#Wagnerian tag

[diderots]

X-Ray and infrared imaging, for example, uncovered a hidden graphite portrait of King Ludwig II of Bavaria beneath the surface of the 1936 artwork “A Chemist Lifting with Extreme Precaution the Cuticle of a Grand Piano.” (Ludwig was a patron of the composer Richard Wagner, who appears in the painting.)

Haskell and Cohen believe Dalí's portrait of the monarch was intentionally hidden like an easter egg, rather than an early draft that was painted over.

[that-stranger-in-paradise]

Birgit Nilsson, Gottlob Frick, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and Wolfgang Windgassen being adorable while recording Wagner’s Götterdämmerung with Solti

[nostalgicyorkshiregirl]

tagged by @sheirukitriesfandom and putting it here so i can tag the followers of this blog in return

3 ships

victoria hatteras/harbert brown (oc/île mystérieuse, platonically)

lunette/ilmeni dren (oc/morrowind)

julienne/marcurio (oc/skyrim)

first ship

the first thing i remember referring to as a ship was pythagoras and icarus from bbc atlantis. but the aforementioned victoria and harbert came first and they have killed far more of my brain cells

currently reading

the mind has no sex?, schiebinger – about women in science in the 18th century – was originally for story research but it is SO interesting

great expectations, as a librivox audiobook – oh dickens was always meant to be read aloud. it is so captivating. and every time jo and pip are in the same room i absolutely melt

last film

can i have a last tv series because planet earth iii is the best thing since uhhh planet earth ii

last song

think it was aurora from skyrim... if such an over the top wagnerian thing can be called a simple 'song'

currently craving

it's an hour until breakfast and i am already hungry so honestly just anything. viennoiserie. cereal. melon. egg

[imhilien]

Some music by Tim Fatchen - inspired by the sci-fi / fantasy Saga of the Exiles series written by Julian May.

"Ref attempts at musical underscoring of The Many Colored Land; I've found in my archives 4 more tracks which I've added to the Bandcamp version of "A Pliocene Sampler", my noodling (yes, they;'re worktapes, not worked up). Two of the tracks later did get worked up later and on CD/albums (which covered their costs, so there!) but I figure put it all up, people can listen, enjoy or not.

Ignore the $1 price tags or whatever, it is free to listen/download but bandcamp (me specifically) will automatically request your email for a freebie. Not that I've ever sent an email in response that I remember! So fear not! If I upset Julian's fans, she'll haunt me fer sure, so you're SAFE, okay?!

[EDIT (oops): the tracks concern: an attempt at a Wagnerian overall theme/feel; Brede's ship penetrating the boundaries at the end of the jump and (ting!) emerging above Earth; Brede's ship dying; the gathering together of the misfits.]"

[orangerosebush]

Also, a very happy pride month to all!

[lapuslazulli]

Chapters: 14/18 Fandom: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Additional Tags: Fake Relationship, Fake Marriage, Fluff, a lot of fluff, Fluffier than a rabbit snuggling an alpaca, Idiots in Love, Mutual Pining, soft bois, Friends to Lovers, First Kiss, First Time, Author relies heavily on the em dash, References to Wagnerian Opera, In A World Where Hospital Rooms Have Door Locks, Hurt/Comfort, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Mycroft is a good brother, The Boys are Idiots But That’s Nothing New, Sexual Tension, Happy Ending, References to Texas, Pining Sherlock, Geese, Sherlock honey you're not fooling anyone, Sharing a Bed, Slow Burn Beard Growth, It only gets fluffier, Relationship d e n i a l, Mrs. Hudson Ships It, Molly ships it too, John’s Extraordinary Penis, References to Past Drug Use, References to drug addiction, Jealous Sherlock, Bears on Safari!, Fake Relationship Part 2: Electric Boogaloo Summary:

Things Sherlock didn't expect to happen at midnight on a Thursday: for John to be kissing him. For John's lips to be so delicious. For his own mouth, stung by the sweetness, to kiss John back—or for his hands to raise to John's cheeks in order to lengthen it. He didn't expect his heart to be bursting with pure joy and relief, or for their night to end with John in a hospital bed. And he certainly did not expect to turn them into fake husbands.

[verdiprati]

Upcoming performances by Dame Sarah Connolly

[NOTE: this post is now out of date. Check the schedule tag on my blog for the most recent version of this list.]

After the jump: an unofficial schedule of Dame Sarah Connolly’s future performances. Those of you in Britain may catch a performance in London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Leeds, Gloucester, Exeter, or Chipping Campden. Those on the Continent may see her in Berlin, Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Katowice, Geneva, Aix-en-Provence, or Zeist. And finally, those of us in North America have a recital in Philadelphia to look forward to! Don’t live near one of these places? Take in a concert from afar: I am adding online broadcast and livestream details as they become available.

Not much is new in this edition of the list; we are just turning the corner into season-announcements season so there should be more news to report in a couple months. However, Dutch fans of Dame Sarah should check out her May 25 recital at Zeist, the date of which was just recently announced; Londoners should bookmark her March 15 recital at Wigmore Hall, the program for which looks intriguing and seems to be still developing; and Madrileñ@s, don’t forget that Dame Sarah is returning to the Teatro de la Zarzuela for a recital in March a few weeks after her current Wagnerian stint at the Teatro Real comes to a close.

This is not an authoritative list. These are the upcoming performances by Dame Sarah Connolly that I have been able to learn about from Dame Sarah’s new website, Dame Sarah’s agent's website (Askonas Holt), Operabase, Bachtrack, Dame Sarah's Twitter, and generally ferreting around the web.

I sometimes list concerts that are not yet officially confirmed; you should of course check official sources before making plans and be aware that cast changes and cancellations can happen at any time.

I have added links to venue, ticketing, and broadcast information where available. Tips on new information are always welcome! Please contact me via email (verdiprati [at] selveamene [dot] com), Tumblr messaging, or ask box (plain prose only in the ask box; anything with links or an email address will get eaten by Tumblr filters) with corrections or additions.

Wagner, Das Rheingold (Fricka) at the Teatro Real, Madrid, January 17 through February 1, 2019. In a production by Robert Carsen; conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado. Co-stars include Greer Grimsley (Wotan) and Sophie Bevan (Freia) among others.

[New! Deferred broadcast] As of this writing, the Teatro Real has announced that there will be a deferred broadcast of Das Rheingold on RNE Radio Clásica; the date remains TBD.

Berlioz, L’Enfance du Christ with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, February 15, 2019. Sir Andrew Davis conducts; the other vocal soloists in the all-Brit, all-excellent lineup are Andrew Staples, Roderick Williams, and Matthew Brook.

[New! Broadcast] The program is scheduled for live broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

[New! Livestream] The program is also scheduled for video livestreaming on the orchestra’s website. 

Recital with Julius Drake at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, March 5, 2019. Works by R. Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, A. Mahler, and Zemlinsky.

Recital with Julius Drake at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, March 7, 2019. I don’t see the repertoire mentioned on the theater’s website as of this writing, but presumably it will be similar to the works presented in Amsterdam and Philadelphia in the duo’s other recitals this month.

Recital with Julius Drake at the Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid, March 11, 2019. Works by Brahms, Wolf, Roussel, Debussy, and Zemlinsky.

Recital with Julius Drake at Wigmore Hall, London, March 15, 2019. Contrary to my earlier guess, Connolly and Drake are not repeating material from their recitals in Amsterdam and Madrid, but rather are preparing a completely different program for the Wigmore. It is described by Dame Sarah’s agency, Askonas Holt, thus: “On 15 March 2019, Sarah offers Dominick Argento’s cycle from Virginia Woolf’s posthumously published A Writer’s Diary, which won the composer the Pulitzer Prize in 1975, and Schumann’s moving late settings of texts attributed to Mary Stuart. She is partnered by pianist Julius Drake and actor Emily Berrington, who will intersperse the songs with reading from Woolf’s diaries and also from Schiller’s ‘Mary Stuart’, in a new translation made especially for the event.” Dame Sarah adds on Twitter, “There will be more songs in the second half.”

[New! Livestream] The recital will be livestreamed on the Wigmore Hall website and will presumably become part of the archived video library afterward.

Recital with Julius Drake at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, March 22, 2019. Sponsored by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. Repertoire includes works by Brahms, Wolf, Roussel, Debussy, and Zemlinksy.

Recital with Robin Tritschler and Malcolm Martineau at the Wigmore Hall, London, April 24, 2019. The program features Robert Schumann’s Myrthen song cycle.

[New!] Recital with Joseph Middleton at the Festival Katowice Kultura Natura, May 14, 2019. Works by Schumann, Debussy, Zemlinsky, Wolf, and Roussel.

Berlioz, Les nuits d’été at the Chipping Campden Music Festival, May 21, 2019. In a program with orchestral works by Fauré and Mendelssohn. Thomas Hull conducts the Academy Orchestra. The Festival’s website says, “Currently, the only way to make a booking is by postal application. Online booking will be available from early February 2019 after all postal applications have been processed.” Application forms are available on the website.

Recital at the Internationaal LiedFestival Zeist (Netherlands), May 25, 2019. With Sholto Kynoch. Songs by Brahms, Wolf, Debussy and Zemlinsky.

Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius with the Hallé and three choruses at Victoria Hall, Leeds, June 1, 2019. Barry Banks and David Soar are the other vocal soloists; Simon Wright conducts.

[New!] Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde with the Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester at the Grieghallen Bergen, June 5, 2019. With Toby Spence singing the tenor part and Edward Gardner conducting. As of this writing, the orchestra’s website still lists Ekaterina Gubanova as the mezzo soloist for this concert, but the engagement appears in Dame Sarah’s diary on her own website as well as on her agent’s website.

Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn (extracts) and Janáček, Glagolitic Mass at the Maison de la Radio, Paris, June 20, 2019. With the Orchestre National de France and the Choeur de Radio France, conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste. The other vocal soloists for the Glagolitic Mass are Simona Šaturová, Mati Turi, and Christof Fischesser.

[Broadcast] This concert will be broadcast live on France Musique.

[New!] Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde at the Festival d’Aix, Aix-en-Provence, July 13, 2019. With the Orchestre de Paris conducted by Ingo Metzmacher; Andreas Schager sings the tenor part.

[New!] Michael Betteridge, Across the Sky (community opera) at the Cheltenham Music Festival, July 14, 2019. The performance is only an hour long and the nature of Dame Sarah’s participation is not totally clear to me from the festival’s website; she is not specifically named as a vocal soloist.

Recital with Malcolm Martineau at Wigmore Hall, London, July 23, 2019. Part of Dame Sarah’s yearlong residency at the Wigmore. Repertoire to include works by Robert Schumann, Gustav Mahler, Frank Bridge, and Benjamin Britten.

Berlioz, La damnation de Faust (in concert, presumably) at the Three Choirs Festival, Gloucester, July 27, 2019. With Peter Hoare, Christopher Purves, and David Ireland. Tickets go on sale to the general public on April 24. Update: Dame Sarah has been replaced in the program by Susan Bickley. I have not seen an explanation given.

Bob Chilcott, A Christmas Oratorio (premiere) at the Three Choirs Festival, Gloucester, August 1, 2019. With Nick Pritchard and Neal Davies. Note that this is an afternoon concert, not the main evening concert for August 1. (Multi-mezzo fans may want to stick around to hear Anna Stéphany do Les nuites d’été in the evening.) Tickets go on sale to the general public on April 24.

[New!] Berlioz, Les Nuits d’été with the National Youth Orchestra of the USA at the Konzerthaus, Berlin, August 6, 2019. Part of a concert conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano. Tickets are available via the link above or on the Konzerthaus website.

[New! Details TBA] Performance with The English Concert at Exeter Cathedral, October 15, 2019. The Two Moors Festival has published a post-event survey intended for 2018 Festival attendees, but available to anyone on the web. The intro blurb to the survey offers respondents “the chance to win two tickets to see Dame Sarah Connolly and The English Concert perform at Exeter Cathedral on Tuesday 15th October 2019.” Keep an eye on the websites for the Two Moors Festival and The English Concert for their full season announcements.

[New!] Mahler, Symphony No. 2, Resurrection, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, London, October 19, 2019. With Sofia Fomina, the London Philharmonic Choir, and the Philharmonia Chorus. Vladimir Jurowski conducts a concert also comprising Colin Matthews’ Metamorphosis. 

[New!] Max Reger, “An die Hoffnung” with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, at Usher Hall, Edinburgh, November 1, and Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, November 2, 2019. Part of a concert also featuring Reger’s “Serenade” and Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony, conducted by Neeme Järvi. For details, see the PDF season brochures for Edinburgh and Glasgow respectively.

[Details TBA] Recital with Julius Drake at Temple Church, London, November 25, 2019. I cannot find any reference to this recital on the Temple Music website but the website Seen and Heard International, apparently going on a press release from Temple Music, mentions that Connolly and Drake will perform together on this date. (It also mentions various other concerts confirmable on the Temple Music website, so I assume the website simply is not as comprehensive as the press release.)

[New!] Elgar, Sea Pictures with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican, London, December 12, 2019. In a concert conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano that also includes instrumental works by Tippett and Vaughn Williams. (At the time of this writing, the Barbican lists Sir Mark Elder as the conductor for this concert, but that seems to be an error.)

[New!] Oskar Fried, Verklärte Nacht with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican, London, March 13, 2020. With Stuart Skelton; Edward Gardner conducts.

[New! Details TBA] Recital at Wigmore Hall, London, March 19, 2020. Repertoire and accompaniment remain TBA. Listed in the Wigmore Hall preview brochure for the ’19-’20 season.

[New!] Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, London, April 30, 2020. The piece is being billed as The Song of the Earth but there is no indication that it will be sung in translation as well. Andreas Schager sings the tenor role; Xian Zhang conducts the concert, which includes a Mozart symphony in the first half.

[New!] Mahler, Symphony No. 2, Resurrection with the Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, De Doelen, Rotterdam, May 14, 15, and 17, 2020. Chen Reiss sings the soprano part; Lahav Shani conducts. 

[New!] Wagner, Götterdämmerung (Waltraute, Zweite Norn) at the Opéra national de Paris, November 13, 17, 21, and 28, and December 6, 2020. Part of a new complete Ring Cycle production directed by Calixto Bieito. The 2019-2020 season will include the first two Ring Cycle operas, with Siegfried and Götterdämmerung to follow in October and November 2020; the complete cycle will then be performed sequentially twice in “festival” format during November and December 2020. (The festival performances are being ticketed as a four-opera package; curiously, at the upper end of the price scale, a festival ticket gives you a small discount as compared with buying the four operas separately, but at the lower end of the scale, you pay a premium for the festival. Concise ticket price information can be found on page 168 of the season brochure PDF.) Dame Sarah’s co-stars in Götterdämmerung include Andreas Schager (Siegfried), Ricarda Merbeth (Brünnhilde), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Gunther), and Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Alberich). 

[Unconfirmed / details TBA] Handel, Agrippina at the Dutch National Opera. In June 2018, opera critic Hugh Canning tweeted the news that the Royal Opera is planning to offer Barrie Kosky’s new production of Agrippina with Joyce DiDonato in the title role during the ’19/’20 season; in a reply that has now been deleted, Dame Sarah mentioned that she and Alice Coote would do the same production in Amsterdam and Munich. (If you are a member of the Sarah Connolly fan group on Facebook, you can scroll back in time to June and see a screenshot there.) Subsequent discussion revealed that Coote would get the Munich gig (in July 2019), so Connolly must be the Amsterdam Agrippina. Agrippina appears in neither the ’18-’19 season nor ’19-’20 at the DNO, so presumably we must look farther ahead.

[Unconfirmed / details TBA] Brett Dean, Hamlet (Gertrude) at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, sometime in 2021-22. Allan Clayton, who starred in the title role of Brett Dean’s Hamlet at Glyndebourne in 2017, mentioned in an interview with the Telegraph that he would be reprising the role at an unspecified date and venue in the US. When prompted on Twitter, Dame Sarah indicated that she would be participating in the revival, too (“I shall be misunderstanding my confused boy again”). In a later interview with Opera News, Clayton reportedly specified that he would reprise Hamlet at the Met. The Future Met Wiki places the production at the Met in the 2021-2022 season (as does this New York Times article). Hat tip to Christopher Lowrey, who sang Guildenstern in the original production at Glyndebourne, whose tweet praising Allan Clayton brought the Telegraph interview to my attention. (No indication whether Lowrey will also be cast in the American revival.) Additional hat tip to the Tumblrer who submitted information on this topic via the ask box.

Previous versions of this list can be found under the schedule tag on this blog. This list published January 20, 2019. Edited January 21 to add Das Lied at the Festival d’Aix. Edited January 23 to add the Wigmore recital in March of 2020 and the Exeter performance with The English Concert. Edited January 28 to add the broadcast of L’Enfance du Christ. Edited February 13 to add the livestream of the March 15 Wigmore Hall recital. Edited February 14 to add the livestream of L’Enfance du Christ. Edited February 20 to add Resurrection with the LPO, Das Lied with the Philharmonia, Les Nuits d’été with the National Youth Orchestra of the USA, and Oskar Fried’s Verklärte Nacht wth the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Edited February 21 to add Sea Pictures with the LSO. Edited February 24 to add the Rotterdam Mahler 2 concerts. Edited February 26 to add the recital in Katowice. Edited March 6 to add the Paris/Bieito Götterdämmerung, and again on March 8 to update details on same. Edited March 13 to replace the leaked Opéra de Paris season brochure PDF with a link to Götterdämmerung on the official website. Edited March 19 to add the Bergen Das Lied. Edited March 21 to add Michael Betteridge’s community opera at the Cheltenham Music Festival. Edited March 24 to add the Max Reger piece with the RSNO. Edited March 26 to reflect the replacement of Sarah Connolly with Susan Bickley in The Damnation of Faust at the Three Choirs Festival. I may continue to edit this list as I receive new information.

[diderots]

he was so real for this

[quinnmorgendorffer]

Top ten songs I’m obsessed with in no particular order

I was tagged a few days ago by the amazing @whythinktoomuch (thank you!!!!) and, to copy them, I’m also gonna choose some key lyrics. You’re also getting some explanations because I’m me and can’t shut up ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ this started off with songs I’m most obsessed with at the moment and then grew to involve some lifelong obsessions lol

1. “Barcelona” by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé - I can’t get over this song, it mashes up opera with rock so perfectly

They're calling us together Guiding us forever Wish my dream would never go away

2. “’39″ by Queen - somehow calm, yet a bop; goes hard but still is sweet; works as a wake-up alarm and a work-out song AND a stretching/cool down song? How???

For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year Your mother's eyes, from your eyes, cry to me

3. Étude no. 3 in G-sharp minor, S. 141 AKA “La Campanella” by Franz Liszt - partly for fic reasons (this chapter involves the actual titular song wow!) but also it’s just really beautiful and I’m lowkey obsessed with it atm - no lyrics to list there lol

4. “Don’t Sleep in the Subway” by Petula Clark - I grew up on 60s and 70s female singer-songwriters and girl groups, and this song in particular is one of my all time faves. I love the bridge sections in particular with the sweeping sound of it

Goodbye means nothing when it’s all for show So why pretend you’ve somewhere else to go

5. “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” by Dusty Springfield - The only reason I didn’t list this one earlier is that I haven’t been listening to it as much lately since numbers 1-4 are all on playlists I listen to the most - fic playlist and workout playlist - but this is one of my all time favorite songs and is simply beautiful. My freshman year of college for my music 101 class we had to dissect/analyze our favorite song in the style of our textbook and I chose this one

You don't have to say you love me just be close at hand You don't have to stay forever I will understand Believe me, believe me I can't help but love you But believe me I'll never tie you down

6. “Be My Baby” by The Ronettes - possibly my all time favorite song because how could it nOT be? It’s literally Wagnerian pop music!!!

I'll make you happy, baby, just wait and see For every kiss you give me I'll give you three

7. Sentas Ballade from Der fliegende Höllander (The Flying Dutchman) by Wagner - this is my favorite of the Wagner arias I’ve heard. I don’t even really know why, but something about the chorus and the way the keys flow together...I find it stunning. I won’t put lyrics because German lol

8. “Walk Like a Man” by the Four Seasons - the first non-Barney song I ever sang; I told you guys I was raised on 60s/70s music!! It’s on my family’s car tape because I was obsessed with it apparently lol blame it on the movie Heart and Souls and RDJ - which i just now realized holy shit yeah that takes place in San Francisco which means I need to rewatch it now holy shit

Bye bye baby, I don't-a mean maybe Gonna get along somehow Soon you'll be cryin' on account of all your lyin' Oh yeah, just look who's laughin' now

9. “Tell Me It’s Over” by Avril Lavigne - THE MOTHERFUCKIN’ PRINCESS IS BACK!!!! I love this style of music so much so like. God bless.

Darling you Oh, you taste so bittersweet Can’t get you off of my lips You’re dangerous when you take me like a thief

10. “Your Friends Will Tell You Who You Are” by Kate Miller-Heidke - one of my all time favorite songs, absolutely stunning, I’m just like. Forever obsessed. It’s also one of my constant post-workout stretching songs. It’s just so beautiful and calming to hear, and then her high note at the end....god I LOVE her.

When you forget why you should be loved Your friends will tell you who you are

Tagging: @theonewherelaurynhasablog | @unrated-g | @gobbluthbisexual | @gobbluthlesbian | @sunshinejld | anyone else who wants to do it! (I never know who likes to be tagged in these things tbh)

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Buttons and Beaus

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2IsOdWE

by 912luvjaxlean

Can cocoa act as a balm for the pangs of disappointed love? Can Wagnerian opera dispel a man's cold politeness and ceremonious grace? Can we date Jack and Dot's friendship from this kitchen visit?

Words: 2653, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Phryne Fisher, Jack Robinson, Dorothy "Dot" Williams

Relationships: Phryne Fisher/Jack Robinson, Jack Robinson/Dorothy "Dot" Williams

Additional Tags: Missing Scene, Episode: s03e02 Murder and the Maiden, Breakup, Friendship, september 2018

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2IsOdWE

[lapuslazulli]

Chapters: 10/12 Fandom: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Additional Tags: Fake Relationship, Fake Marriage, Fluff, a lot of fluff, Fluffier than a rabbit snuggling an alpaca, Idiots in Love, Mutual Pining, soft bois, Friends to Lovers, First Kiss, First Time, Author relies heavily on the em dash, References to Wagnerian Opera, In A World Where Hospital Rooms Have Door Locks, Hurt/Comfort, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Oops This Is Angstier Than I Meant For It To Be, Author Continues to Write in the Face of Writer’s Block lol, Mycroft is a good brother, The Boys are Idiots But That’s Nothing New, Sexual Tension, Happy Ending Summary:

Things Sherlock didn't expect to happen at midnight on a Thursday: for John to be kissing him. For John's lips to be so delicious. For his own mouth, stung by the sweetness, to kiss John back—or for his hands to raise to John's cheeks in order to lengthen it. He didn't expect his heart to be bursting with pure joy and relief, or for their night to end with John in a hospital bed. And he certainly did not expect to turn them into fake husbands.