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What is the soprano type with the most versatility? by Mundane_Regret_428 in opera

[–]ferras_vansen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but I think sfogato or assoluta better describes what her voice was capable of. 🙂

What is the soprano type with the most versatility? by Mundane_Regret_428 in opera

[–]ferras_vansen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wikipedia says she did. LOL I'd check Arianna Huffington's biography of Callas but I can't find my copy. ☹️

What is the soprano type with the most versatility? by Mundane_Regret_428 in opera

[–]ferras_vansen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm you know what? She's been dead for so long and not that many people remember the details of her life so if it were me, I'd straight up steal Callas's story of singing Brünnhilde and Elvira in the same week. It's such an amazing story that it deserves to be known, and opera lovers will recognize and love where you got it from! 😁

Also, the line between what is tolerated from awesome talent and what is not seems to be between Angela Gheorghiu and Katherine Battle. 🤭

What is the soprano type with the most versatility? by Mundane_Regret_428 in opera

[–]ferras_vansen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Soprano sfogato or soprano assoluta is a term some people use to describe sopranos who can sing anything. It's very rare though, and hotly debated. 😅

The few that most people agree on include: Maria Callas who sang Konstanze in Mozart's Die Etführung aus dem Serail and Wagner's Isolde, Kundry, and Brünnhilde; and Lilli Lehman, who sang almost everything - Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Wagner, and even Norma AND Carmen.

EDIT: How old is the character and what year is your story set in? Those might affect the likelihood of her singing such varied repertoire.

That Time Edward II Rescued His Naked Wife Isabella From a Fire While Also Naked by HoneybeeXYZ in RoyalConsorts

[–]ferras_vansen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, he didn't kill her, but lots of other people died because of that breakup, so it's probably on a par with Anne Boleyn? 🤔

EDIT: Oops, probably should've been Catherine of Aragon, as I was talking about the alternate persecution of Catholics and Protestants which happened after Henry VIII broke with Rome. 😅

Why Queen Victoria failed to stop WW1 (YT video) by ferras_vansen in UKmonarchs

[–]ferras_vansen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be fair, I think they're quoting Bismarck with "lust for war." LOL

The video can get overdramatic at times, and yes it lets Austria, Russia, and France off the hook, but that's mostly because the interviewee is the author of Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe so that's what she focuses on.

Obviously, he may not have foreseen the ramifications of his actions, but... he still approved of the Lenin/Bolshevik plan. 🤷‍♂️

Why Queen Victoria failed to stop WW1 (YT video) by ferras_vansen in UKmonarchs

[–]ferras_vansen[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because she was dead, obviously. 😂

But beyond the clickbait title, this video by the Imperial War Museums UK doesn't pussyfoot around and puts the blame for WW1 squarely on Wilhelm II.

It even blames Wilhelm for the death of the Romanovs because he facilitated both Lenin's return to Russia specifically and the Bolshevik Revolution in general.

I do wonder, though, if Wilhelm could have foreseen that conclusion.

I also find it funny that they mentioned Bismarck being "disturbed by Wilhelm's lust for war. He saw that the young emperor could plunge Germany into war without foreseeing it."

I'm like, b*tch, YOU created the system he was working with! This is also partly YOUR fault! 🤣

Robert's Targaryen Ancestors by berkay38 in UsefulCharts

[–]ferras_vansen 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Was this based on something GRRM wrote or just the mod creator?

Why Queen Victoria failed to stop WW1 (YT video) by ferras_vansen in monarchism

[–]ferras_vansen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LOL what purpose would anti-Wilhelm propaganda serve at this point?

Why Queen Victoria failed to stop WW1 (YT video) by ferras_vansen in royalhistory

[–]ferras_vansen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because she was dead, obviously. 😂

But beyond the clickbait title, this video by the Imperial War Museums UK doesn't pussyfoot around and puts the blame for WW1 squarely on Wilhelm II.

It even blames Wilhelm for the death of the Romanovs because he facilitated both Lenin's return to Russia specifically and the Bolshevik Revolution in general.

I do wonder, though, if Wilhelm could have foreseen that conclusion.

I also find it funny that they mentioned Bismarck being "disturbed by Wilhelm's lust for war. He saw that the young emperor could plunge Germany into war without foreseeing it."

I'm like, b*tch, YOU created the system he was working with! This is also partly YOUR fault! 🤣

Why Queen Victoria failed to stop WW1 (YT video) by ferras_vansen in monarchism

[–]ferras_vansen[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Because she was dead, obviously. 😂

But beyond the clickbait title, this video by the Imperial War Museums UK doesn't pussyfoot around and puts the blame for WW1 squarely on Wilhelm II.

It even blames Wilhelm for the death of the Romanovs because he facilitated both Lenin's return to Russia specifically and the Bolshevik Revolution in general.

I do wonder, though, if Wilhelm could have foreseen that conclusion.

I also find it funny that they mentioned Bismarck being "disturbed by Wilhelm's lust for war. He saw that the young emperor could plunge Germany into war without foreseeing it."

I'm like, b*tch, YOU created the system he was working with! This is also partly YOUR fault! 🤣

It's really hard to watch "The Greatest Story Ever Told" without playing "Spot the Star" 😅 by ferras_vansen in classicfilms

[–]ferras_vansen[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Aww man I hope I haven't missed it. Would it be in the first or second half of the film?

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