[How to make any military movie more interesting: cast a mezzo in uniform in the lead. Caution: count on personal Nelson moment: Tancredi Trafalgar. – Daniela Barcellona (Tancredi) in Rossini’s “Tancredi”, Valencia 2017. – in-house Clip with thanks to Dillon Hayes, through a hint from Agathe]
Queer Lorgnette 
Ah! Dany Barcy! Be still my heart. She was un-freaking-believable as Tancredi.
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that photo made me think of the new Tristan und Isolde production at the Met this season. And I thought, heck yes, please cast a mezzo as Tristan.
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Oh. OH!
(But then I would start minding that Tristan dies. And what then happens to poor Brangaene who never gets to run off with Isolde? 😉 )
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Alternate ending, Tristan doesn’t die, it’s all just a fever dream, and the three of them live happily ever after?
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{laments why there is not more opera fic}
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I continue to be baffled by how many opera plots can be resolved happily with “threesome!”.
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LOL it’s so true!
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[goes off and rewrites the words to The Press Gang]
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[goes off to google original lyrics] [also looks forward to your rewrite]
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[same] and [same]
PS, Stray, I’ve been trying to leave comments on your blog but blogger apparently doesn’t love me anymore, even though I’m trying to comment with my blogger ID. Sigh.
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Urgh. Sorry. Will check settings. Thanks for trying.
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Blogger is weird, I’m sure it’s not your fault. ❤
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I’ve had the same issue a while back, but it’s been giving me trouble for years. Definitely not your fault, Stray.
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Haha, I swear, I only now notice the hideous medal stuff, despite having watched this ehm several times.
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I don’t even find it hideous. And I would watch a lot more movies if they came with mezzos in uniform!
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You know what I think about uniforms, but this rosette thing looks like something I won at a vaulting contest aged 10 😀 (OK I had to look up “vaulting”)
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Vaulting. Well. That doesn’t really douse the Xena rumours, you know.
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Snort, why on earth did Dehggi have start this?
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