Mathieu Duplay 🌈
@mathieuduplay.bsky.social
Music for a while. He/him/his. Reposts are not endorsements. TERFs need not apply. I am Albert Gregor.
Listening to the 1976 Walküre from Bayreuth. The standard of singing is really *much* higher today. De Barbeyrac is a Siegmund such as Boulez could only dream of. Even Tamara Wilson *sounds* considerably better than Jones in strictly vocal terms. But Boulez has not been replaced.
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Listening to the 1976 Walküre from Bayreuth. The standard of singing is really *much* higher today. De Barbeyrac is a Siegmund such as Boulez could only dream of. Even Tamara Wilson *sounds* considerably better than Jones in strictly vocal terms. But Boulez has not been replaced.
I never wear any other kind. (Actually, I'm allergic to wool and have to be very careful when I wear it at all.)
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I never wear any other kind. (Actually, I'm allergic to wool and have to be very careful when I wear it at all.)
So far, the dull conducting is the millstone around this Walküre's neck. Fine singing aplenty, but where's the drama?
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
So far, the dull conducting is the millstone around this Walküre's neck. Fine singing aplenty, but where's the drama?
I think we have reached the stage of climate breakdown where any kind of weather may follow any other kind with no advance warning whatsoever.
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I think we have reached the stage of climate breakdown where any kind of weather may follow any other kind with no advance warning whatsoever.
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Monday.
Margit Carstensen in Angst vor der Angst (Fear of Fear), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1975)
Margit Carstensen in Angst vor der Angst (Fear of Fear), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1975)
November 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Monday.
Margit Carstensen in Angst vor der Angst (Fear of Fear), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1975)
Margit Carstensen in Angst vor der Angst (Fear of Fear), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1975)
I was out walking my dog when my phone, of its own accord, decided to play Adelina Patti's rendition of Voi che sapete. It was in my pocket at the time and all I could hear was the faint echo of a soprano voice, which I thought came from a nearby house.
Adelina Patti Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro Voi che Sapete
YouTube video by Pietropanoz
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I was out walking my dog when my phone, of its own accord, decided to play Adelina Patti's rendition of Voi che sapete. It was in my pocket at the time and all I could hear was the faint echo of a soprano voice, which I thought came from a nearby house.
Hail, bright Cecilia!
Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Hail, bright Cecilia!
YouTube video by Gabrieli Players - Topic
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Hail, bright Cecilia!
Not completely sure what to think. This is certainly one of the best recordings overall, and Sass is spooky and scary in all the right ways, but what a strange vocal placement. I know Verdi said what he said, but. Also, the opera is called Macbeth and not Lady Macbeth. There must be a reason?...
November 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Not completely sure what to think. This is certainly one of the best recordings overall, and Sass is spooky and scary in all the right ways, but what a strange vocal placement. I know Verdi said what he said, but. Also, the opera is called Macbeth and not Lady Macbeth. There must be a reason?...
Tr*mp has had very public crushes on men before. He has a type: slim, suave, 30-something, just won an election by surprise. He had a crush on Macron when he first met him, he'll have one on B*rdella if/when the time comes. Best not to read too much into it.
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Tr*mp has had very public crushes on men before. He has a type: slim, suave, 30-something, just won an election by surprise. He had a crush on Macron when he first met him, he'll have one on B*rdella if/when the time comes. Best not to read too much into it.
My main question about this is not why she wanders around wistfully singing the Proch Variations in front of a hollowed-out model of the Vienna opera house, but how and why the ballerinas come in.
[Repost] Ingeborg Hallstein - Proch's Variations: Deh, Torna Mio Bene - High E flat, High F
YouTube video by Gree1596 (2)
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
My main question about this is not why she wanders around wistfully singing the Proch Variations in front of a hollowed-out model of the Vienna opera house, but how and why the ballerinas come in.
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Heureuse d’avoir participé à ce travail de traduction avec A. Chevrier-Bosseau, H. Cottet, @mathieuduplay.bsky.social , L. Gervais et C. Oster! Et merci à @libertalialivre.bsky.social !
Travail en cours:
Relecture de la traduction de Let the Record Show. Une histoire politique d'ACT-UP New York, 1987-1993.
Un ouvrage monumental de Sarah Schulman. Une équipe de six traducteurices.
Parution en février.
Relecture de la traduction de Let the Record Show. Une histoire politique d'ACT-UP New York, 1987-1993.
Un ouvrage monumental de Sarah Schulman. Une équipe de six traducteurices.
Parution en février.
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Heureuse d’avoir participé à ce travail de traduction avec A. Chevrier-Bosseau, H. Cottet, @mathieuduplay.bsky.social , L. Gervais et C. Oster! Et merci à @libertalialivre.bsky.social !
Today is Gene Tierney's birthday, and I absolutely adore her, so here she is in one of the loveliest films ever.
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir - Lost in the Fog
YouTube video by Bob Kingston
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Today is Gene Tierney's birthday, and I absolutely adore her, so here she is in one of the loveliest films ever.
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Stunning 2,000 year-old #Roman purple glass bottle, probably used for perfume.
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Stunning 2,000 year-old #Roman purple glass bottle, probably used for perfume.
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
Hübsch gepredigt! Aber tauben Ohren!
Ariadne auf Naxos (1912): Großmächtige Prinzessin - Beverly Sills - Live in Boston (1969 HD)
YouTube video by This is Coloratura!
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Hübsch gepredigt! Aber tauben Ohren!
There are good days, there are bad days, and there are days when Grindr is down.
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
There are good days, there are bad days, and there are days when Grindr is down.
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A silver and gilt, shell-shaped box from Tomba degli Ori, Canosa, Bari, Italy.
Dated late 3rd to early 2nd C BCE.
Interior and exterior of the lid shows a Nereid on a sea monster.
Greek Inscription on the hinge:
Of Opaka Sabaleida
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
📸 my own, Taranto Archaeological Museum.
Dated late 3rd to early 2nd C BCE.
Interior and exterior of the lid shows a Nereid on a sea monster.
Greek Inscription on the hinge:
Of Opaka Sabaleida
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
📸 my own, Taranto Archaeological Museum.
November 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A silver and gilt, shell-shaped box from Tomba degli Ori, Canosa, Bari, Italy.
Dated late 3rd to early 2nd C BCE.
Interior and exterior of the lid shows a Nereid on a sea monster.
Greek Inscription on the hinge:
Of Opaka Sabaleida
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
📸 my own, Taranto Archaeological Museum.
Dated late 3rd to early 2nd C BCE.
Interior and exterior of the lid shows a Nereid on a sea monster.
Greek Inscription on the hinge:
Of Opaka Sabaleida
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
📸 my own, Taranto Archaeological Museum.
Move over, Edith Wharton.
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Move over, Edith Wharton.
Giga in G Major, K. 574
YouTube video by Alessio Corti - Topic
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
You know what they say about abusers promising to change.
They don't. Never.
MTG swearing off the toxic politics is like Count Dracula promising to drink only mineral water (as long as it has lots of hemoglobin in it).
They don't. Never.
MTG swearing off the toxic politics is like Count Dracula promising to drink only mineral water (as long as it has lots of hemoglobin in it).
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
You know what they say about abusers promising to change.
They don't. Never.
MTG swearing off the toxic politics is like Count Dracula promising to drink only mineral water (as long as it has lots of hemoglobin in it).
They don't. Never.
MTG swearing off the toxic politics is like Count Dracula promising to drink only mineral water (as long as it has lots of hemoglobin in it).
One of my neighbours has been playing the orchestral introduction to Casta Diva on a loop all evening, always breaking off just before the soprano comes in -- so I don't know which version they are playing. A particularly refined form of torture.
November 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
One of my neighbours has been playing the orchestral introduction to Casta Diva on a loop all evening, always breaking off just before the soprano comes in -- so I don't know which version they are playing. A particularly refined form of torture.
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David Bispham as Alberich in the Opera Siegfried (1902) by Aimé Dupont, from Harvard Theatre Collection.
Source: @harvard.edu / Wikimedia Commons
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2fe01411-4bcd-4232-967d-d5ff600b2296
#makeup #theatre #art #publicdomain
Source: @harvard.edu / Wikimedia Commons
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2fe01411-4bcd-4232-967d-d5ff600b2296
#makeup #theatre #art #publicdomain
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
David Bispham as Alberich in the Opera Siegfried (1902) by Aimé Dupont, from Harvard Theatre Collection.
Source: @harvard.edu / Wikimedia Commons
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2fe01411-4bcd-4232-967d-d5ff600b2296
#makeup #theatre #art #publicdomain
Source: @harvard.edu / Wikimedia Commons
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2fe01411-4bcd-4232-967d-d5ff600b2296
#makeup #theatre #art #publicdomain
Willa Cather was seriously badass, and she would have settled that (K)New person's hash in no time at all.
November 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Willa Cather was seriously badass, and she would have settled that (K)New person's hash in no time at all.
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Moby Dick was published on this day in 1851, so today's bank note comes from Nantucket and features a large vignette of whalers in a longboat about to harpoon a spouting sperm whale. Also on the right, note the Hydrostatic Oil Press. Manufacturers and Mechanics Bank, Nantucket, MA, $3, Dec 5, 1843.🗃️
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Moby Dick was published on this day in 1851, so today's bank note comes from Nantucket and features a large vignette of whalers in a longboat about to harpoon a spouting sperm whale. Also on the right, note the Hydrostatic Oil Press. Manufacturers and Mechanics Bank, Nantucket, MA, $3, Dec 5, 1843.🗃️
When you fail to understand that Humbert Humbert is a monster, and that Jim Burden is *ten years old* when he meets the *significantly older* Antonia Shimerda, you don't deserve to be an English professor, let alone to teach at Harvard.
did not have Harvard English professor Elisa New emailing Jeffrey Epstein about Lolita on my 2025 bingo card
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
When you fail to understand that Humbert Humbert is a monster, and that Jim Burden is *ten years old* when he meets the *significantly older* Antonia Shimerda, you don't deserve to be an English professor, let alone to teach at Harvard.