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Chalet Monet - A New Book Documenting The Home of Dame Joan Sutherland and Maestro Richard Bonynge

Only 90 copies, you are a VIP fan of Sutherland, John!

 

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Callas literature little spot at their library

 

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View attachment 194362 Caricatures of Joan Sutherland View attachment 194361

Supersutherland power is blasting her enemies into oblivion with her deafening high notes. 🤣

 

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Only 90 copies, you are a VIP fan of Sutherland, John!
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Holy moly - that is indeed an unusually limited edition for a book release, and it will become sought after by a lot of opera fans.

 

[48589]

... despite there being a lot of stuff, none of it clashes but goes together into a consistent whole throughout the very large house.

@Seattleoperafan: an overstatement if I ever heard one. One doesn’t see the clash when one is overwhelmed with visual stimuli. 🥵

 

[48589]

I think I like the green bedroom with the twin beds the best, and although I'm not a fan of maximalism myself, after seeing Netrebko's apartment, the Bonynges' home displays exquisite taste by contrast.

You are having signs of Stockholm syndrome.

Anna’s bubble-gum apartment goes to show that bad taste is not unique to past divas. Gotta give Anna that at least she is not part of the limitless clutter gaudy movement, just simply gaudy...

 

[48589]

Only 90 copies, you are a VIP fan of Sutherland, John!

Holy moly - that is indeed an unusually limited edition for a book release, and it will become sought after by a lot of opera fans.
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I am taking the first flight to Geneva! Need to contact La Marilyna to intercede for me with Ricky and secure a copy for me!

 

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You are having signs of Stockholm syndrome.

Anna’s bubble-gum apartment goes to show that bad taste is not unique to past divas. Gotta give Anna that at least she is not part of the limitless clutter gaudy movement, just simply gaudy...

At least the Bonynges' stuff is good quality, I respect that. Netrebko's looks cheap, reflecting much of her artistic personality, I'm afraid.
What I'm wondering now is if all 22 rooms in this Chalet Monet are so stuffed? Did they wake up in the mornings and say "OMG I can still see a patch of carpet in this room, we need MORE stuff asap!

 

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I love asian maximalism too. Here is an interior of one of the Shogun's palaces. LOVE IT!

Heaven!!!! But you would have to either stand or sit on the floor- neither option enticing to someone my age 🤣

Then you people need Oriental-inspired interior design but western furniture.

James McNeill Whistler, The Peacock Room 1870

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peacock_Room

Wouldn't you literally kill to own this place?

 

[48589]

At least the Bonynges' stuff is good quality, I respect that.

Especially the Rambo figurine you noted in your previous post...

Netrebko's looks cheap, reflecting much of her artistic personality, I'm afraid.

Chalet Money reflects the Bonynges’ artistic personality also.

What I'm wondering now is if all 22 rooms in this Chalet Monet are so stuffed? Did they wake up in the mornings and say "OMG I can still see a patch of carpet in this room, we need MORE stuff asap!

They probably installed cameras all over to inspect and neutralize any free space before they got out of bed! That way they could order remedial stuff first thing while having breakfast.

 

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Especially the Rambo figurine you noted in your previous post...

They have a son, it might be there for sentimental reasons. But they should have dress it in some 19th Century uniform.

 

[48589]

Then you people need Oriental-inspired interior design but western furniture.

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James McNeill Whistler, The Peacock Room 1870

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peacock_Room

Wouldn't you literally kill to own this place?

Simply, no.

 

[48589]

They have a son, it might be there for sentimental reasons. But they should have dress it in some 19th Century uniform.

I read “somewhere” that he moved to a Zen monastery in Japan to detox. However, the treatment lasted most of his young adult life.

 

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I think I like the green bedroom with the twin beds the best, and although I'm not a fan of maximalism myself, after seeing Netrebko's apartment, the Bonynges' home displays exquisite taste by contrast.

I would prefer Netrebko’s apartment it would just need repainting. That neon pink colour scheme is a nightmare. The Bonynge’s place can’t be saved, I’d have to knock it down and start over!

 

[Seattleoperafan]

Then you people need Oriental-inspired interior design but western furniture.

View attachment 194415

James McNeill Whistler, The Peacock Room 1870

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peacock_Room

Wouldn't you literally kill to own this place?

I saw it in person. The Peacock Room. Heaven on earth.

 

[48589]

I would prefer Netrebko’s apartment it would just need repainting. That neon pink colour scheme is a nightmare. The Bonynge’s place can’t be saved, I’d have to knock it down and start over!

Not really. All you need is to hire a construction company to remove all the junk, rip the wallpapers, the carpets, the chandeliers, refinish the floors with a matte protector, paint the whole place in a soothing off white color, restore the façade to its original colors (surely it was not green, that’s surely a Bonynge accutrement), and voilà.

 

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Not really. All you need is to hire a construction company to remove all the junk, rip the wallpapers, the carpets, the chandeliers, refinish the floors with a matte protector, paint the whole place in a soothing off white color, restore the façade to its original colors (surely it was not green, that’s surely a Bonynge accutrement), and voilà.

Nope, don’t like the exterior either. All gotta go. Then replaced with something nice and modern, lots of glass; the view is great; and open space, lots of it.

 

[joen_cph]

Ravel's Villa at Montfort, south of Paris, is a more subdued and smaller version, and has much less stuff too. He didn't have the money to buy objects in those quantities, and probably also preferred more visual clarity:

Maurice Ravel's House in Montfort l'Amaury | Chiara Colombini

A succession of tiny, almost dolls-house like rooms featuring their original wallpaper...

www.chiaracolombini.com

 

[Seattleoperafan]

Nope, don’t like the exterior either. All gotta go. Then replaced with something nice and modern, lots of glass; the view is great; and open space, lots of it.

I like you a lot but we could never be roommates 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 You would look at my old-fashioned place and make a tenor noise.

 

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I like you a lot but we could never be roommates 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 You would look at my old-fashioned place and make a tenor noise.

Probably Rubini's high F