It is a great pleasure for me to "turn people on" to the treasures
that the former generations exposed me to in the opera world;this is
how we learn....like dad taking you to a baseball game when you are a
kid and as a result,you become a fan.
I never had the bnefit of the thing called "Internet' as a
teen...neither were there videos, cd's and a wealth of available
material from which to learn. I lugged the heavy 78 r.p.m. disc albums
from a record lending library (78 r.p.m.....what is that??Look it
up!!!)
and then when I started standing at the old Met i met people who had
seen Ponselle, De Luca, Martinelli,etc....even a few older people who
actually heard Patti!!!!
Therefore having the opportunity to spread the word through the
Vissi d'arte forum and the podcast site (http://
handelmania.libsyn.com)
is so rewarding to me, especially when i receive e-mail or comments on
the sites that someone got to like Madama X or some opera they never
heard of.
Any of you teachers out there know how exciting it is to see
young students appearing to "eat up" what subject you might be
teaching;I found this,for example, in foreign language classes. (Just
an aside...I once took 5 kids from a French class out and told them
they could order ANYTHING from the menu...the little devils..they were
smart enough to have a good full meal....at my expense..no cheap
hamburgers for them!!! MY PROBLEM!!)
Please do ask questions on the forums and please make requests on the
podcast site so you can become the opera Frankenstein I am....thank
God!!!! as ever Charlie

This post is written on Vissidarte in response to the now near 700
members ,many of whom have asked for special info.,sound
files,etc..and many newbies have joined to learn more about opera...
I only wish more people here would understand how rewarding nice
things can be...instead of deliberately causing trouble...oh
well....Life goes on...ch

On Jul 13, 11:02 pm, The Handelmaniac <CharlesHandel... at (no spam) cs.com> wrote:





It is a great pleasure for me to "turn people on" to the treasures
that the former generations exposed me to in the opera world;this is
how we learn....like dad taking you to a baseball game when you are a
kid and as a result,you become a fan.
I never had the bnefit of the thing called "Internet' as a
teen...neither were there videos, cd's and a wealth of available
material from which to learn. I lugged the heavy 78 r.p.m. disc albums
from a record lending library (78 r.p.m.....what is that??Look it
up!!!)
and then when I started standing at the old Met i met people who had
seen Ponselle, De Luca, Martinelli,etc....even a few older people who
actually heard Patti!!!!
Therefore having the opportunity to spread the word through the
Vissi d'arte forum and the podcast site (http://
handelmania.libsyn.com)
is so rewarding to me, especially when i receive e-mail or comments on
the sites that someone got to like Madama X or some opera they never
heard of.
Any of you teachers out there know how exciting it is to see
young students appearing to "eat up" what subject you might be
teaching;I found this,for example, in foreign language classes. (Just
an aside...I once took 5 kids from a French class out and told them
they could order ANYTHING from the menu...the little devils..they were
smart enough to have a good full meal....at my expense..no cheap
hamburgers for them!!! MY PROBLEM!!)
Please do ask questions on the forums and please make requests on the
podcast site so you can become the opera Frankenstein I am....thank
God!!!! as ever Charlie

This post is written on Vissidarte in response to the now near 700
members ,many of whom have asked for special info.,sound
files,etc..and many newbies have joined to learn more about opera...
I only wish more people here would understand how rewarding nice
things can be...instead of deliberately causing trouble...oh
well....Life goes on...ch

Vissidarte is moderated by you, so anyone who says that you are a
tiresome, unfunny, repetitive windbag gets deleted. Not really a
discussion group when you can delete the bad news. At least here
people can tell you what a tiresome, unfunny, repetitive windbag you
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From: Merdy <merdy.clavecl... at (no spam) UGGmail.com

On Jul 13, 11:02 pm, The Handelmaniac <CharlesHandel... at (no spam) cs.com> wrote:

It is a great pleasure for me to "turn people on" to the treasures that
the former generations exposed me to in the opera world;this is how we
learn....like dad taking you to a baseball game when you are a kid and
as a result,you become a fan.
I never had the bnefit of the thing called "Internet' as a
teen...neither were there videos, cd's and a wealth of available
material from which to learn. I lugged the heavy 78 r.p.m. disc albums
from a record lending library (78 r.p.m.....what is that??Look it up!!!)
and then when I started standing at the old Met i met people who had
seen Ponselle, De Luca, Martinelli,etc....even a few older people who
actually heard Patti!!!!
Therefore having the opportunity to spread the word through the Vissi
d'arte forum and the podcast site (http:// handelmania.libsyn.com)
is so rewarding to me, especially when i receive e-mail or comments on
the sites that someone got to like Madama X or some opera they never
heard of.
Any of you teachers out there know how exciting it is to see young
students appearing to "eat up" what subject you might be teaching;I
found this,for example, in foreign language classes. (Just an aside...I
once took 5 kids from a French class out and told them they could order
ANYTHING from the menu...the little devils..they were smart enough to
have a good full meal....at my expense..no cheap hamburgers for them!!!
MY PROBLEM!!)
Please do ask questions on the forums and please make requests on the
podcast site so you can become the opera Frankenstein I am....thank
God!!!! as ever Charlie
This post is written on Vissidarte in response to the now near 700
members ,many of whom have asked for special info.,sound files,etc..and
many newbies have joined to learn more about opera... I only wish more
people here would understand how rewarding nice things can be...instead
of deliberately causing trouble...oh well....Life goes on...ch
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Vissidarte is moderated by you, so anyone who says that you are a
tiresome, unfunny, repetitive windbag gets deleted. Not really a
discussion group when you can delete the bad news. At least here people
can tell you what a tiresome, unfunny, repetitive windbag you are.
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And better, yet:

People can and do tell you what a _)(*&^% YOU are. �))))