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Sorry, I probably should have replied to your last post, instead of adding onto my own!!
Then you would have seen it.
but I like the avatar, regardless.
I am by no means an expert on opera, but I am certainly open to it.
Do you have any favourites?
Montreal is also known for its bagels, which differ from the standard New York style of bagel.
Montreal is very proud of its unique bagels.
They are mainly in either sesame seed or poppy seed,
but the style with which they are made is different,
and they look different too.
Two good bagel shops to try in Montreal are both in the Plateau neighborhood;
one is called St-Viateur Bagel, the other is called Fairmount Bagel.
And if you've never had a real Montreal poutine, you should try that, too.
La Banquise is best, but you can get lots of good poutine all over Montreal.
But go easy....it's delicious and it's easy to pack on the pounds quickly!
Especially in the cold Montreal winters.
I like the avatar regardless of its supposed significance, too. I chose it without knowing what it was supposed to represent, and only learned afterwards what it is supposed to be.
As for opera, my taste is fairly normal. I very much like (please note, the links are to the versions I like best, but you might find a better price elsewhere):
All three of the above were in a set called "Puccini:The Definitive Collection" which would be worth getting if not overpriced, but it seems out of print and crazy expensive now. The other operas in the set are lesser performances, as Pavarotti's voice was aging, as was Freni's.
All three feature Cecelia Bartoli from some years ago, when her voice was still fairly young, with piano accompaniment. It took me a little while to warm up to her, as I do not think her voice is as extraordinary as many seem to think, but she seems to convey a sense of joy in her singing that makes me enjoy hearing her more than someone else whose voice might be better. She also has had a knack for performing only with other people who are talented, which helps her discs as well.
I will stop with that for the moment, as that is probably more than you are going to buy anyway. I also like Mozart and Wagner and some Verdi. Carmen is a good opera, though I find I don't like French in opera as much as I like Italian and German. Rather ironically, I like the sound of French spoken better than those languages, and I like French songs very much. But for opera, I think Italian and German are best.
wow, that's a very generous list! thanks for going to the trouble!
I can't buy anything right now, but I will tuck them away for future reference;
of course I know Puccini!
Like Iggy, my avatar resembles me in a philosophical way. I created it tp exudes female strength and independence. She is alone and yet, you see the way she turns her head as if she is walking with others. She is a picture of goodness and beauty in the unconventional colors of red and black which is a kind of rejection of everything Christendom embraces and an embracing of everything they fear.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
Mine doesn't resemble me at all ... it's the cover to the last album from the original lineup of Black Sabbath, Never Say Die. A favorite album of mine.
(August 23, 2015 at 8:52 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Mine doesn't resemble me at all ... it's the cover to the last album from the original lineup of Black Sabbath, Never Say Die. A favorite album of mine.
Good album. Though I prefered heaven and hell.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
August 23, 2015 at 10:52 pm (This post was last modified: August 23, 2015 at 10:53 pm by paulpablo.)
(August 22, 2015 at 7:54 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: Even if it's an animal or cartoon, does the animal or cartoon resemble you or your personality in any way?
Yes, I support the culling of all humans and the replacement of them with cyborgs.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
August 24, 2015 at 12:23 am (This post was last modified: August 24, 2015 at 12:24 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
(August 23, 2015 at 9:16 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote:
(August 23, 2015 at 8:52 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Mine doesn't resemble me at all ... it's the cover to the last album from the original lineup of Black Sabbath, Never Say Die. A favorite album of mine.
Good album. Though I prefered heaven and hell.
RJD was a great singer, but the songs just weren't the same, to my ears.
For the Sabs, I've always preferred Paranoid -- perhaps the best metal album ever, there -- or Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.
(August 22, 2015 at 7:54 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: Even if it's an animal or cartoon, does the animal or cartoon resemble you or your personality in any way?
