Extraordinary Rendition
Here’s something to end the week with: a piece from my favourite Mozart opera, The Magic Flute, in a version that’s itself very rarely heard. Fortunately. This is what Florence Foster Jenkins – the opera singer to end all opera singers – did with Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen. For some reason Sony admits to owning the copyright of this, so you’ll have to click through to Youtube to hear it in its full glory.
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In the Dark 
May 7, 2016 at 7:48 pm
I’d have loved to have gone to one of her concerts.
May 8, 2016 at 9:47 am
I’ve often wondered if people laughed out loud when listening to her..
May 8, 2016 at 9:53 am
I think they did laugh. I’ve read that her pianist used to pull faces during her singing.
May 8, 2016 at 1:38 pm
It would be hard not to…
May 8, 2016 at 2:19 pm
Yes.
August 27, 2016 at 12:35 am
Considering how hard it is not to laugh now I’m not sure I’d be able to hold it in if I saw her live, which would probably make me feel bad. That was fun. Glad I stumbled onto this.
God love her, she’s trying…