I'm listening to the "Letter Duet" from Mozart's 'The Marriage Of Figaro."

[Aristus]

Prominently featured in "The Shawshank Redemption". An astonishing, heart-breakingly beautiful piece of music. :wow:

I always tear up at that point in the film...

[leftyclimber]

1. Figaro's such a wonderful opera. n/t

[Aristus]

3. I love it at the beginning; when Figaro finishes measuring the space for their wedding bed

he comes over and starts measuring Susanna. What fun. :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear Aristus!

Is that the one that he plays over the loudspeaker for all the inmates, while he has the door barred?

I remember thinking how wonderful that was...

It is an amazing film!

It's coming out on Blue-Ray DVD soon...I asked my husband for it for either my birthday, or Christmas...

I cry at multiple points in that movie...

:hug:

[Aristus]

4. That's the one.

"To this day, I have no idea what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Maybe I don't want to know. I like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words."

Word for word from the movie. One of the greatest ever...

[mcctatas]

5. Dude...

ot-nay elping-hay with the elitism meme;)

[Aristus]

6. Mozart's greatest and most profitable successes were not in the royal court theaters

but in the suburban and provincial theaters attended by the working classes. They adored his music.

[mcctatas]

7. Still not helping....

and FWIW, I'm just messing with ya...

[Aristus]

8. I know...

B-)

Mess all you want...


Wow, looking over my previous reply, I came across as really prissy. Very "miffed college professor", don't you think? :silly:

[mcctatas]

9. Adorably pedantic...

;)

[Aristus]

10. Pedantic can be adorable?

SCORE!!!

:+

[mcctatas]

11. When done right..

absolutely :)

[Aristus]

12. I'll have to do it more often, then.

;-)

I could do a whole hour, without notes, on why Shakespeare is not elitist.

edit: spelling.

[mcctatas]

13. I had to write a paper about an imaginary conversation between

Shakespeare and a modern celebrity, I chose Dolly Parton and got an A so I don't need any convincing that Shakespeare was not an elitist :toast:

[Aristus]

14. Wow! I would love to read that! Do you still have it?

What fun... :toast::beer:

[mcctatas]

15. I actually probably do...

I have the zip drive from that semester around somewhere, if I dig it up I'll let you know...

[Aristus]

16. I can't wait!

:bounce:

[pokerfan]

17. awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7LZVc86NEk