Here we are again, dear reader. Back down to earth with a bump, and into week eleven of working from home - while outside, the sun keeps shining...
Never mind, eh? Today is the 75th birthday of the very lovely mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, one of our favourites here at Dolores Delargo Towers, so let's open the celebrations with her remarkable version of one of my favourite arias - the Song to the Moon:
However, before anyone thinks I have gone all "cultural with a capital K" on this Tacky Music Monday, there is a helluva lot more to the Great Lady's repertoire than her exquisite operatic talents. She's also tackled Bernstein's On the Town, Kern/Hammerstein's Show Boat, Sondheim's A Little Night Music and plenty more "crossover" roles...
...including this marvellous Mistinguett number:
And, in a final twist to the true meaning of "tacky", she also did this!
[with William Shatner, singing the Star Trek theme at the 57th Emmy Awards 2005]
She's a trouper, alright!
Many happy returns, Miss Frederica "Flicka" von Stade Gorman (born 1st June 1945)
A fabulous voice, a wonderful talent and a great sense of fun.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. I can't imagine Callas duetting with William Shatner... Jx
DeleteNo !
DeleteShe would have ate him.
And spat him out. At Warp Speed. Jx
DeleteBlimey! Miss von Stade was going at Warp 9, wasn't she?!
ReplyDeleteOoh! Hugh Jackman!
Oh, and what's with the parrot at the end?
I'd like to see Mr Jackman going at it at Warp 9.
Delete"Why the parrot?" is a recurrent question here... Jx