My comment has absolutely nothing to do with opera (although I can talk endlessly about my favourite opera – Borodin’s ‘Prince Igor’) or your lovely bass / baritone voice (although you undoubtedly have one). I just wanted to say a big ‘thank you’ for making me laugh, a skill that is greatly underappreciated today. Woody Allen’s words come to mind: “I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.”

I live in Serbia. It is currently 2:57 am here and I am translating (I am an English translator and interpreter) a rather difficult interview with a Serbian film director. I am so tired, so fed up with the interview itself which is pretentious and too long and I need something to cheer me up and fill me up with enough energy to keep me going. I still have 7 more pages to translate. So, I go to your Facebook page, play a video clip of you reading an excerpt from ’50 shades of grime’ while lying in your bathtub and wearing jeans and I laugh so much that my facial muscles still feel numb. You are my ‘go-to-man’ when I need a quick pick me up. O, God, this sounds wrong! As if I were a drug addict, and you my dealer. Anyhow, I blame it on wee hours of the morning. As they say, I have reached that age when my brain went from “you probably shouldn’t say that” to “What the hell! Let’s see what happens”.

All the best! And keep those jokes and great Facebook posts coming.

Snezana

Anyhow, keep up with the good work whatever you do