Emilia Marty At 82

December 18, 1926: Leoš Janáček’s The Makropulos Case premieres in Brno, Czechoslovakia.

• Wikipedia: The Makropulos “Affair”

EMILIA MARTY, 82 YEARS YOUNG!

(but who’s counting)

Let’s celebrate!

(a) The closing 7 minutes of Janacek’s opera … sung in English rather than the original Czech (I’m not sure you’d have figured that out on your own, the translation comes across as mostly incomprehensible!)….with the legendary Anja Silja as Emila Marty.

Makropulos Case finale

(b) I’ve added a few years to Five For Fighting’s “100 Years” in order to create the perfect birthday ode for the forever-young La Marty.

I’m 15 for a moment
Caught in between 10 and 20
And I’m just dreaming
Drinking the cup my Dad pours

I’m 82 for a moment
I feel stranger than ever
But I’m on fire
Going away from Makropulos

15, there’s still time for you
Time to try and time to lose
15, there’s never a wish better than this
When you only got 300 years to live

I’m 133 for a moment
I’m still a girl, but Elian is my name
With a kid on the way
A McGregor on my mind

I’m 225 for a moment
Eugenia’s my name
A gypsy from Spain
Chasing the years of my life

15, there’s still time for you
Time to try, Time to lose yourself
Within a morning star
15, I’m all right with you
15, there’s never a wish better than this
When you only got 300 years to live

Half time goes by
Suddenly you’re wise
Another blink of an eye
267 is gone
The sun is getting high
Emilia Marty, you’re on…

I’m 299 for a moment
Dying to end these moments
And I’m just dreaming
Counting the ways back to Makropulos

15, there’s still time for you
82, I feel weird too
133, a McGregor on the way
Every decade’s a new decade.

15, there’s still time for you
Time to try and time to choose
Hey 15, there’s never a wish better than this
When you only got 300 years to live