Cat's got my tongue!

[randy_byers]

Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl,
but she doesn't have a lot to say
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
but she changes from day to day

I want to tell her that I love her a lot
But I gotta get a belly full of wine
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
Someday I'm going to make her mine, oh yeah,
Someday I'm going to make her mine.

-- The Beatles, "Her Majesty"

Comments

[ron-drummond.livejournal.com]

Did you listen to that recently?

And how deep a groove is Rappaccini Daughter wearing? Is it continuing to grow on you? That's the Naxos recording, yes? You like it even more than his other, better known opera?

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard "Her Majesty" recently, but the phrase "she doesn't have a lot to say" seemed appropriate to my mood the past few days.

I was listening to the Naxos highlights disk today, but I also have a full recording of Rappaccini's Daughter from Newport Classic. I like the opera a lot, although I wouldn't say I like it better than Florencia en el Amazonas. Both are utterly gorgeous and rapturous; Rappaccini's Daughter is darker, which fits the story. It looks as though Catán has composed two more operas since Florencia, and I'd love to hear them too. And the rest of his music. The Naxos disk includes the finale from a piece for soprano, chorus, and orchestra called Obsidian Butterfly.