This prompt is hosted
at November'sAutumn.
This month we share the music we feel fit for a book that we read
this month. This month I've been reading Robin Hood and Ivanhoe, but
I didn't think of any music when I read them. (I have a habit of
connecting things in my mind, so when a piece of music or a scene of
history links to the subject that I read, I usually remember
something.)
Then I read Les
Miserables. I haven't finished it, naturally, but there's a piece
of music that it brings to my mind. I love opera. When I read about
the misery and suffering of the people in Les Miserables, I
remember this aria from Giordano's opera, Andrea Chenier.
I put a link of a video in Youtube of the aria, complete with
subtitle, for those who don't understand Italian. Placido Domingo (my
favourite singer) sings this piece.
Oh, you're a Domingo fan, too?! This video is one of my favorites! I haven't yet read Les Miserables, though.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! I even wake up at the middle of the night just to listen to the radio for Domingo's operas broadcast.
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