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Plan 9 from Otter Space

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Some songs just steadfastly repel the crossover treatment. Some years ago Karita Mattila came to grief on “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” and now Anne Sofie von Otter doesn’t do much better. (Why does it always sound like they coached this number with The Opera Milf?)

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(The entire concert, which includes some quite creditable singing and ring-a-ding-dinging from Peter Mattei, may be found here.)

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  • Buster says:

    @88 Graciella Scusi: yes she was, Ingrid Caven’s real name is Ingrid Schmidt. Trudeliese died after a long and cruel illness in 2004.