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From: Debbie M. Decker <dmdecker**At_Symbol_Here**UCDAVIS.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] mouse bait anyone?
Date: May 18, 2018 16:30 UTC
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Hi Monona:
Thanks for the clarification - I'm not an opera/oratorio buff but I am an appreciator of lovely music and this is it. I'd love to hear you perform. Will there
be video of the show?
And I can't tell you how much your glorious mouse saga makes me happy. It always amazes me what a truly splendid on-line community this is - on so many levels.
Happy Friday,
Debbie
Debbie M. Decker, CCHO, ACS Fellow
Past Chair, Division of Chemical Health and Safety
Councilor and Programming Co-Chair
University of California, Davis
(530)754-7964
(530)304-6728
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Birkett's hypothesis: "Any chemical reaction
that proceeds smoothly under normal conditions,
can proceed violently in the presence of an idiot."
From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
On Behalf Of Monona Rossol
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2018 6:11 AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] mouse bait anyone?
Debbie, I can see how you thought it was an opera since it comes in three acts with scenes. But actually it is an oratorio. It could easily be converted to an opera.
May add a little recitative.
Conversely, if you know Handel's opera, Cleopatra, you will see the same structure. But Cleo was meant to be staged as an opera. In a reverse twist, at the University
of Wisconsin in the late 1960s I sang Cleopatra with harpsichord staged as an oratorio! The harpsichordist was Alice Ehlers. You can google her, too.
I have that recording you found. It has to be ordered from the UK, but well worth it if you like coloratura. The program I'm working on for October will have samples
of coloratura and lyric opera arias, German lieder, and popular, Vaudeville, and Broadway songs from the late 1800s to the 1960. There is stuff from 'way back there that many people have never heard that is well worth giving a listen to.
Monona Rossol, M.S., M.F.A., Industrial Hygienist
President: Arts, Crafts & Theater Safety, Inc.
Safety Officer: Local USA829, IATSE
181 Thompson St., #23
New York, NY 10012 212-777-0062
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From: Debbie M. Decker <dmdecker**At_Symbol_Here**UCDAVIS.EDU>
To: DCHAS-L <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
Sent: Fri, May 18, 2018 5:09 am
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] mouse bait anyone?
In case you were curious �
I think this is the aria Monona mentioned below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtJpn8ZbUQ0
And here's a libretto from the same opera that's really gorgeous:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HDrkGCDYAQ
I've never heard of this opera - it's a great Old Testament tale.
Enjoy!
Debbie
Debbie M. Decker, CCHO, ACS Fellow
Past Chair, Division of Chemical Health and Safety
Councilor and Programming Co-Chair
University of California, Davis
(530)754-7964
(530)304-6728
Birkett's hypothesis: "Any chemical reaction
that proceeds smoothly under normal conditions,
can proceed violently in the presence of an idiot."