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[joansutherlandfan]

✨La Nilsson✨ · Birgit and her sense of humour. Once, after a disagreement with Joan Sutherland (it occurred during that radio program in 1963 in which both singers discussed musical terms), Birgit was asked if she thought Joan's famous bouffant hairdo was real. She answered, "I don't know. I haven't pulled it yet." · #Anedocte #ClassicalMusic #Opera #InstaOpera #OperaSinger #OperaHouse #MetOpera #Concert #Recital #BelCanto #Stage #Costume #Portrait #Dramatic #Wagnerian #Soprano #BirgitNilsson #LaNilsson #Diva #PrimaDonna #Legend #1970s https://www.instagram.com/p/CBGK1AchEPv/?igshid=18rtcr8gzml0i

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One time it came to pass that he celebrated his birthday, and his wife and children gave him many presents. He was very pleased with all his birthday presents, and they brought him much happiness and joy. Soon afterwards the architect returned because of his right to check on the placement of objects, and to answer complicated questions. He entered the room. The prosperous man who had many concerns on his mind came to greet him warmly. The architect didn't recognise the happiness of the prosperous man, but he had discovered something else, and the colour had run out of his cheeks. 'Why would you be wearing those slippers?' He blurted out. The master of the house looked at his embroidered shoes, and sighed in relief. The shoes were made from the original design of the architect himself. This time he felt quite guiltless. He answered thoughtfully. 'But Mr Architect! Have you already forgotten? You designed these slippers yourself!' 'Certainly!' The architect thundered. 'But for the bedroom! With these impossible pieces of colour you are destroying the entire atmosphere. Don't you even realise it?'

The Story of a Poor Rich Man, Adolf Loos

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