Agog #2

Cecilia Bartoli

Again...my wife is numero uno! (keep repeating that...) But I have to say that I am absolutely smitten by Miss Cecilia here.

A number of years ago I attended my very first recital at a small venue in Pasadena. The mezzo-soprano performing that night was Cecilia.

What I knew of opera I learned from Bugs Bunny cartoons and Three Stooges shorts, which is to say, NOTHING!

So I lowered myself into my seat expecting a nice long nap.

Boy-o-boy was I wrong. She stepped out onto the stage and from the end of her first piece I was hooked.

A the end of Rossini's "Canzonetta Spagnuola 'En medio a mis colores'" I was floored.

I vowed then and there that I would bare the children of this fine woman...knowing of course that it could never happen - but the offer is still out there, if she'll have me.

I now have a mild thing for operatic pieces (get your minds out of the gutter...I mean music) and I can blame it all on the divine Miss Bartoli.

So while Salma (see below) is pretty darned good looking...Cecilia ROCKS!! (next to my wife of course! Hi sweetie! Luv ya...be home soon!)