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| (Joan Crawford [l] in her Hollywood glory and Rosa Ponselle [r] in the 1936 MET Carmen.) |
What could these two legendary icons possibly have in common? If you're thinking "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" then you might be close. The surprising answer is after the jump.
Yep, it Offenbach's barcarolle "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" from Les Contes d'Hoffman! Read an excerpt from Joan Crawford: the essential biography by Lawrence J. Quirk, William Schoell:
