tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post114171280221535298..comments2024-01-24T08:24:14.555-05:00Comments on My Favorite Intermissions: I just met a boy named MazeppaMaury D'annatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1142396360878597092006-03-14T23:19:00.000-05:002006-03-14T23:19:00.000-05:00You're better off that way, Maury dear. You start...You're better off that way, Maury dear. You start thinking about this Dmitri, False Dmitri, Second False Dmitri stuff, then you start wondering if it should be Dmitrii, or Dmitriy, or Dmitrij and their relative "Lzhe"ness, then the Mnishek/Mniszek thing, and how she lives in a palace in Sandomir on the River Vistula (eww! http://www.fistulafoundation.org/aboutfistula/) and, well, some days it barely seems worth it to gnaw through the leather straps, know what I mean?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1142395012734903612006-03-14T22:56:00.000-05:002006-03-14T22:56:00.000-05:00I vaguely recall learning this in Russia. And ins...I vaguely recall learning this in Russia. And instantly forgetting it.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1142393009425328352006-03-14T22:23:00.000-05:002006-03-14T22:23:00.000-05:00Meretrice! (Can we call you Meretrix? Trixie for s...Meretrice! (Can we call you Meretrix? Trixie for short?) The Pretender in Boris is referred to as the "samosvanets" which I guess would be something like "self-proclaimer." Historically, though not in the opera, he is referred to as the "Lzhe Dmitri" or "False Dmitri."<BR/><BR/>The Konchakovna you speak of was Irina Bogacheva, a one-time teacher of Borodina, so that's a fun fact for you.<BR/><BR/>Very much by the way, did you know that once the False Dmitri had been eliminated, there was a *second* False Dmitri (vtorii lzhe Dmitri?) and Marina Mniszek/Mnishek proclaimed that she had been mistaken and that he was the Real Pretender? Only in Rus, kids, only in Rus...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1142050878693825672006-03-10T23:21:00.000-05:002006-03-10T23:21:00.000-05:00So, you recommend? I should try to score myself s...So, you recommend? I should try to score myself some cheap tickets, and maybe drag a quasi-Russian-speaking friend or something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1141947935340521082006-03-09T18:45:00.000-05:002006-03-09T18:45:00.000-05:00Oh, fer crissake, D'annato, what's wrong with you?...Oh, fer crissake, D'annato, what's wrong with you? I have listened to Gencer sing those words so many times it's not even funny, but my Italian is so half-assed they apparently didn't stick in my brain.<BR/><BR/>Now you have to admit if you're going to have a dramatic breakup, it might as well end with an (optional) e flat in alt. You know the Gencer version? For some reason the violins line up with her voice just so, and it sounds like she's singing the loudest note any human voice ever produced.<BR/><BR/>I can't help much with the Russian opera. For some reason the two interests don't overlap much for me, Onegin being the only Russian opera I'm really passionate about, though I have a feeling I could like Rimskii-Korskakov with a little effort. And maybe Knjaz' Igor.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1141910980921602422006-03-09T08:29:00.000-05:002006-03-09T08:29:00.000-05:00Kind of you to say, m'dear. Say, if it's not a se...Kind of you to say, m'dear. Say, if it's not a secret (which is itself I think a little bit of a Russianism) I'm having the damn'dest time figuring out if your nom de plume has a jokey meaninig as do so many of ours...Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1141832756607846752006-03-08T10:45:00.000-05:002006-03-08T10:45:00.000-05:00Meretrice: well, I suppose the T one sees comes fr...Meretrice: well, I suppose the T one sees comes from Germanic transliterations. It's silly, but on the other hand, any transliteration in inadequate in one way or another. I used to go whole hog and write it Chaikovskii because that's how it would look in the official system such as libraries use, but I think Chaikovsky is a good readable compromise.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1141783889972102512006-03-07T21:11:00.000-05:002006-03-07T21:11:00.000-05:00dominatrices.dominatrices.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1141783737125759212006-03-07T21:08:00.000-05:002006-03-07T21:08:00.000-05:00Alex ... pluralizes like matrixor, perhaps more re...<EM>Alex ... pluralizes like matrix</EM><BR/><BR/>or, perhaps more relevantly, like index (indices) and Kleenex (Kleenices)M. C-https://www.blogger.com/profile/05136402548866069141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1141773291255278972006-03-07T18:14:00.000-05:002006-03-07T18:14:00.000-05:00wow -- sounds cool. I'll be there next Tuesday ni...wow -- sounds cool. I'll be there next Tuesday night.Chalkenteroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08435851223758000117noreply@blogger.com