Makropolis is a diva, remember, II

Remember:

Makropulos is a diva,

and in that sense,

she is every diva who has ever sung Makropulos.

The only problem is,

Makropulos doesn't think

the Opera,

Vĕc Makropulos, 

is very lyrical, musically,

but she - I mean I - respects every soprano

who has ventured to sing it,

indeed, I am every soprano

who has ever

sung the part of me,

such as this woman, Marie Collier:

Collier sang the opera on a couple occasions, 

including a 1971 recording of it.

That was the year Marie Collier died.

It's possible that singing my opera made that happen.

And here I am, living on, much to my dismay.

But I loved Marie Collier in the role of me,

and here I am, in the role of Marie Collier,

singing Vissi D'Arte  from Tosca

Don't be afraid of it, watch it.

She is me, and I am her,

just like

as I said,

I am all divas.

In fact, here is another, a much younger

soprano named Nina Warren,

in what looks to me to be a really

interesting production 

of my opera:

Janacek's The Makropulos Affair:

Here are some close-ups of her as me, or me as her.

I like her as me,

she looks like me and she sings the role of me

exactly as I would sing it.

What the heck,

she is me,

and I am her: