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)
