Aïda
This is Illogical.
CBC Radio’s “Saturday Afternoon At The Opera” broadcast of Aïda was lovely – with the usual love triangles, heart-rending arias, and gloriously unhappy ending. Constance had her kleenex box at the ready for the final scene, but then began to wonder why Verdi put a Temple of Vulcan into an Egyptian story…She supposes it was just the usual operatic liberties.
Small wooden dolls don’t have much anxiety about being walled up in tombs – the Original Hitty survived being variously put into camphor, stuck in a box at the dead letter office, wedged into a sofa, and having her lower limbs wrapped as tightly as an Egyptian mummy during a short stint as a pincushion. For more of the Original Hitty’s adventures, read “Hitty – Her First Hundred Years” written by Rachel Field and illustrated by Dorothy Lathrop, and winner of the 1930 Newberry Award. Hitty enthusiasts might like to know that Adelina Patti sang the role of Aïda in 1876.
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Constance’s Temple to Vulcan is wonderful. I love the mixture of Egyptian and symbols and Mr. Spock. Bast’s presence is a nice touch.
Constance respects cultural activities of many kinds. She is hoping someone will leave an offering of golden earrings for Bast some day!
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I am coming to the conclusion that Constance is really very droll.
Droll and never in the doldrums.
Live long and prosper! (Hitty, I never knew…!)
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