Happy birthday, Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835).
Better call in late for work today. Here’s Maria Callas as Norma, live at La Scala in 1955.
PHOTOS: Maybe he’s not hard of hearing; maybe he’s just ignoring you..
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Anne Boleyn Beheaded Her Lament & Callas
It was on this date in 1536 that Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII, was beheaded for adultery, incest and witchcraft.
Here’s a lament attributed to Anne, allegedly written during her imprisonment in the Tower of London.
And here’s Callas, captured at La Scala in 1957, in the mad scene from Donizetti’s dramatization. The audience, at the 9:14 mark, sounds like they’re going to take the place apart.
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