Momentary Obsessions
Posted by: imani on: July 24, 2008
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The Death of Elizabeth (1828)
Portrait (1909) by Henri Le Fauconnie
Music: “Absence” from Les Nuits d’Été Op. 7 by Hector Belioz, lyrics by Théophile Gautier
Mezzo-soprano: Dame Janet Baker
Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
Orchestra: Danish radio symphonic orchestra
October 12, 2008 at 12:03 am
I love your choice of paintings, particularly “The Death of Elizabeth;” it is one that I haven’t seen before, and I am crazy about any art that has to do with Queen Elizabeth I.
Thanks so much for sharing it!
- The Wandering Reader