Omg, The Opera Singer From Cairo On The Rvp

[Bobbisox1]

Sent shivers down my spine, beautiful

[Barsel]

Have found a video of her singing in Paris 'Oh Mio Babbino Caro'.

[MissTerious2]

That's what she sang. Oh my beloved father.

[Barsel]

Well, I got there in the end Lottie.:-) x

[MissTerious2]

Love your new photo Barsel. Looking good. ;0))

[Barsel]

Thanks Lottie. That photo of me was taken in 1920 when I was 18 yrs old. :-) x

[MissTerious2]

You must be ABs most senior member!!

[Canary42]

237sj - how wonderful, I would love to see it (at the London Coloseum isn't it ?).

Surely all the country dances are representative of those country's styles (like the Russian dance, Spanish dance, Chinese dance etc.,) or are they now regarded as unacceptable caricatures? Seems daft to pick on the Arabian dance.

[Canary42]

.... and next we'll lose the Dance of the Snowflakes LOL

[ladybirder]

Canary it's on at The Royal Opera House.

[ladybirder]

Hmmm. You can hear her gasping for breath.

[Peter Pedant]

My favourite dance in the ballet is the Arabian dance.
er is that the one where the men dont wear much and the woman ( parading on his shoulders ) wears a bit more but see-thru ?
someone wears a crescent moon head dress

Yeah - Turkish and not Arabic - but Tchaikovsky didnt know that. Turkey and the Harem at the Topkapi wasnt exactly mainstream Islam in 1890 - and that wdnt have been the reason anyway.

[237SJ]

Thanks for that PP. Do crack on though.