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Here's the original video from 1987 of the first song released from that: The text in this Youtube video upload reads: "Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé - Barcelona (Original David Mallet Video 1987) This wonderful 1987 video, capturing Freddie Mercury's unforgettable collaboration with Spanish opera diva Montserrat Caballé, accompanied the very first single from the 'Barcelona' album (which was to follow a full year later). This unexpected and unlikely merging of talent took the world by storm, and this was the first of three singles released from the album. The Director was David Mallet and it was filmed at Pinewood Studios in London. The single was released in the UK on 26th October 1987." TruHart1

I specifically recall a conversation among friends as we were watching the MET Centennial Gala in 1983 about how so many of the great voiced singers at the time (who also happened to be quite overweight!) such as Pavarotti and Caballé, had facial protuberances that made them even more unattractive in close-up! http://parterre.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/caballe.jpg That was a glorious telecast, though and I still watch parts of it on my old Betamax. Yes, I still have a fully functioning Sony Betamax VTR!!! TruHart1

Here is the NY Times obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/06/obituaries/montserrat-caballe-dead.html TruHart1

He has not been cancelling performances so far this year so yes, my hope is that he does make his MET performances as scheduled! TruHart1

I still vividly recall a "Live From Lincoln Center" telecast on PBS with Zuben Mehta conducting the NY Philharmonic in the Verdi Requiem with an operatic dream cast of Paul Plishka, bass; Placido Domingo, tenor; Bianca Berini, mezzo and Montserrat Caballé, soprano! In the Youtube upload of the telecast here, at Caballé's first vocal entrance in the Offertorio of the Requiem, she does the seemingly impossible by taking what most singers sing as three phrases in only one long phrase! Watching the telecast live back in 1980, I was absolutely amazed at her unbelievable breath control! Yes her facial expressions ran the gamut from A to slightly more A, but the voice was just SO phenomenal!!! Go to the 47:57 mark on the video to hear this impressive moment of remarkable breath control: Another unbelievable breath control feat I recall was in a number of her MET broadcasts of Elisabetta in Don Carlo I listened to. At the very end of the opera, she sustains her final note all the way through almost the very end of the opera: (from the Saturday afternoon broadcast of April 22, 1972 with Franco Corelli, tenor and Cesare Siepi, bass and Paul Plishka, bass) I'm sure Verdi would have rolled over in his grave but it was always a thrill to hear! A truly GREAT singer who seemed able to sing everything and anything well, from bel canto to verismo to Wagner, that she decided to sing! RIP, Madame Caballé. TruHart1

____Halloween is cumming! TruHart1

This subject is discussed here ad infinitum: A thread from 2016: https://www.companyofmen.org/threads/boy-friend-experience-bfe.113510/#post-1084990 A more recent thread: https://www.companyofmen.org/threads/boyfriend-experience.141083/#post-1597423 Do a search on "boyfriend experience" and you'll find enough different threads to keep you busy for days!!! :rolleyes: TruHart1

I am reading the fourth mystery novel, Lethal White, in the Cormoran Strike detective series, by J.K. Rowling writing under the pseudonym of Robert Galbraith. It has been a very entertaining read so far: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_White_(novel) Review: https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/books/2018/10/02/jk-rowlings-er-robert-galbraiths-lethal-white-crime-novel-worthy-name I am grateful that Rowling continues to write other works besides those set in the Potterverse, although I am looking forward to the release of the film sequel, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, in November! TruHart1

Russell writes: "Happy Thursday!" (nice manspread!!! :)) TruHart1

YES... Raul has always been a "hands on" escort in the best sense!!! ;) TruHart1

Ancel Elgort has been cast as Tony: http://highlighthollywood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Shot_05_328_1481MQ_C-1-682x1024.jpg http://highlighthollywood.com/2018/10/ansel-elgort-to-star-in-steven-spielbergs-west-side-story/ TruHart1

I have met and hired him because he travels to gay venues for dance gigs around the country and had been flown out to my area to dance at a gay club here one weekend. No review but I had a great time and found him quite interesting personality-wise. He also often works as a bartender so is an excellent listener, very laid back and easy going! http://media.rent.men/public/photos/main/53/174848_1538169432_e8afdffxmw.jpg TruHart1

I will do that. I recall talking about you with Raul not so long ago when we talked about the hot three way once, when you had let him join for an hour or so during the time you'd hired the wonderful but now retired Andrew Justice for an overnight, a very memorable experience which he expressed to me he enjoyed immensely! TruHart1

I have no idea why all of RGM's reviews have disappeared from Daddy's reviews. Since Raul has become not only one of the favorite escorts I continue to see over the years on a regular basis AND a great friend, we stay in touch. He is quite happy and doing well in Chicago these days and though he has not renewed his ad on Rentment or his masseur ads lately, he's not retired and he is still keeping busy seeing his regulars in the Chicago area and his many visiting regulars who believe along with me that he is one of the best escorts around! I look forward to seeing him quite soon, myself!;) TruHart1

Unfortunately, Sam was so changeable in her moods, up and down, stating she'd murder anyone she felt was working against her, along with some pretty paranoid acting out, I don't think Tyler wanted to take the chance with her, though that was JC's plan all along. Yes, the sofa won but Tyler ended up melting the frozen heart of the lampshade, who turns out to be the love of his life!!! TruHart1

Julie Chen-Moonves interrupting Tyler multiple times during his jury speech, telling him to keep it short, certainly did not help his case either, making his speech seem unfocussed and certainly a bit more scattered than Kaycee repeating the same thing (I played a great social game!!!) again and again in answer to every question and then repeating it yet again as her jury speech! As you say though, to the 'Foute' ' side, Tyler was definitely not as clear in his answers as Kaycee pounding her social game home again and again was! Haleigh claimed that she planned to vote for Kaycee before Tyler's speech and his jury question answers but changed her mind and decided to vote for him only at the last minute! If she'd had the time to consult with Fessie, who knows, she may have convinced him to vote for Tyler and we might have had a different winner!!! TruHart1

I'm afraid that Mr. Kaufmann (still my favorite singer right now!) and his recent history of canceling performances at the MET may be to blame for good ticket availability. Some opera-goers who planned itineraries and flew to NYC specifically to see him in the new production of Manon Lescaut a few seasons ago, or his one Saturday matinée of Carmen two years ago, or his run of Werther, all of which he canceled, have most likely decided that it was just not worth going to the expense of taking a chance that he would show. He commented after some of those cancellations that he wanted to stay closer to home to be near his children, his new wife, etc. and preferred to stay in Europe for most of his operatic engagements. He may be more comfortable traveling now. I've a feeling that opera lovers who may live far from NYC just may not want to take the chance though, much as certain escorts who have developed a reputation for no-shows discourage clients from trying to hire them! TruHart1

Yeah. The first US celeb Big Brother was sort of so so, (though I thought James Maslow was hot as hell!) with another bitter jury mad at the better player who did not treat them well as he evicted them. The thing I really enjoyed about celebrity Big Brother is that it was so short, only 26 days long! I have watched a few of the UK celebrity Big Brother seasons, including the most recent one with Kirstie Alley winning runner-up against the winner Ryan Thomas, an English actor who starred in the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street from 2000, when he was only 16 through 2016, when he was 32! I also watched much of the 2014 season when a very feeble Gary Busey won! TruHart1

Russell writes: "Rock on." TruHart1

Salient points for Kaycee's excellent social game, @down_to_business, and that is why I was happy that she won. Tyler was just a more impressive, flashier player, though his fellow housemates, especially the "Foute'" side, most of whom were the deciding final jury votes, had no clue just how much he was involved in every blindside and every machination, from week one when he was the first HOH in the house and got Steve voted out, through finessing Kaitlyn's uncontrollable ups and downs to get Swaggy out, attempting all through the game (not always successfully, either!) to control Sam's scattershot mood swings, to that final major blindside of Brett! His was a game much more like my favorite Big Brother player of all time, Dan Gheesling, who won BB10 and was the runner-up in BB14! Unfortunately, though Kaycee was rock-solidly true to her word, she went on that veto/HOH winning spree which made Tyler more the Memphis to her Dan than the other way around! Kaycee had a SOLID (one might even say steady but boring) game but Tyler, Tyler had an exciting game to WATCH! He will always be one of the best Big Brother players who never won for me, playing in one of the most exciting US Big Brother seasons ever! :rolleyes: TruHart1

Scottie claimed his vote for Kaycee was simply because she won the final HOH over Tyler. He said he would have voted for Tyler had he won it. Of course then Tyler would have been the one to cut JC, so that vote may have been lost for Tyler, which would still make Kaycee the winner! TruHart1

Nyle DiMarco Found A Fan Who Tweeted About Seeing Him At The Airport And Then Made His Day https://www.buzzfeed.com/alivelez/nyle-dimarco-surprised-a-fan-who-tweeted-about-seeing-him TruHart1

Thank goodness we all have different tastes in men!!! ;) TruHart1

Well Corvette Summer was no Star Wars. I doubt it would have even had wide release if Hamill were not the star. It did actually show a profit at the box office, more than likely because of Mark Hamill and Star Wars fans! TruHart1

I am quite happy that Kaycee won BB20, though I thought Tyler actually played a better game. Tyler's game was not as easily discerned as Kaycee's, which was more direct and straightforward, including an amazing run of POV wins during the second half but also a social game that kept the jury members non-bitter toward her. Tyler's game was just too subtle and not obvious to the jurors who were, in fact, bitter towards Tyler upon leaving the house. Tyler did win America's Favorite Player, and that was because those of us who watched the feeds daily could see how well he played the game! Ironically, if he'd taken his 'showmance,' Angela to the final two with him instead of his day one promised 'ride or die' Kaycee, he would most likely have won due to the many jury members who were bitter toward Angela!!! Still, this was one of the best Big Brother seasons (thanks to Tyler, JC, Kaitlyn, Fessie, Brett and Sam!) in the last ten seasons in my opinion! TruHart1