Quoting Lee Morgan <LMorgan923@t...>: Quoting Lee Morgan <LMorgan923@t...>: "...I kind of felt like I was watching a live version of the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show."
Lee, Perhaps your faculty baritone thought: "take me to your fearless lieder." Ouch. Which reminds me, too, of finally getting the punchline, in the middle of a college music history class, that the name Boris Badenov was not merely based on the character's being the bad-enough villain, but a poke at the opera Boris Gudenov (sp?)!!! Bravos to Bullwinkle and Rocket J. Squirrel--not to mention their creators. --Erica > Lee Morgan > Mezzo-soprano > > -----Original Message----- > From: sopran@a... [mailto: > To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [vocalist] Names for less-than-admired singers (was Aria > Competition) > > > In a message dated 8/7/01 9:58:25 PM, verdirules@h... writes: verdirules@h... writes: > > << the hair-dryer who didn't handle "Che bel il sogno di Doretta" >> > > LOL! That's one I hadn't heard! ;-) > > There used to be a woman (another soprano, who actually got hired a lot) > that > I called the cheese grater. It always sounded to me like she was shredding > something! > > Then there was the "Waring blender" who sounded like a blender set to > puree, > and > the "fruit fly," who had a very tiny voice that sort of hovered around the > pitch but never quite landed anywhere... > > Anyone else have favorite "nicknames" for less-than-admired fellow singers? > > (No fair naming actual names, though!) > > Judy > > > > > > To unsubscribe: > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > To unsubscribe: > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >
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