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14 February 2010

Spine-tingling

That's how Radio 3 Requests presenter, Chi-chi Nwanoku, has just described this love duet, which comes at the end of act one of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Angela Gheorghiu as Butterfly and Jonas Kaufmann as Lieutenant Pinkerton. Who am I to disagree? 

(Just perfect for Valentine's Day.)

Posted at 02:58 PM in Music in all things |

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Ah, but I bet your cake TASTES better! No way would I actually EAT my offerings - I have a sugar headache just looking at them!

btw, love your post below about invisibility and the moaning neighbour. A good lesson there...there's always an excuse, isn't there?

jxx

Posted by: Jane Alexander | 14 February 2010 at 06:49 PM

Sublime.

Posted by: colleen | 14 February 2010 at 08:42 PM

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