Thread: What does your username mean?

Originally Posted by Astrosomnia

Woah... Well, pretty sure everyone to ever sign up on DreamViews is glad that that accident ended up alright. Way to make a whole lotta name sense.

Why that may be the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me here, thanks. Kinda glad I didn't end up in Davey Jones' locker myself

Note to self: see Hamlet opera / be more cultured.

There are a couple, one by Verdi and one by Thomas. The latter is the french version, most noted for Ophelia's mad scene. Natalie Dessay is a french phenom who sings the living daylight out of this scene. Natalie's stratospheric high notes really depict the madness within Ophelia's character, just another typical female pawn of her age with no control over her own life. The self-cutting is particularly intense.

Grab some tea if you can spare 9 minutes (well, 7 1/2 minutes.. the rest is applause): Hamlet - Mad scene - 2/2 - English Subs - Natalie Dessay - YouTube

Edit: you know, I saw Miss Dessay perform Zerbinetta in Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos at the Met back in May of '03. She is only about 5'1" or 5'2", and those pipes of hers carry over that full scale orchestra to the farthest reaches of the opera house. It's truly something to behold, I wish everyone could hear her live.