Saturday, April 21, 2007

"Si, Mi Chiamano Mimì"

I'm heading out to a performance of "La Bohème" at Tulane University with a young friend. It's one of my favorite operas. Romantic that I am, I like the operas that are filled with beautiful melodies and arias. The number of talented artists performing in the relative hinterlands is always an amazement to me. I hope for the best today.

"Si, mi chiamano Mimì". Arrivederci, amici.

7 comments:

  1. That's wonderful, Mimi. I am glad that you are close enough to Tulane to get to soak up some o' that Cultuah...
    I was at a concert of music from the 1300s tonight. It was wonderful, too. 3 persons singing a capella, all in Italian and old French. I'm glad there were translations!

    Beau soir, Mimi! (that's right, isn't it?) :-)

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  2. Susan S, your musical evening sounds lovely. Ahh! Italian and old French. The Cajuns around here actually speak a version of old French, the French from the 18th century. Some have accused them of speaking "bad French", but the experts say, "Not so."

    A gentle correction: "Bonsoir," would do it. Don't worry about making mistakes in foreign languages here. I butcher them rather freely myself.

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  3. So what I actually said was "Beautiful Evening!" Well, I guess that's not such a bad mistake! :-)
    In any case, Bonsoir, Mimi!

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  4. Susan, no mistake at all! I hadn't thought of it that way. What you wished me actually came to be. How do you do that? Is it magic?

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  5. Oh, yes, Mimi. I does the magic a lot! Not voodoo, just plain magic!

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