Emmanuelle Béart
Why is this room so cluttered?
Because the inhabitant is a magpie,
a semiseria magpie of a
mixed type, a hybrid creature
who wonders whether it was the Teatro San Carlo
in Naples where La gazza ladra
premiered, and whether Stendhal
saw it there. I don’t remember
if it’s mentioned in his Vie de Rossini.
A basket lacquered dark cherry red
woven from vines the thickness of bucatini
The notes are more interesting than the text
The corner of the carpet curls upward
like the toe of an oriental slipper
There’s a jet overhead—where else?—
it’s long, mapped curves
convey its even roar
Maybe those Japanese platform sandals
Yesterday, I read Poe’s “The oval portrait.”
When did Bartók first get a short haircut?
Jacques loves Igor
Do all manias grow this way, like crystals?
Because the inhabitant is a magpie,
a semiseria magpie of a
mixed type, a hybrid creature
who wonders whether it was the Teatro San Carlo
in Naples where La gazza ladra
premiered, and whether Stendhal
saw it there. I don’t remember
if it’s mentioned in his Vie de Rossini.
A basket lacquered dark cherry red
woven from vines the thickness of bucatini
The notes are more interesting than the text
The corner of the carpet curls upward
like the toe of an oriental slipper
There’s a jet overhead—where else?—
it’s long, mapped curves
convey its even roar
Maybe those Japanese platform sandals
Yesterday, I read Poe’s “The oval portrait.”
When did Bartók first get a short haircut?
Jacques loves Igor
Do all manias grow this way, like crystals?
posted by Joel at 6:58 PM
6 Comments:
Bartok and Nerval on the same day; doesn't get any better than that!
BTW, you should read Leos Janacek's letters to Kamila Stosslova, Intimate Letters. For some reason, they often make me think of you.
I love Janacek and have a book about his operas that I haven't gotten to yet.
What is the book called? I have only listened to Jenufa and Diary of One Who Disappeared; I haven't been able to find any of the other operas, but I have listend (I believe) to all of his other pieces.
I listen to On an Overgrown Path and Mladi(Youth) over and over again.
The book is Janacek's Operas, A Documentary Account by John Tyrrell. It's a collection of documents related to the development of each of his major operas, and includes excerpts from letters to Kamila Stosslova.
Do listen to his other operas. They're all great.
Speak of the devil, so to speak; we are going to go see Jenufa on Feb. 14 at the Met Opera!
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