Honestly, I don’t care about Gandhi, I’m just in it for the giant awesome looking puppets that require like 5 people to operate and for making you Philip Glass nerds jealous.
Maria Callas preforms “Ebben? ne andrò lontana” from Catalani’s Le Wally
It seems there are some strong opinions about Callas on the internet… Most of the comments on this “clip” argue over whether Callas was better/worse than than other singers, but most of it devolves into insanity:
Elisabetha611: WOUW, … not bad for a colorless, shallow Mezzo!
Hammer55292: @Elisabetha611, Hey bastard, you’re still here!! Just like I suspected your hatred of Callas is the motivator!! I knew what you were about a year and a half ago, when I stumbled upon Callas’ sites, and read your bastard comments. You fucking punk, I hope somebody stabs your rich MOTHER while robbing her. If I could I would smash your face into pieces, you fuck-faced bastard.
Typical of most of the internet, but particularly YouTube. In light of all that, you can pretend she’s singing about The Internet
Là fra la neve bianca;
Là fra le nubi d’ôr;
Laddóve la speranza, la speranza
È rimpianto, è rimpianto, è dolor!
Cup Of Joe, My God
Why does this have to be happening in Astoria, Oregon and not Astoria, Queens? I used to be known by my Too Much Coffee Man toque in winter.
“La Mamma Morta” from the opera Andrea Chenier (Umberto Giordano) as preformed by Maria Callas.
Io sono l’amore, io sono l’amor, l’amor
E l’angelo si accosta, bacia,
e vi bacia la morte!
Corpo di moribonda è il corpo mio.
Prendilo dunque.
Io son già morta cosa!
I am love, love, love
And the angel approaches, kisses me,
and in that kiss is death!
The moribund body is my body.
So take it.
I have already died like that!
I highly recommend the movie Io Sono L’amore which takes its name from this aria. I watched it for a second time last night and noticed so much more that was going on with it. I think that this and Antichrist came a bit late in ‘09 to really be appreciated and wind up on “best of the decade” lists, but I think it deserves it.
