In case you haven’t noticed, I love music. I LOVE MUSIC. So does Pnut. Between the two of us, we own four bookcases full of CD’s. At 180+ CD’s per case, we’re close to opening our own shop. That said, our taste in music is pretty damned different. His heavy metal shelves (all twenty of them) sit side by side with my folk/country section. Yes, we organize by genre. He tends to prefer male singers, and I have a definite love for women’s voices. We tease each other a fair amount about the various artists we obsess over intermittently, but usually respect for each others differences.
Over the last few years, I’ve developed a somewhat unhealthy obsession with Maria Callas. Carmen is my favorite opera, and Callas’ development of the role both musically and theatrically is, for me, simply unquestionably perfectly untouchable. Which is why Pnut knew exactly what he would do to my mind when he came home from work yesterday and pithily questioned “Did you know that Celine Dion has the same vocal range as Maria Callas?”. Has anybody seen my mind? I miss it.
It MAY be true. I can’t really imagine it being true. Please, tell me it’s NOT TRUE! This is the difference between using your powers for good versus using your powers for picking the pocketbooks of a massive following of teary-eyed Canadian women.
Canadians (try not to throw up):
(The indomitable) Callas (try not to explode with wonder):
Do you have a favorite female voice? I’d love to hear it (unless it’s Celine Dion, in which case you should probably seek the help you need elsewhere). Leave me a link in the comments.
