L’amour est un oiseau rebelle
Today’s Sunday Opera Matinee on the radio is Bizet’s Carmen (this recording, I think) and, as I type this, I’m listening to Tatiana Troyanos singing the Habanera aria. She sings it less sultrily and more reflectively than other Carmens I’ve heard, almost (at least at first) as if the aria were half soliloquy. But her voice makes me want to fan myself. I think I’ll postpone the laundry I was going to do until after the final act. Not exactly subtle, Bizet, but then again, one doesn’t always want subtlety.
Dear WTJU Opera Matinee hosts: more Troyanos recordings! More! More!
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