda" and had a glorious voice with amazing range and agility.  She was tall and plain, and I remember her singing on television when I was young - always with a horrible bouffant hairstyle. Here is a wonderful YouTube video (if I can embed it succesfully).  She is singing an aria from La Traviata.  Here goes...


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