Wednesday, April 9, 2025

April 6, 2010

"I'd rather die!"

"People say that all the time, but they rarely do it."

--Hedda Gabler

On love: "Don't use that repulsive word!"--ibid.


    Dreamed of starting out on a journey with a new pair of red shoes.


    At today's singing lesson I sang the Italian Song from Der Rosenkavalier, and it turns out Giuseppe won prizes singing it in his performing days.  He suggested raising the key a couple of semitones, which I will.


    Saw the DVD of a 1962 BBC production of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler with Ingrid Bergman.  As usual with Ibsen plays, I got sleepy in the middle.


    Someone from zip.ca phoned and opffered me a free ticket to the Genie Awards show Monday, but I wasn't interested. [Those are the Canadian Oscars.]


    Dinner was ham.


    At choir practice we went through Il Trovatore with most of the soloists.


     

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