To all those celebrating Thanksgiving, have a happy and healthy one!
vilaine fille will be giving thanks in particular for the kindness of the folks at trrill and The Rest is Noise who linked to her lowly site. Un immense merci du fond du cœur !
Du fond du cœur… Au fond du temple saint. (I do the drugs *because* they make stuff like that look witty.) In a few months, New York City Opera will present Bizet's bewitching orientalist fantasy Les Pêcheurs de perles. Here's something for which everyone can thank me: the big duet as recorded in 1912 by the sublime Edmond Clément and Marcel Journet. Update: MP3 no longer available. Remember to visit vilaine fille early and often!
Listen carefully, kiddies, and remember: this is what we mean by comme il faut. Clément is vilaine fille's second-favorite tenor, after Tito Schipa. She warmly recommends the Romophone sets of Clément's Odéon, Victor and Pathé recordings.
(A risky thought experiment: imagining this duet sung by Juan Diego Flórez and Russell Braun. vilaine fille tried it and fainted from bliss.)
On a more serious note, please remember that December 1 is World AIDS Day, sometimes observed as the Day With(out) Art. vilaine fille plans to make AIDS awareness the theme of her December 1 post, and she encourages her friends in cyberspace to do the same.
Oh, Madame, I'm much too woestruck to consider that potentially intriguing scenario. After all, I had been looking forward to eight years of hot man-love between President Kerry and Vice President Edwards (cf. goddess Wonkette).
Posted by: vilaine fille | 25 November 2004 at 05:45
Just for clarification: in said risky thought experimentation, are Flórez and Braun shirtless and/or embracing?
Posted by: Mme. Grisi Pasta | 25 November 2004 at 00:24