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From:  Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
Date:  Wed Oct 11, 2000  9:15 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] Re: Songs about Sirens


On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Margaret Harrison wrote:

> or enchantresses--
>
> A fun encore might be, from Damn Yankees:
>
> Whatever Lola Wants

There's also Gershwin's delightful "Sam and Delilah".

Or, if you prefer something, operatic, how about "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta
voix" - Delilah's siren song from Saint-Saens' SAMSON ET DALILA? Or, in
the same vein, the Seguidille from CARMEN. Or Venus' "Geliebter komm"
from Wagner's TANNHAUSER. All three ladies used these songs to,
ultimately, lure their men to their (relative) dooms.

KM
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