My first opera song

Now you all know by now that my earliest exposure ... indeed, my most frequent exposure, to classical and operatic works was through cartoons, especially Tom & Jerry and Looney Tunes.

Well, this morning, I purchased my first opera track - La Donna e Mobile (literally, Can I have your phone number?) from Verdi's Rigoletto. And I must've listened to it at least 15 times today - seems to be one of those instances where I can't get a song unstuck!

I'd heard it while watching Analyze this last night at 2am, and somehow it made a more lasting impression than all the other times I'd heard it!

On the subject of music, and the classics ... June 1st was the 40th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club. Yes, 40 years since pop, rock, and psychedelia were fused into what turned out to be the Western world's introduction to the sitar (yes I know, Harrison featured the sitar as early as Rubber Soul, but not to the extent that Sgt. Peppers did) ... outside of cheesy Indian restaurants that felt it necessary to put up a lone picture of the Taj Mahal.

Why certain other blogs chose not to write a critical piece on the album and it's impact, I'll never know ... instead, I had to trawl through sickeningly sycophantic (ooh, alliteration!) tributes in some newspapers I read.

Comments

[lady]

ooohhh...I heard the la mobile song on Food Network...there was an opera singer cooking hamburgers (weird combo huh?!) but neways, he was singing the song while cooking...and now its ringing in my head too....you know I'm gonna borrow it:-)

[Michael J. West]

Some certain other blogs were in Los Angeles on vacation on June 1st, Mister.

[Axe]

Was I referring to you, Mike? ;)