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5月26日 Damn!(Jun. 9th)This blasted thing is out of order again! I am not allowed to update my Space. This is the only solution I can think of, revising my old diary. But I really don't like it. Maybe one day I will quit the Space after all. People like me, as I have observed countless times, belong to another era, and should have no business meddling with modern technology.
Have finished reading Die Zauberflote. Really, my German is not too bad! The following song is called Wien, du Stadt meine Taume. It is not, unfortunately, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. I find the lyrics charmingly appealing. Just change Wien into Salzburg and then it will be perfect. Mein Herz und mein Sinn Refrain:
5月22日 Mozart~Die Zauberflote~I have been wrapped up in Mozart's operas lately, in Die Zauberflote to be specific.
Got quite overwhelmed every time I hear it.
Why didn't Mama sent me to take voice lessons when I was young? I might have become a great soprano.
I greatly recommend the 1967's recording of Die Zauberflote, with conductor Karl Bohm, Fritz Wunderlich as Tamino, Dietrich Fisher-Dieskau as Papageno, Roberta Peters as Queen of the Night and Franz Crass as Sarastro.
Wunderlich's voice is amazing. He is the perfect and the greatest Tamino ever. His singing can move me to tears.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is my favorite baritone, or possibly my favorite opera singer. His Papageno is lively, sensitive, funny, loyal, and in fact, everything Papageno has got to be. By the way, his Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro is also superb.
Roberta Peters's Die Konigin der Nacht is astounding. Her voice is beyond believe.
Franz Crass is wonderful Sarastro, which means a good deal, since Sarastro's voice is "the only voice fit for God"(of course, that compliment was paid to Mozart, by George Bernard Shaw).
Above all, there is Mozart. Without him, all must be in vain.
He is the greatest of all the composers. No argument.
"When the angels sing for God, they sing Bach. But I am sure that when they sing to each other, they sing Mozart--and God listens." ---Karl Barth 5月14日 Der Vogelfanger bin ich, ja!I've been thinking it over and decided not to call myself Amadeus any longer. The name is too sacred for someone who is as stupid and ambisionless as me. I will keep it and when someday I deserve it I will change back into it. So, at present I am Papageno. This chap is more like me: lazy, silly, an epicure and without a care in the world. Der Vogelfanger bin ich, ja! Stets lustig, heisa, hopsassa! Ich Vogelfanger bin bekannt, Bei Alt und Jung in ganzen Land! 5月13日 May.13thIt took me four days to get throught to this damn blasted thing. I hate the Internet agency we selected. It seemed a great mistake. Nothing particular happened. Unless you count that Mr. Butcherman went to Canada on May. 10th(or probably 11th, I don't know exactly). I wrote him an e-mail demanding, yes, demanding him to keep in touch. He agreed, but frankly I don't have much faith in him. It is sad to be sceptical of one's friend. But there it is, I can't help it. I reviewd Whoopi Goldberg's Sister Act the other day. I do love this movie, even though it is about pop music winning over classical. There are times when you simply have to set aside your personal preferrance and get yourself unprejudiced into the story. Whoopi Goldberg is just marvelous. She is really what you call an Artist. She has no beauty, no figure and she is black. But her acing skill is unbelievable. She can be comical, serious, heartless and sensitive. I love her! And Maggie Smith, that is another of my favorite actress. Her acting range is very wide. She started out playing the beautiful heroines in Shakespeare's plays with Lawrence Olivier. And she later has created many many memoriable characters like Mrs. Medlock in The Secret Garden, Charlotte in A Room with a View, Aunt Betsey in BBC's David Copperfield, and most recently, Prof. McGonagall in the Harry Potter series. I am studying the script of Die Zauberflöte now. It is really very difficult considering how poor my German is. But it is great fun. And it gives me a sense of feeling closer to Mozart. I will need a bigger dictionary though. Mine is too small for the task. Well, that is about all I can think of to say now. I will be back some other time. That is, if the Internet is friendly and benevolent. Amen!
5月7日 "Zebra in the zoo, How do you do?" I went to the zoo today with Pa, on purpose to see the flamingos. We saw them all right. But they just didn't seem right. At least they were not as red as I had expected. It must be because of the environment and the food.
Almost every creature, except the tourist of course, in the zoo seemed drawsy, lacking in spirit and pathetic. Only a flock of geese and ducks looked normal to us.
When I am properous I am going to Africa to see real animals.
I also saw the giraffes today. They are one of the most graceful kind of animals on earth, and beautiful too, with long eye lashes, big eyes, wonderfully shaped neck and beautiful color. But what strikes me most is their expressions: calm, mild and wise. These are what make them so enchanting. 5月5日 Report I went to Granny's for the May Day Holidays. Granny's garden is marvelous: flowers every where, birdies singing and our fat black cat purring in the sun. Life can be wonderful.
Had a few hearty meals with relatives. Oh, my weight... Well, there is no point crying over "eaten meals".
Got home today with Papa and was caught in the rain, wet to the skin.
Finished reading Sister Carrie by Dreiser and starting to read Henry Esmond by Thackeray.
Some friends are leaving on 10th for Canada. Feeling a bit melancholy, just a little bit.
Planning to go the zoo someday when it is fine. I have heard that they have got a bunch of flamingos in there.
Going to attatch some pictures taken at Granny's. Hope those who sees them like them.
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