we have to learn the hard way that there is another way to sing

[truepenny]

(found via oursin)

50th anniversary of Paul Robeson's Othello in Stratford on Avon, which was seriously a triumph of more than just art:

In 1957, unable to accept countless invitations to perform abroad, Paul Robeson sang for audiences in London and Wales via the transatlantic telephone cable: "We have to learn the hard way that there is another way to sing".

Paul Robeson is one of my heroes, and if I had a time machine--1949, Stratford, Paul Robeson, Othello. Enough said.

Comments

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Wow, so much yes I can't even say. Time machine moment, always has been since I heard about it years ago.

But that quote makes my heart pitter pat.