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To: Neocon who wrote (54170)	8/8/2002 11:07:47 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I found the neatest thing at Costco. They had CDs of operas with the libretto in the original language, and English AND with a commentary. I have a book of Opera, that gives all the librettos, but it is a huge book, and I don't usually get it down from the book shelf. These librettos are actually bound in a book that is part of the CD case. On top of the libretto you get a very nice forward about the artist and the opera. Lovely. I got La Boheme, The Marriage of Figaro, The Barber of Seville, Fidelio, Aida, and the Flying Dutchman. I already had a couple of those on CD, but this was such a nice collection I bought them again- plus it is a different performance, and it is always fun to compare. I like the Magic Flute a lot, but Don Giovanni will always be my favorite- have you seen the La Scala performance, taped in the 90's? It is available on DVD and video. Thomas Allen sings the baritone. I don't know nearly enough about opera. But my mother took me all the time, beginning when I was in elementary school. We had season tickets to the arts center in LA- I remember one of the big thrills was to see Beverly Sills- I think the opera was Tosca. It was shortly before she retired- and my mother said I would always remember seeing her. And I have. My mother, in her 80's now, goes to Opera class every week. Before she became feeble she even went on a European opera tour, and she still occasionally goes with her opera class to New York to see operas- depending on her mobility. I'm not sure I've got the passion she does for opera. But then she does not have my passion for art movies.

To: Neocon who wrote (54170)	8/8/2002 2:45:02 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

In moving to the new office, I bought a CD changer box that holds 400 CDs so I could acess all my music from across the room, and store all the jewel boxes up in the office instead of on precious shelf space. I thought that would be enough, but when I laid all my classical CDs on the table (I only listen to classical in the office, listen to the other music elsewhere), I found it wasn't. So I'm having to make choices of what will be in the box instantly available, and what will need to be on the shelves to be put in disc by disc.