tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704055254870121256.post5755178451972688987..comments2024-02-28T21:14:54.693-08:00Comments on MRS JOHN CLAGGART'S SAD LIFE: NEW YEARS EVE 2013Albert Innauratohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00372127500758892700noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704055254870121256.post-21235911615258824602014-01-05T15:56:47.239-08:002014-01-05T15:56:47.239-08:00Thank you Schmup53 of the multi-names, somehow I u...Thank you Schmup53 of the multi-names, somehow I understand that! Also good to see you, Cathy, I think this is your first comment, please comment more, there probably aren't enough regulars to have big discussions but I like the opinions of others (it might not always SEEM that way) and don't demand to be agreed with. Thanks, Jackie. And Perfidia, despite your name, you have been a true friend. Yes, Galas was phenomenal, both hysterically funny and heartbreaking. I have said often that Ludlam was the greatest theater talent of my generation. He and most of his company (though his secondo, Everett Quinton is with us still) was wiped out by AIDS. But would this awful culture have had a place for Ludlam as other than a character actor? His remarkable creative work depended on what was once called "good general culture" and I think it was more extensive then. I've had college classes where no one had HEARD of Dickens or most any other artist -- not read -- but with no idea of who they were. Though one didn't need to be an "opera expert" to get Galas one had to know a little something about both Callas, Camille and memorably, Madame Butterfly, again not in great detail but enough not to be lost. I think that's gone. Happy New Year to all, again, though now in North America we have to start wishing people Happy Freezing!!!!<br />Albert Innauratohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00372127500758892700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704055254870121256.post-55226383996206308122014-01-05T09:54:06.827-08:002014-01-05T09:54:06.827-08:00Happy New Year Mrs. JC! My education continues in ...Happy New Year Mrs. JC! My education continues in the right direction, thanks to you. <br /><br />Laddie (louannd)schmup53https://www.blogger.com/profile/03995304894519528582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704055254870121256.post-78346796676332252602014-01-02T13:05:47.989-08:002014-01-02T13:05:47.989-08:00Thank you for the new year's gift. I, like Cat...Thank you for the new year's gift. I, like Cathy, have been refreshing every time I am at the computer hoping for a new one. Read your Callas blog post. Spot on, and so sad. The reality of her final years would make a better play than "Master Class." But Charles Ludlam already got there. Thanks again, and have the best 2014 possible.perfidiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11319919205377842729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704055254870121256.post-70280642623195100572014-01-02T06:25:28.453-08:002014-01-02T06:25:28.453-08:00So nice to see a new post. I refresh everyday hopi...So nice to see a new post. I refresh everyday hoping to see some new insights!<br /><br />Happy New Year!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06056952458536481796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704055254870121256.post-54547793137402151682014-01-01T06:01:40.498-08:002014-01-01T06:01:40.498-08:00Aha! A new Albert post, excellent way to begin th...Aha! A new Albert post, excellent way to begin the 2014. I hope to read many more in the next few months. (Devastating dissection of ACD, by the way, whose contributions to the understanding of Wagner's opus stand at exactly zero.) All the best for the new year. JackieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16107373789747334754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704055254870121256.post-62354120903254950632013-12-31T16:58:22.842-08:002013-12-31T16:58:22.842-08:00I see for some reason my twin usurped me -- it is ...I see for some reason my twin usurped me -- it is google? Is it his (??) OVERWEENING aggression that has gotten him BANNED everywhere or is it a trick of fate???<br /><br />MRS JOHN CLAGGART (just in case it happens again!!)Albert Innauratohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00372127500758892700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704055254870121256.post-80391960449222169552013-12-31T16:55:41.112-08:002013-12-31T16:55:41.112-08:00Thank you wonderful Lawrence and very brave Genevi...Thank you wonderful Lawrence and very brave Genevieve!!! You keep up your fight and your honesty. You have much of great interest to say! Happy New Year to both of you.Albert Innauratohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00372127500758892700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704055254870121256.post-26283294730036528822013-12-31T12:52:48.868-08:002013-12-31T12:52:48.868-08:00Hello Albert,
"I promise to write here more&...Hello Albert,<br /><br /><i>"I promise to write here more"</i><br /><br />Please do.<br /><br />Your blog is one of the highlights from my RSS feed.<br /><br />Take care,<br /><br />GCR<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12254138622622583294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704055254870121256.post-10167920436396660402013-12-31T12:47:12.761-08:002013-12-31T12:47:12.761-08:00Glad to see another of your posts here. We have wa...Glad to see another of your posts here. We have waited a long time, but it's worth it!<br />Happy new Year everyone!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255475251057726693noreply@blogger.com