Douglas Ipson

Musicologist • Shameless Opera Enthusiast and Verdolater • “Digital Archive Whisperer”

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I wrote this (with help from Byron). Give it a listen. https://t.co/rG6h2oVNtv

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It's National Hamburger Day!

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@RZuelch1 Wagner was not a big fan of the other guy. The only Wagner opera we know that Verdi ever saw was “Lohengrin.” He found it boring.

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Giuseppe Verdi was born in France. https://t.co/LJ5JPGkUhU

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What historical fact sounds fake but is true?

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@RZuelch1 Not currently. But in 1813 Parma (the region where Busseto is located) was (briefly) a département of France. (Waterloo would shake things up.)

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For Good Friday. https://t.co/vwnih05UQQ

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My favorite Mozart sonata (K. 333), for Mozart's birthday. https://t.co/V2H4GIslER

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@jaynordlinger Pinkerton’s ship, obviously.

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Dick Van Dyke (born a century ago today) with Chita Rivera in the original Broadway production of "Bye Bye Birdie" (1960). https://t.co/PWlXPDuvx7

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'Tis the season.

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@LOLNeverTweet ♫ "She is the broad who makes me cuckoo with love" ♫

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End-of-the-semester inbox like:

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Vasari writing about Michelangelo:

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Salomon van Ruysdael, "Still Life with Turkey" (1661). https://t.co/3GbqV0SBoK

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Everyone needs a specialty, I guess.

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@KenGardner11 Weirdly, it is.

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Verdi was born in the village of Roncole, which had been (and would later be) in the Duchy of Parma but in 1813 was in the French département of Taro (seen here on this map from 1812). https://t.co/5k38kQTwOR

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This guy, on a technicality.

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Name a famous person from France. Can you?

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Jules Bastien-Lepage, "All Souls' Day" (1878). https://t.co/tHBBmASeuv

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Boo. 👻🧙‍♀️🗡️