tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90383239636639785902024-03-13T04:52:53.655-04:00Opera FreshOpera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comBlogger2198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-65816420588023611562020-12-29T10:28:00.002-05:002021-09-15T19:04:08.044-04:00TRY Channel Sneaks In An Opera Reference - For Better Or Worse<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">The TRY Channel on YouTube feature comedians from Ireland, well, trying things. In this most recent holiday edition, they plow through advent calendar drink boxes (beer, gin, whisky) and there is one funny moment at the 18:25 mark if you need a laugh. Watch more of their videos here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TheTRYChannel/videos." target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/TheTRYChannel/videos.</a> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3MVDnxk9pcw" width="500" youtube-src-id="3MVDnxk9pcw"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-11253848034354039922020-12-28T21:48:00.001-05:002021-09-15T19:04:22.563-04:00Bulgari "Never Too Much" With the Help of Verdi Force<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgIN9R0W0FClemZOb-cibCITr5y81yoWWDXCQ6HUtVkOdc71u-eFAshTK1i9qiVfFNR3xIVVx11Z5VPD3qEQrnZriM2vfmKOOVQ7BwtpVo5-9OUbhE7GDRTk8el7iuOeDCpxJkbmdCr2zJ/s1080/Bulgari+Mai+Troppo+Verdi+La+forza+del+destino.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgIN9R0W0FClemZOb-cibCITr5y81yoWWDXCQ6HUtVkOdc71u-eFAshTK1i9qiVfFNR3xIVVx11Z5VPD3qEQrnZriM2vfmKOOVQ7BwtpVo5-9OUbhE7GDRTk8el7iuOeDCpxJkbmdCr2zJ/w320-h320/Bulgari+Mai+Troppo+Verdi+La+forza+del+destino.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">Presenting MAI TROPPO: a celebration of the joyful exuberance of Bulgari and Rome. The new MAI TROPPO (Never Too Much) Bulgari advertising campaign, is an ode to life, joy and happiness. Deeply rooted in a Roman flamboyant exuberance, Bulgari invites to enthusiastically enjoy every single moment, here and now. Starring super model Lily Aldridge, British actress & singer Naomi Scott, American actress Zendaya. Directed by Johan Renck. The ad uses music from the Overture of Verdi's <i>La Forza del Destino</i>. Watch the full ad, as well as excerpts from the opera, after the jump.</span></div><a name='more'></a><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fqUOkmtTDds" width="500" youtube-src-id="fqUOkmtTDds"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AUuJxE-iWbo" width="500" youtube-src-id="AUuJxE-iWbo"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vA2s6W7G_Js" width="500" youtube-src-id="vA2s6W7G_Js"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p></div>Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-88021719020784328072020-12-28T21:18:00.002-05:002021-09-15T19:04:35.657-04:00WW84 Confusingly Uses Mozart For Emotional Affect <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">Remember coloratura soprano <a href="Lobmeyr Metropolitan Opera Chandelier Drake Toronto Mansion" target="_blank">Christine Johnston</a>? Well, she's resurfaced in the second full-length feature Wonder Woman film titled <i>WW84</i>. Unfortunately it's not flattering for anyone. For some reason the producers decided to use the aria "Voi che sapete" from Mozart's <i>Le Nozze di Figaro</i> in what is supposed to be a fantastical scene of discovery as Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) sees the technology in the world of 1984 that he's been thrust into after being resurrected from 1918. Much of this film reads as a cheesy B-movie from the '80s, but this was a real lost opportunity. In the context of the opera, the character of Cherubino is Count Almaviva's page and a teenage boy who is girl-crazy. In opera this is known as "pants role" and sung often times in modern day by a mezzo-soprano. For this aria, we find out that the Count is tired of Cherubino's philandering with women so he's sending him off to army duty in Seville. Cherubino sings to Countess Almaviva and the servant Susanna about how much love he has to give. Hijinks ensue as any good as any plans that Beaumarchais created in his play <i>La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro</i> on which Da Ponte based his libretto. The opera premiered in 1786, so maybe there is supposed to be some cleverness about the '80s? The film score was hammered out by Hollywood veteran Hans Zimmer so maybe this was his idea? At any rate, the audience has to endure a pedantically sung piece that has no place in this movie. You can watch the film on HBOMax: <a href="https://www.hbomax.com/wonder-woman-1984" target="_blank">https://www.hbomax.com/wonder-woman-1984</a>. After the jump is a performance of "Voi che sapete" by Frederica von Stade.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpOyWD6RwfiK9Eli6ONCLMNkn11MX2nVPfgA_VnFODTMZbKmTCzDpV4g6tuCJyEOGDcUgNenL-Q10eUEOXSVtlo2g17O_TMMhnaOpNs-GC6Eg2b1wIcuxmRuU-11rNkOX6DCxeTVku-yb9/s805/Wonder+Woman+WW84+Voi+Che+Sapete+Mozart+Christine+Johnston.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="805" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpOyWD6RwfiK9Eli6ONCLMNkn11MX2nVPfgA_VnFODTMZbKmTCzDpV4g6tuCJyEOGDcUgNenL-Q10eUEOXSVtlo2g17O_TMMhnaOpNs-GC6Eg2b1wIcuxmRuU-11rNkOX6DCxeTVku-yb9/w576-h400/Wonder+Woman+WW84+Voi+Che+Sapete+Mozart+Christine+Johnston.png" width="576" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z8uLUilSfa0" width="450" youtube-src-id="z8uLUilSfa0"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-88679175501087446942020-12-28T19:13:00.001-05:002020-12-28T19:30:03.553-05:00Rapper Drake Installs MET Chandelier in $100 Million Mansion<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">Canadian rapper Drake has finally has revealed his $100 million mansion in Toronto and it is a showstopper. Coming in at just 5,000 square feet less than the White House, this home is filled the finest craftsmanship. So why just get any light fixture when you can get a replica of one that is in the Metropolitan Opera? His interior designer, Ferris Rafauli, turned to the Viennese family company J.&L. Lobmeyr that created the original starburst chandeliers that hang in the MET back in 1963. "Founded in 1823 with its head office on Kärntner Strasse in Vienna city center, manufactures chandeliers in all shapes and styles as well as high-quality crystal glass, according to designs ranging from Josef Hoffmann to Helmut Lang. The company used to supply the Imperial Palace, Schönbrunn Palace, the Bavarian royal palaces, and numerous European dynasties." You can see pictures of the interiors by clicking </span><a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/inside-rapper-drakes-hometown-manor-in-toronto" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: times;">. Watch a video of the chandelier installation and more of the home's interiors after the jump. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyPKeBtS8M6LbBnmyoTtDWIjWZe8E0p4tHD5jij2aXEjyYra4mNklmu3CnmM1jkH6xXajxG3LuQsUEoYWL3hKqbDywUW5QGoPPHbXEPO38zBHwEbmQWbeF43wZx86eamxkoXFb-5bhslaj/s560/Lobmeyr+Metropolitan+Opera+Chandelier+Drake+Toronto+Mansion.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="560" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyPKeBtS8M6LbBnmyoTtDWIjWZe8E0p4tHD5jij2aXEjyYra4mNklmu3CnmM1jkH6xXajxG3LuQsUEoYWL3hKqbDywUW5QGoPPHbXEPO38zBHwEbmQWbeF43wZx86eamxkoXFb-5bhslaj/w576-h297/Lobmeyr+Metropolitan+Opera+Chandelier+Drake+Toronto+Mansion.png" width="576" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztCmHn8qMFd-1p_lD7LcEw2jjNt6dAl6hfsqSid-t59OGmRHQNIgMTm-JYhIBWLNU7MtAMzA8oD2I_oiunrW5xkWWERY8fC4J66N_zDoOf7gVBPaKrhLGcfKxvdtWA9PThwfZGAWK3GSy/s560/Lobmeyr+Metropolitan+Opera+Chandelier+Drake+Toronto+Mansion+Canada.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="560" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztCmHn8qMFd-1p_lD7LcEw2jjNt6dAl6hfsqSid-t59OGmRHQNIgMTm-JYhIBWLNU7MtAMzA8oD2I_oiunrW5xkWWERY8fC4J66N_zDoOf7gVBPaKrhLGcfKxvdtWA9PThwfZGAWK3GSy/w571-h380/Lobmeyr+Metropolitan+Opera+Chandelier+Drake+Toronto+Mansion+Canada.jpg" width="571" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-family: times;"> [<a href="https://www.wien.info/en/vienna-for/luxurious-vienna/lobmeyr-chandelier-for-drake" target="_blank">Source</a>]</span><div><div><span><a name='more'></a></span><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z3JaV5HdbqU" width="450" youtube-src-id="z3JaV5HdbqU"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RO3C6JS2iKA" width="450" youtube-src-id="RO3C6JS2iKA"></iframe></div><br /></div></div></div></div>Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-64740419537334598802020-10-20T04:38:00.003-04:002020-10-20T04:39:18.151-04:00Opera Singing Countertenor John Holiday Rocks "The Voice"<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">High-soaring vocals ripped through the air of NBC's <i>The Voice</i> competition when countertenor John Holiday performed the Ella Fitzgerald hit "Misty." Pop star John Legend was the first to turn his chair within a few measures of the tune. Before COVID-19 cancellations, the young singer was to make his Metropolitan Opera debut this season and perform with Dallas Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Utah Opera, and the San Francisco Symphony. To learn more about this Texas native, click <a href="https://www.fletcherartists.com/artists/john-holiday/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KM5dJQXxdIY" width="450" youtube-src-id="KM5dJQXxdIY"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-25043074162596124692020-09-23T00:19:00.001-04:002020-09-23T00:19:22.766-04:00Amazon Prime's "Utopia" Lifts From Bizet's "Carmen" For New Ad<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">A new television ad for Amazon Prime's new show <i>Utopia </i>features a deconstructed version of Bizet's famous Habanera "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" from </span><i style="font-family: times;">Carmen</i><span style="font-family: times;">. </span><span style="font-family: times;">"</span><i style="font-family: times;">Utopia</i><span style="font-family: times;"> is an upcoming American drama web television series adapted by Gillian Flynn from the 2013 British original. It is scheduled to premiere on September 25, 2020, on Prime Video." The plot is as follows: "</span><i style="font-family: times;">Utopia</i><span style="font-family: times;"> is a conspiracy thriller that follows a group of young fans who come together when they discover that the conspiracy in an elusive comic, </span><i style="font-family: times;">Utopia</i><span style="font-family: times;">, is real. The comic foretells the demise of humanity and the world as we know it, thrusting this group of underdogs to embark on a high-stakes twisted adventure to use what they uncover to save themselves, each other and ultimately humanity." </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabGe1MofMTARF0eQKOw2O1URN743J63vxrIXPJumEiGUYGWK_mReZtK9ukJcf8RGKJr7neejsunxSpy7AIRsWaNoYVVzooEP6MV4Gyj03kdGjiYLjCqbTDHBsYCSakZAQYaGzYOZ6Wo5A/s560/amazon+prime+utopia+bizet+carmen+habanera.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabGe1MofMTARF0eQKOw2O1URN743J63vxrIXPJumEiGUYGWK_mReZtK9ukJcf8RGKJr7neejsunxSpy7AIRsWaNoYVVzooEP6MV4Gyj03kdGjiYLjCqbTDHBsYCSakZAQYaGzYOZ6Wo5A/w461-h259/amazon+prime+utopia+bizet+carmen+habanera.jpg" width="461" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">"The score of the aria was adapted from the habanera 'El Arreglito ou la Promesse de mariage,' by the Spanish musician Sebastián Iradier, first published in 1863, which Bizet thought to be a folk song. When others told him he had used something written by a composer who had died 10 years earlier, he added a note of its derivation in the first edition of the vocal score which he himself prepared. Although the French libretto of the complete opéra comique was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, the words of the habanera originated from Bizet. The Habanera was first performed by Galli-Marié at the Opéra-Comique on 3 March 1875. Bizet, having removed during rehearsals his first version of Carmen's entrance song, in 3/4 with a refrain in 6/8, rewrote the Habanera several times before he (and Galli-Marié) were satisfied with it. Although Bizet kept the basic layout of the Iradier song, which has each verse in D minor and each refrain in the tonic major, he let go of the long ritornelli and second half material, and by adding chromaticism, variations in the refrain and harmonic interest in the accompaniment, made it a memorable number. The reharmonization, addition of triplets in the vocal line and the flute in its low register add to the effect."</span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">Watch the Amazon commercial and a full clean version of Bizet's famous aria after the jump.</span></div><div><p><span style="font-family: times;"> [<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Utopia-Season-1/dp/B08CZZTKWP" target="_blank">Source</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(2020_TV_series)" target="_blank">Source</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habanera_(aria)" target="_blank">Source</a>]</span></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JqiMNaYlidk" width="450" youtube-src-id="JqiMNaYlidk"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/px36njyCnVM" width="450" youtube-src-id="px36njyCnVM"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-81264119866951820392020-09-21T03:18:00.001-04:002020-09-21T03:21:06.836-04:00Sapphic European Opera Soprano Gets Lobotomy In "Ratched"<p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOAzrl3dhDur56mHc5wLE0hdprpfrmCrUhFjuY62-aWUQI5-2IGnubWq0qSyM617et3Mbaui5OTshGAdKyYuJ9EMOVLJUfBSIHojzmPUhcShs7JVDrK8LuTcAIzUaztemSIiQo7peH67u/s560/ryan+murphy+ratched+opera+singer+ingrid+puccini+turandot+netflix.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOAzrl3dhDur56mHc5wLE0hdprpfrmCrUhFjuY62-aWUQI5-2IGnubWq0qSyM617et3Mbaui5OTshGAdKyYuJ9EMOVLJUfBSIHojzmPUhcShs7JVDrK8LuTcAIzUaztemSIiQo7peH67u/s320/ryan+murphy+ratched+opera+singer+ingrid+puccini+turandot+netflix.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Harriet Sansom Harris plays the chain-smoking diva.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times;"></span><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ryan Murphy's latest exploration for Netflix is <i>Ratched</i>. Described as "an American psychological thriller drama web television series about the character of the same name from Ken Kesey's 1962 novel <i>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</i>. Created by Evan Romansky and developed by Ryan Murphy, the series stars Sarah Paulson in the title role and serves as a prequel to the novel. It premiered on Netflix on September 18, 2020." Netflix adds: "<i>Ratched </i>is a suspenseful drama series that tells the origin story of asylum nurse Mildred Ratched. In 1947, Mildred arrives in Northern California to seek employment at a leading psychiatric hospital where new and unsettling experiments have begun on the human mind. On a clandestine mission, Mildred presents herself as the perfect image of what a dedicated nurse should be, but the wheels are always turning and as she begins<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvS5kltzjgAX4O64NKvqXIr9t3mLRh62dDpveI-wsxs0VSyLuUzE_n-n6HxnoekIaGoxsTq_QMD9p6MTdj_EJcCOBae7tcTyG-Oct3KUBcqMosqL1K3wIVgRjqU_4-U_IOGsop8JepojOA/s560/ryan+murphy+ratched+opera+singer+ingrid+puccini+turandot+netflix+lobotomy+lesbian.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="560" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvS5kltzjgAX4O64NKvqXIr9t3mLRh62dDpveI-wsxs0VSyLuUzE_n-n6HxnoekIaGoxsTq_QMD9p6MTdj_EJcCOBae7tcTyG-Oct3KUBcqMosqL1K3wIVgRjqU_4-U_IOGsop8JepojOA/w530-h252/ryan+murphy+ratched+opera+singer+ingrid+puccini+turandot+netflix+lobotomy+lesbian.jpg" width="530" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barbaric Practice: If opera didn't do Ingrid in, this surgery might!</td></tr></tbody></table>to infiltrate the mental health care system and those within it, Mildred's stylish exterior belies a growing darkness that has long been smoldering within, revealing that true monsters are made, not born." One character, a faded opera singer named Ingrid, appears in two episodes. She is equal parts Zinka Milanov and Eva Marton. When describing her repertoire, she says "I sang all the major dramatic roles from Brünnhilde to Turandot." Finding herself lost now that her career is over, she has arrived at the asylum for new revolutionary procedure, which turns out to be a lobotomy. Things get a bit more complicated when it's revealed she is also a lesbian, something the hospital is trying to "cure" as well. In the second appearance of Ingrid, the scene opens with Puccini's aria "Tu che di gel sei cinta" from <i>Turandot</i>. Although Ingrid herself would have sung the title role of the opera, this from the character of Liù resonates with several themes within the show. </span><span style="font-family: times;">The rest of the <i>Ratched </i>cast includes Sharon Stone, Sarah Paulsen, Judy Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Finn Wittrock, Jon Jon Briones, and Charlie Carver. </span><span style="font-family: times;">See more stills of Ingrid from <i>Ratched</i>, and see videos of the above aria as well as others that Ingrid would have performed, after the jump. [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratched_(TV_series)" target="_blank">Source</a>, <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80213445" target="_blank">Source</a>]</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5I5ocLP4PyRk8ZycMNoqeOyZlE-hMG8GHyuxe8KWJiN0K70Hn7rRNnvIF-MT2WtwDAnGtohq2S4v3QkeMlBX_tOi45IapcB8Y-L944kHo8P38QlIVWeY9gw91aFA3iDgjcQsTVeW8VScx/s560/ryan+murphy+ratched+netflix+sarah+paulsen.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="560" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5I5ocLP4PyRk8ZycMNoqeOyZlE-hMG8GHyuxe8KWJiN0K70Hn7rRNnvIF-MT2WtwDAnGtohq2S4v3QkeMlBX_tOi45IapcB8Y-L944kHo8P38QlIVWeY9gw91aFA3iDgjcQsTVeW8VScx/w529-h275/ryan+murphy+ratched+netflix+sarah+paulsen.jpg" width="529" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Naughty Nurse: Sarah Paulsen plays Mildred Ratched.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BOUwVz4D1B0" width="450" youtube-src-id="BOUwVz4D1B0"></iframe></div><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">"Tu che di gel sei cinta" performed by Leona Mitchell. The aria is featured in the Neflix show <i>Ratched</i>.</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SdfvMBvLm_o" width="450" youtube-src-id="SdfvMBvLm_o"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">"In questa reggia" from Puccini's <i>Turandot </i>performed by Eva Marton. This is repertoire the character of Ingrid </span><span style="font-family: times;">would have performed in her career.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ugemXTzJsbE" width="450" youtube-src-id="ugemXTzJsbE"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">"Immolation Scene" from Wagner's <i>Götterdämmerung </i>performed by Hildegard Behrens. 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Donald Trump ended the fourth evening of the Republican National Convention on the lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., with singer Christopher Macchio attempting to interpret Puccini's well-known "Nessun Dorma" from the portico balcony. Struggling through music that is beyond his faculties, even with a microphone, he followed the aria with Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," Schubert's "Ave Maria," Irving Berlin's "God Bless America," and ended with Katharine Lee Bates's "America the Beautiful." The entire spectacle was reminiscent of autocratic regimes in the world that flaunt crowds and wealth as political power. Remember in the context of the opera <i>Turandot</i>, from which the aria derives, the title character has threatened "This night, none shall sleep in Peking! The penalty for all will be death if the Prince's name is not discovered by morning." It's not clear whether the administration knew this in advance or perhaps that is why is was selected. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI92yybTmbZ9BAg1d4Sp7U0uTcBMdyRnnMU0DqRV1lQE9HaZu3waYCIQg2hnzcfG3mcgXmQUinOmHMwrfrWpDxoJkWpBR6f0vPFcY4SC2DR7-GKcAgCTiLiadyyvKa7bwFsVDtTI27F2gQ/s560/Christopher+Macchio+Ave+Maria+Republican+National+Convention+Donald+Trump.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI92yybTmbZ9BAg1d4Sp7U0uTcBMdyRnnMU0DqRV1lQE9HaZu3waYCIQg2hnzcfG3mcgXmQUinOmHMwrfrWpDxoJkWpBR6f0vPFcY4SC2DR7-GKcAgCTiLiadyyvKa7bwFsVDtTI27F2gQ/s0/Christopher+Macchio+Ave+Maria+Republican+National+Convention+Donald+Trump.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="text-align: left;">According to various biographies, the entertainer attended the Manhattan School of Music in New York. Macchio came to the attention of Donald Trump after he performed at a New Year's Eve Party thrown at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. Read more about his achievements </span><a href="https://resortsac.com/entertainment/christopher-macchio/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="text-align: left;">. "His exploits can be followed online though his website, www.christphermacchio.com, through social media, and experienced on his debut album, <i>DocliMomenti</i>, which showcases a stylistic range that can delicately draw an audience in, and then build to a virtuoso climax that leaves goosebumps on the arms and tears in the eyes."</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjo4dQnt5h1JjHZOxvcLupVxPgfQeHWSjFNmnuSEK8bRuZUmROa60TyQ2Axh0yCdXnBvsU4vGFQvqkX2AJo7_EfU1pmUBTbVjdqZw7VNP9PC6AwZosTP_VXU9S_3_jGymOse5ANXSHLSfB/s560/Christopher+Macchio+Donald+Trump+Opera+Puccini+Turandot+Nessun+Dorma.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjo4dQnt5h1JjHZOxvcLupVxPgfQeHWSjFNmnuSEK8bRuZUmROa60TyQ2Axh0yCdXnBvsU4vGFQvqkX2AJo7_EfU1pmUBTbVjdqZw7VNP9PC6AwZosTP_VXU9S_3_jGymOse5ANXSHLSfB/s0/Christopher+Macchio+Donald+Trump+Opera+Puccini+Turandot+Nessun+Dorma.jpg" /></a></div>Reviews have been less than favorable of the performance. Watch it <a href="https://youtu.be/c1bzxsjrSOE?t=12619" target="_blank">here</a>. A professional version of the famous aria can be found after the jump.</span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turandot" target="_blank">Source</a>]</span></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/otHFNxx2t0M" width="500" youtube-src-id="otHFNxx2t0M"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-75912852806581039552020-08-25T08:32:00.003-04:002020-08-25T10:07:42.044-04:00Marina Abramović Is About to Birth "7 Deaths of Callas" In Munich<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpBZs1waOgdpz13tAXk3FeBhgYKDap7Am_IZz2UfTApbHBYCq5_-wxQJGLBiXZarOf9eiUVpkVDi7-yAnI963i3iq7jQN98CahRnORgWVcIo18ST_XCdLPqESa86Nc68sb5c1sKkLxEzg/s720/Marina+Abramovic%25CC%2581+7+Deaths+of+Callas+Bayerische+Staatsoper+Munich.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="720" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpBZs1waOgdpz13tAXk3FeBhgYKDap7Am_IZz2UfTApbHBYCq5_-wxQJGLBiXZarOf9eiUVpkVDi7-yAnI963i3iq7jQN98CahRnORgWVcIo18ST_XCdLPqESa86Nc68sb5c1sKkLxEzg/w512-h289/Marina+Abramovic%25CC%2581+7+Deaths+of+Callas+Bayerische+Staatsoper+Munich.jpg" width="512" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">What was dubbed "An opera project by Marina Abramović (2020)," the new performance for <i>7 Deaths of Callas </i>is set top open on September 5 at the Bayerische Staatsoper. With music by Marko Nikodijević and scenes of operas by Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Verdi, the original opening was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/arts/music/marina-abramovic-maria-callas.html" target="_blank">sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic</a>. It is to be co-produced with Deutsche Oper Berlin, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Greek National Opera, and Opéra national de Paris. The additional plans for future performances, however, have not been released. Singers involved include
Hera Hyesang Park (Violetta Valéry), Selene Zanetti (Floria Tosca), Leah Hawkins (Desdemona), Kiandra Howarth (Cio-Cio-San), Nadezhda Karyazina (Carmen), Adela Zaharia (Lucia Ashton), and Lauren Fagan (Norma).
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">Watch the promo video, which features Willem Dafoe, after the jump.</span></div><p></p><span style="font-family: times;"><div style="text-align: justify;">[<a href="https://www.staatsoper.de/en/productioninfo/7-deaths-of-maria-callas.html" target="_blank">Source</a>] </div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPatcblnMdahmsJRudhqiO5scEhoLTfdbU-DVC57qprtD8oblIoxAJma6tMMHSnfjV019crjoydhI0Rnmca7An-ZKeywq9WbOEN1cRwB0XD8BnmNwMp9RdplVlnJOW7j0hBLgAK8iqGP2/s560/Marina+Abramovic%25CC%2581+7+Deaths+of+Callas+Bayerische+Staatsoper+Munich+promotion.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="560" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPatcblnMdahmsJRudhqiO5scEhoLTfdbU-DVC57qprtD8oblIoxAJma6tMMHSnfjV019crjoydhI0Rnmca7An-ZKeywq9WbOEN1cRwB0XD8BnmNwMp9RdplVlnJOW7j0hBLgAK8iqGP2/w560-h438/Marina+Abramovic%25CC%2581+7+Deaths+of+Callas+Bayerische+Staatsoper+Munich+promotion.jpg" width="560" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aSQLi_Jun7E" width="500" youtube-src-id="aSQLi_Jun7E"></iframe></div><div><br /></div>Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-87559491370849878952020-08-21T04:58:00.001-04:002020-08-21T04:58:23.786-04:00MET Opera Home Audiences Finally Get The Big Picture With Demo <div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMANQXRCMFNA__LqWAQoHn-JBaTolBRxuQZXdsc1Tsv9bt153UD_dFyxfPGCbL9TNM7Yg3B9evRmqU4DPc5zfB7uJ4mwBmEHObloqVDEWQYcofZDYTyycP4PYQPmURu_yFar0PmaIHW5J/s560/MET+on+Demand+opera+5.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMANQXRCMFNA__LqWAQoHn-JBaTolBRxuQZXdsc1Tsv9bt153UD_dFyxfPGCbL9TNM7Yg3B9evRmqU4DPc5zfB7uJ4mwBmEHObloqVDEWQYcofZDYTyycP4PYQPmURu_yFar0PmaIHW5J/s0/MET+on+Demand+opera+5.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Easy as 1-2-3: The new tutorial to stream opera onto your television posted on Instagram has over 12K views</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times;">Twelve years ago when the Metropolitan Opera was getting ready to launch its </span><i style="font-family: times;">MET on Demand</i><span style="font-family: times;"> streaming service, the company likely wasn't prepared that one day the world would have a pandemic forcing it to rely on its videography cache of the </span><i style="font-family: times;">Live in HD </i><span style="font-family: times;">catalog to sustain some cash flow from audience members and engagement with donors through the announcement of </span><i style="font-family: times;">Nightly Met Opera Streams</i><span style="font-family: times;"> this spring. This blog discussed the </span><a href="https://operafresh.blogspot.com/2015/07/met-on-demand-skips-popular-streaming.html" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">option of the MET to go with Roku </a><span style="font-family: times;">as a streaming service for their operas and now for the first time if you don't have the service, you can still watch on the big screen with the new tutorial <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CD7WpkXntZa/" target="_blank">posted on Instagram</a>.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLpAM9jvFVFDl-a8eJDslCvq1_J2vyFiCu3IsOJ3Qj-vLpTrRUe8n0pHYs_rPyoXfJoRv2i0Mxb64Bjam7aJAcAGLEnbjK0GiTeJFlGEGXO34VEc4fgTh_aMt_P5kCpOFwnWbaR5jI6I5/s560/MET+on+Demand+opera+2+3.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLpAM9jvFVFDl-a8eJDslCvq1_J2vyFiCu3IsOJ3Qj-vLpTrRUe8n0pHYs_rPyoXfJoRv2i0Mxb64Bjam7aJAcAGLEnbjK0GiTeJFlGEGXO34VEc4fgTh_aMt_P5kCpOFwnWbaR5jI6I5/s0/MET+on+Demand+opera+2+3.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Home Theater: Enjoying the opera greats in the comfort of your living room</span></td></tr></tbody></table> "Experience every stunning performance in our Met Stars Live in Concert series on a bigger screen using Google Chromecast or Apple AirPlay. Follow these easy step-by-step instructions to learn how to cast the high-definition stream onto your television. Tickets for the entire series on available now at metopera.org/metstars." This is extremely important considering that the MET has been forced to not only lean on the huge back catalog but also employing a pay-per-view model creating new content for online users worldwide. "After having to cancel their upcoming<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5SC3Q3ESVkBwniaza-qtTK7Dj61XvZpQUnL1nXQaxkWDw8O_FXJwn21Vlvo7lUFVvHwtVHSSrmMO7STjjUJdyVynnQ8oZr-3f1M-XMqlCPfTFSHeu2-adH-fmOwpcanEkAroK7VEj3tj/s560/MET+on+Demand+opera+pay+per+view.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5SC3Q3ESVkBwniaza-qtTK7Dj61XvZpQUnL1nXQaxkWDw8O_FXJwn21Vlvo7lUFVvHwtVHSSrmMO7STjjUJdyVynnQ8oZr-3f1M-XMqlCPfTFSHeu2-adH-fmOwpcanEkAroK7VEj3tj/s0/MET+on+Demand+opera+pay+per+view.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Free Trial: How many operas could you watch in seven days?</span></td></tr></tbody></table> </span><span style="font-family: times;">performances due to coronavirus concerns, the Metropolitan Opera announced it would stream encore presentations from the award-winning <i>Live in HD</i> series of cinema transmissions on the company website for the duration of the closure. This new offering will begin Mar. 16 [2020] with the 2010 HD performance of Bizet’s <i>Carmen </i>Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and starring<span><a name='more'></a></span> Elīna Garanča in the title role and Roberto Alagna as Don José." As it became clear that the legendary opera house would have to do more than stream their previous <i>Live from Lincoln Center </i>productions and <i>Live in HD</i> satellite events from the past 14 years, </span><span style="font-family: times;">they began to create original content. The first event was a streaming concert from homes of the illustrious stars on</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBTCSwtHPwqnybeM_ZXyxKKsuv30edE3lPO9EfjD6gVAer95XCFCr2p3alZXgbe3l8pei73qlLm2RYQBmvBqnlRfnSuaqnNYlk49qHfp3xGVft6DjGohb2jl9oyFkfvgn2NO409QZbXN6/s560/MET+on+Demand+Opera.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBTCSwtHPwqnybeM_ZXyxKKsuv30edE3lPO9EfjD6gVAer95XCFCr2p3alZXgbe3l8pei73qlLm2RYQBmvBqnlRfnSuaqnNYlk49qHfp3xGVft6DjGohb2jl9oyFkfvgn2NO409QZbXN6/s0/MET+on+Demand+Opera.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Globe Trotters: Opera singers perform from locations all around the world in recital for pay-per-view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><span style="font-family: times;">the main stage in recent seasons and then moved to full-length recitals in a pay-per-view format. "</span><span style="font-family: times;"><i>Met Stars Live in Concert
</i>Opera’s greatest stars perform in a groundbreaking new series of pay-per-view recitals in striking locations around the globe, each live via satellite and shot with multiple cameras. While the Metropolitan Opera House remains dark because of the ongoing health crisis, </span><i style="font-family: times;">Met Stars Live in Concert </i><span style="font-family: times;">will allow audiences to experience extraordinary solo and duo performances by top singers—streamed live online—from such locations as a former abbey in Bavaria, a Norwegian castle, an outdoor terrace on a cliff overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, a church in Wales, and a historic mansion in Washington, D.C. The series marries the intimacy of the Met’s virtual At-Home Gala with the high production value of the company’s Live in HD series of cinema transmissions.
From old-school legends to today’s great stars, experience more than 700 full-length Met performances with our online streaming service. Free apps available for Amazon Fire TV and Tablet, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Android, Roku, and Samsung Smart TV.
Discover the ultimate opera streaming collection, and watch on your computer, tablet, mobile phone, or TV for $14.99/month or $149.99/year with our unlimited subscription plan. Met Members save 33% off annual subscription price." According to data from the previous Opera Fresh post referenced above, the rate of subscription was the same price five years ago. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">[<a href="https://metstarslive.brightcove-services.com/ https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/" target="_blank">Source</a>, <a href="https://redtri.com/met-opera-streaming-encore-presentations/" target="_blank">Source</a>]</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QAcNpn1CrVo" width="500" youtube-src-id="QAcNpn1CrVo"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3cqJOphSpSs" width="500" youtube-src-id="3cqJOphSpSs"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/00YiNrIpY2E" width="500" youtube-src-id="00YiNrIpY2E"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></div>Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-13640217897189248842020-08-20T21:48:00.001-04:002020-08-20T21:48:52.737-04:00Ex-wife of Andrew Lloyd Webber to Receive Star in Hollywood<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLURPb1YF50uakRasgAenvn0LG_9DYkXRUrx6WB6EgJ9t7gsPLJElMfRMh9icNbSLD-1p72tEV3e3t2MDd4xKneG4fwUEf3Bqdxbcl-bfyi33Sl8mM7Wzi3UolXf6w7RgmMmcplTmHztG/s560/sarah+brightman+andrew+lloyd+webber+hollywood+walk+of+fame.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="306" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLURPb1YF50uakRasgAenvn0LG_9DYkXRUrx6WB6EgJ9t7gsPLJElMfRMh9icNbSLD-1p72tEV3e3t2MDd4xKneG4fwUEf3Bqdxbcl-bfyi33Sl8mM7Wzi3UolXf6w7RgmMmcplTmHztG/w245-h448/sarah+brightman+andrew+lloyd+webber+hollywood+walk+of+fame.jpg" width="245" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Happy Duo: Sarah and Andrew</span></td></tr></tbody></table>Soprano Sarah Brightman has performed with opera legends Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, as well as Andrea Bocelli. In June it was announced that she will be getting a rare honor: a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Curious about the opera singers that Ms. Brightman will share the same sidewalk with in California? After the jump, you can see them all and you're going to be surprised by how many appear on the list! Notably missing thus far is Renée Fleming. The British songstress first</span><span style="font-family: times;"> launched into fame with a 1978 hit "I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper" with the group Hot Gossip. She went on to marry composer Andrew Lloyd-Webber which propelled her stage career like a rocket after appearing in several of his musicals. </span><span style="font-family: times;">She has an estimated net worth of $60 million while her former husband is estimated to have $1.2 billion. Her Facebook page made the announcement: </span><span style="font-family: times;">"Sarah to Be Honoured with a Star on the Iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame! Today, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced that Sarah will be honoured with a star on the world-renowned Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles for her outstanding contributions in live theatre and live performance. Currently celebrating its 60th year, the Walk of Fame was created to "maintain the glory of a community whose name means glamour and excitement in the four corners of the world." Watch the announcement on the official Hollywood Walk of Fame Facebook page: https://bit.ly/37GR230. More details about when Sarah's star will be unveiled along Hollywood's most majestic walkway will be revealed in the coming year!" In his tell-all book, the Broadway composer discussed his relationship with the Royal College of Music graduate:</span><span style="font-family: times;"> "'I suppose it was<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik89mGNJzzJQJ2JM_xmURbtNGngscHqL10BGbyNrqoRddnDF9wvYzUpaHf28nbKuRWivVulJrIiexfGBUd2371fRlkVT9P_IXzWDoF_XxWg66lA_DhPDz3_9of7_iCBuN4Mv25iRPZYr8e/s380/sarah+brightman+andrew+lloyd+webber+hollywood+walk+of+fame+6.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="300" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik89mGNJzzJQJ2JM_xmURbtNGngscHqL10BGbyNrqoRddnDF9wvYzUpaHf28nbKuRWivVulJrIiexfGBUd2371fRlkVT9P_IXzWDoF_XxWg66lA_DhPDz3_9of7_iCBuN4Mv25iRPZYr8e/w300-h380/sarah+brightman+andrew+lloyd+webber+hollywood+walk+of+fame+6.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Music Makers: Talking music drew the couple together</span></td></tr></tbody></table> inevitable that I was going to have a serious affair at some point,' writes composer Andrew Lloyd Webber of his romance with singer Sarah Brightman in his book <i>Unmasked</i>. The candid new memoir hits stands on Tuesday, the same month as the theatrical legend’s 70th birthday. What made the affair complicated? They first met during Brightman’s audition for <i>Cats</i> in the early 1980s, a time when they were both married. Lloyd Webber also had two young children with his first wife (also named Sarah) of 12 years. '[The affair with Sarah Brightman] is one of the parts of my life that I have been dreading writing about the most,' Lloyd Webber writes. 'What you are reading is the umpteenth rewrite. That is the best I can say.' In the chapter titled 'Miss Sarah Brightman,' Lloyd Webber details how his famous musical <i>Phantom of the Opera</i> came into existence — a show that brought both Lloyd Webber, the composer, and Brightman, who starred as Christine Daaé, great success. With their professional relationship thriving, their personal<span><a name='more'></a></span> lives became much more complicated when Lloyd Webber realized he was in love with Brightman, who is 13 years his junior, in March 1983. According to his memoir, Lloyd Webber’s relationship with Brightman was 'sealed' during a trip together to northern Italy. 'Sarah wore a white miniskirt that elicited whistles from windows of houses that I swore were uninhabited,' he writes, 'I was somewhat embarrassed, even more so than I had been by the astonishing white fur coat that she had worn on the plane over which <i>La Bohème</i> aficionados might say was more Musetta than Mimi.'</span><span style="font-family: times;"> He adds, '</span><span style="font-family: times;">But I loved talking music with Sarah and yes of course I loved the vicarious looks I got from the waiters in our deserted hotel and of course I loved the sex.'<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFT0DrMFhpO6eNtIKR1C1dPfjRiqMBCuZeBW9lTWxCADdDbVdjN1xQSCnSmLMAeLt6FWESJUOTJwjPKbO_jmBoUV8fUesdDeaVtbWA1LDHFBfrEM4dnDd-oKi0S_EJjrPautOeTThvZeqE/s514/sarah+brightman+andrew+lloyd+webber+hollywood+walk+of+fame+4.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFT0DrMFhpO6eNtIKR1C1dPfjRiqMBCuZeBW9lTWxCADdDbVdjN1xQSCnSmLMAeLt6FWESJUOTJwjPKbO_jmBoUV8fUesdDeaVtbWA1LDHFBfrEM4dnDd-oKi0S_EJjrPautOeTThvZeqE/s0/sarah+brightman+andrew+lloyd+webber+hollywood+walk+of+fame+4.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Disco Starlet: Early days of Brightman's career</span></td></tr></tbody></table> Lloyd Webber writes that by the time they arrived at the Splendido Hotel in Portofino, Italy, he had no other option than to propose to Brightman. 'Well, in truth it wasn’t so much a proposal as a ‘we’re in love, we’re both married, what the f— do we do about it?'' he writes. 'We decided that Sarah would meet my mother, I would meet her parents and if we survived that test I would break the news to my first Sarah.' After they shared the news of their relationship with their parents (his mother was surprised, Brightman’s parents 'were a bit nonplussed'), it took Lloyd Webber 'two false starts' before he was able to break the news to his first wife. 'If someone can be both devastated yet resigned at the same time, that’s what Sarah was. There were moments when I wavered,' he writes. 'Sarah even suggested that she turned a blind eye and let me lead a double life to keep the marriage intact. But I couldn’t lead my life like that.' The composer thought it best to release a press statement about their relationship. 'It wasn’t our fault that Sarah and I fell in love,' he told the Daily Express. 'We talked and talked about what we should do about it. In the end I drew a line down a piece of paper and put on one side the ‘pros’ and on the other side the ‘cons’ of us trying to get free to marry. The ‘pros’ came out only just ahead, but it was from that moment that I decided to tell my wife.' According to <i>Unmasked</i>, 'it was horrible year' for Lloyd Webber, who moved out of his house and saw his kids every third weekend. 'Imo was just 5 and Nick 3; Imo certainly understood something of what was happening,' Lloyd Webber writes. 'Thank goodness Imo never blamed herself for what happened as some children do when their homes are smashed. Sarah B was great with the kids…' Both Lloyd Webber and Brightman were each divorced by mid-March 1984. The couple then married secretly at the registry office in Kingsclere, England<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSIOaNt5S-O9RMLZxbktN2vuGNUXtv8TJANoafuECC9CNrAzusJCjNR-5d0xLqghg6uyxuImtrI_trmOM0tqPtQr-0hdgjRckNNsYpXGnDFZKvyEHuV9jT2LOPRreAT-WZHerQgRZoq4SH/s300/sarah+brightman+andrew+lloyd+webber+hollywood+walk+of+fame+3.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="289" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSIOaNt5S-O9RMLZxbktN2vuGNUXtv8TJANoafuECC9CNrAzusJCjNR-5d0xLqghg6uyxuImtrI_trmOM0tqPtQr-0hdgjRckNNsYpXGnDFZKvyEHuV9jT2LOPRreAT-WZHerQgRZoq4SH/s0/sarah+brightman+andrew+lloyd+webber+hollywood+walk+of+fame+3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">EMI: The soprano also recorded her husband's <br /><i>Requiem </i>for the British label</span></td></tr></tbody></table> on March 22. By January 1990, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sarah Brightman were divorced — Lloyd Webber was in love with someone else." Learn more about Sarah's background:</span><span style="font-family: times;">"Brightman began her career as a member of the dance troupe Hot Gossip and released several disco singles as a solo performer. In 1981, she made her West End musical theatre debut in <i>Cats </i>and met composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, whom she later married. She went on to star in several West End and Broadway musicals, including <i>The Phantom of the Opera</i>, where she originated the role of Christine Daaé. Her original London cast album of <i>Phantom</i> was released in CD format in 1987 and sold 40 million copies worldwide, making it the biggest-selling cast album ever. After retiring from the stage and divorcing Lloyd Webber, Brightman resumed her music career with former Enigma producer Frank Peterson, this time as a classical crossover artist. She has been credited as the creator and remains among the most prominent performers of this genre, with worldwide sales of more than 35 million albums and two million DVDs, establishing herself as the world's best-selling soprano. Brightman's 1996 duet with the Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, 'Time to Say Goodbye,' topped the charts all over Europe and became the highest and fastest-selling single of all-time in Germany, where it stayed at the top of the charts for 14 consecutive weeks and sold over three million copies. It subsequently became an international success, selling 12 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all-time. She has collected over 200 gold and platinum record awards in 38 different countries. In 2010, she was named by Billboard the fifth most influential<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2AIEDVltZGDPjA8V27csnditiJ27MPlgccODWOHEvrAJzRrHQnIVp7fL7q5m9jXIGwr9W31cX8nwJD4mzk3b7vJJMLQ7QEhQFnzgbz8pNQupZhNyzo6cRZvK6xp9yKrS28RbQAetmxeA/s268/sarah+brightman+andrew+lloyd+webber+hollywood+walk+of+fame+2.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2AIEDVltZGDPjA8V27csnditiJ27MPlgccODWOHEvrAJzRrHQnIVp7fL7q5m9jXIGwr9W31cX8nwJD4mzk3b7vJJMLQ7QEhQFnzgbz8pNQupZhNyzo6cRZvK6xp9yKrS28RbQAetmxeA/s0/sarah+brightman+andrew+lloyd+webber+hollywood+walk+of+fame+2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pop Appeal: Brightman transitioned <br />from Broadway to mainstream</span></td></tr></tbody></table> and best-selling classical artist of the 2000s decade in the US and according to Nielsen SoundScan, she has sold 6.5 million albums in the country. Brightman is the first artist to have been invited twice to perform the theme song at the Olympic Games, first at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games where she sang 'Amigos Para Siempre' with the Spanish tenor José Carreras with an estimated global audience of a billion people, and 16 years later in 2008 in Beijing, this time with Chinese singer Liu Huan, performing the song 'You and Me' to an estimated four billion people worldwide. In 2012, Brightman was appointed as the UNESCO Artist for Peace for the period 2012–2014, for her 'commitment to humanitarian and charitable causes, her contribution, throughout her artistic career, to the promotion of cultural dialogue and the exchanges among cultures, and her dedication to the ideals and aims of the Organization.' Since 2010, Brightman has been Panasonic's global brand ambassador. In 2014, she began training for a journey to the International Space Station, later postponed until further notice, citing personal reasons. Brightman was awarded the decoration 'Cavaliere' in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on 2 June 2016 and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Hertfordshire in 2018, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to music and theater."</span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">[</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SarahBrightmanMusic/photos/sarah-to-be-honoured-with-a-star-on-the-iconic-hollywood-walk-of-fame-today-the-/3318829978169378/ " style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">Source</a><span style="font-family: times;">, </span><a href="https://people.com/music/andrew-lloyd-webber-sarah-brightman-affair-memoir/" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">Source</a><span style="font-family: times;">] </span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">A literal "who's who" of opera singers from the last century line the boulevards in Hollywood, California, on the Walk of Fame. In addition to classical instrumentalists and conductors, these are the opera singers that have been designated with a star:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-60141700550500747022020-08-20T02:46:00.001-04:002020-08-20T02:46:33.407-04:00Mezzo-Soprano J'Nai Bridges Gives Her Great Big Story To CNN<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPs8pa9Q4E7oQOKn0POjBfK-Y4lGLVDXH8zH0UhDcVXsQXKOqY6AOyfifsBHnkWISC35f8pBBlmu8tZ7k0eaD-zhwyizAMIrdX93bSTvGgYfjzNqcO-xaj5j_8qGm0Mnmp777Vn0G_0G6/s560/J%2527Nai+Bridges+Great+Big+Story+CNN.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPs8pa9Q4E7oQOKn0POjBfK-Y4lGLVDXH8zH0UhDcVXsQXKOqY6AOyfifsBHnkWISC35f8pBBlmu8tZ7k0eaD-zhwyizAMIrdX93bSTvGgYfjzNqcO-xaj5j_8qGm0Mnmp777Vn0G_0G6/s0/J%2527Nai+Bridges+Great+Big+Story+CNN.png" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><div style="text-align: justify;">"J’Nai Bridges knows that most people perceive opera as being an artform for the elite. Because opera was traditionally catered towards nobility, many today still don’t feel welcome. Bridges wants to change that. The mezzo-soprano is a rising star in the opera world, with starring roles on stages around the world, including the Metropolitan Opera House and the San Francisco Opera. When she’s not belting out arias, she’s going to local schools to give students a chance to experience an opera, or teaching masterclasses at colleges. As a Black, female artist, Bridges knows the importance of showing children—especially BIPOC children—that classical music is possible. As Bridges says, when she walks into a room or onto a stage, her goal is to 'change minds, heal hearts, and make music.'" Watch the video after the jump. </div></span><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span><a name='more'></a></span></span><div><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: times; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYLRl41Dey3e2n3PK5ULCEOz7X4Lli78X_W5oHCvsTA2yGjXTm9WgjxRnR94Y4ObgQ8pbyzzPA30q6WEpp8OXvQmxYdA-QOFtY57P_mRjD2sBK-TkDOWNBwr430oIsVmOcT90rux4yPPt/s444/J%2527Nai+Bridges+Great+Big+Story+CNN+3.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="287" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYLRl41Dey3e2n3PK5ULCEOz7X4Lli78X_W5oHCvsTA2yGjXTm9WgjxRnR94Y4ObgQ8pbyzzPA30q6WEpp8OXvQmxYdA-QOFtY57P_mRjD2sBK-TkDOWNBwr430oIsVmOcT90rux4yPPt/w230-h355/J%2527Nai+Bridges+Great+Big+Story+CNN+3.png" width="230" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">See the complete CNN video by clicking <a href="https://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/opera-and-classical-music-for-everyone" target="_blank">here</a>. </span>J’Nai Bridges was born February 6, 1987, in Hawaii, but her family moved to the Tacoma area in Washington when she was two months old. The previous owners of the home had left a baby grand piano and after a period of time Ms. Bridges was started in piano lessons at age 2. It was in high school that she had to decide if she would pursue music or basketball. Although being the captain of her team, it was joining the choir that led to private voice lessons and soon she was performing at Tacoma Opera. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Music from Manhattan School of Music and a Master of Music at Curtis Institute of Music. Ms. Bridges is an alumni of the Ryan Opera Center Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Young Artist program at the Glimmerglass Festival. Companies with whom she has worked include Washington National Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Opera, Amarillo Symphony, Dutch National Opera, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Gran Teatre del Liceu, San Antonio Symphony, Opernhaus Zürich, Bayerische Staatsoper, Vancouver Opera, Los Angeles Opera, New York Philharmonic, Knoxville Opera, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. Ms. Bridges has sung under such prestigious conductors as Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Bramwell Tovey, in such wide ranging venues from London's Royal Albert Hall to Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall) in New York. J’Nai Bridges is a recipient of the prestigious 2018 Sphinx Medal of Excellence Award, a 2016 Richard Tucker Career Grant, first prize winner at the 2016 Francisco Viñas International Competition, first prize winner at the 2015 Gerda Lissner Competition, a recipient of the 2013 Sullivan Foundation Award, and the Marian Anderson Award in 2012.
[<a href="https://www.goodreadbiography.com/jnai-bridges-biography/" target="_blank">Source</a>, <a href="https://bit.ly/34kxVfB" target="_blank">Source</a>, <a href="https://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/opera-and-classical-music-for-everyone" target="_blank">Source</a>] </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/U2GB9S0tcrk" width="560" youtube-src-id="U2GB9S0tcrk"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div></div>Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-13493298363053051282020-08-18T23:03:00.001-04:002020-08-18T23:03:53.053-04:00100 Years Later: All The American (Operatic) Ties To Susan B. Anthony<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57Y91vRnOeJUp_Y8Dq0VKIT_y3von24Du39pDhyphenhyphenrfT-WT5cQGK9ORe2yvO9rqH9pwn3lECh9xaE3r9lyg8EyPCwave5plMdhJyKhwUVM7GXQT5BJoUKnl8wNUlH68yMI8xHAQ8JIuC80g/s752/suffragette+susan+b+anthony+opera.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="519" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57Y91vRnOeJUp_Y8Dq0VKIT_y3von24Du39pDhyphenhyphenrfT-WT5cQGK9ORe2yvO9rqH9pwn3lECh9xaE3r9lyg8EyPCwave5plMdhJyKhwUVM7GXQT5BJoUKnl8wNUlH68yMI8xHAQ8JIuC80g/w283-h410/suffragette+susan+b+anthony+opera.png" width="283" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The original "Iron Lady": Susan B. Anthony</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times;"><div style="text-align: justify;">On this day 100 years ago in America, the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified which began to pave the way for all women's right to vote. One of the most profound leaders in the suffrage movement was Susan B. Anthony. Her name and legacy would have influence that delved even into the opera world. Let's being at the beginning."[Susan Anthony was] born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. In 1851, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who became her lifelong friend and co-worker in social reform activities, primarily in the field of women's rights. In 1852, they founded the New York Women's State Temperance Society after Anthony was prevented from speaking at a temperance conference because she was female. In 1863, they founded the Women's Loyal National League, which conducted the largest petition drive in United States history up to that time, collecting nearly 400,000 signatures in support of the abolition of slavery. In 1866, they initiated the American Equal Rights Association, which campaigned for equal rights for both women and African Americans. In 1868, they began publishing a women's rights newspaper called The Revolution. In 1869, they founded the National Woman Suffrage Association as part<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vIqzKOTk9y8GkyBEFXaMMqjkxzyWLjR-Zv94pgRuhwg3WycW0vJ_MUS5acBN6msqZf2G-Y8CxuK9BFl8Hug4Yz0FpKBDankMS8d433U-M7Ak-1TASL1Q7OWzFPyyfeyD6Dcv9i8z710E/s532/susan+b+anthony+suffragette.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="374" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vIqzKOTk9y8GkyBEFXaMMqjkxzyWLjR-Zv94pgRuhwg3WycW0vJ_MUS5acBN6msqZf2G-Y8CxuK9BFl8Hug4Yz0FpKBDankMS8d433U-M7Ak-1TASL1Q7OWzFPyyfeyD6Dcv9i8z710E/w239-h341/susan+b+anthony+suffragette.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A Century Ago: Parade for Voting Rights</span></td></tr></tbody></table> of a split in the women's movement. In 1890, the split was formally healed when their organization merged with the rival American Woman Suffrage Association to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association, with Anthony as its key force. In 1876, Anthony and Stanton began working with Matilda Joslyn Gage on what eventually grew into the six-volume History of Woman Suffrage. The interests of Anthony and Stanton diverged somewhat in later years, but the two remained close friends. In 1872, Anthony was arrested for voting in her hometown of Rochester, New York, and convicted in a widely publicized trial. Although she refused to pay the fine, the authorities declined to take further action. In 1878, Anthony and Stanton arranged for Congress to be presented with an amendment giving women the right to vote. Introduced by Sen. Aaron A. Sargent (R-CA), it later became known colloquially as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. It was eventually ratified as the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920. Anthony traveled extensively in support of women's suffrage, giving as many as 75 to 100 speeches per year and working on many state campaigns. She worked internationally for women's rights, playing a key role in creating the International Council of Women, which is still active. She also helped to bring<span><a name='more'></a></span> about the World's Congress of Representative Women at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. When she first began campaigning for<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyrrItnQ_Zcd4ORAqlwumIeM4GHsHKYdwWNydfzx_DLDr99_vTJu_BUvi5OVn-UngJzd3Zx5psSQJBTzJlCXKMdsI9FIzyGO-XCgF2LgQ429r5G9S-Rl_0-fyeWUnN0gg-XUZhTaBaFkoz/s300/susan+b+anthony+suffragette+coin.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyrrItnQ_Zcd4ORAqlwumIeM4GHsHKYdwWNydfzx_DLDr99_vTJu_BUvi5OVn-UngJzd3Zx5psSQJBTzJlCXKMdsI9FIzyGO-XCgF2LgQ429r5G9S-Rl_0-fyeWUnN0gg-XUZhTaBaFkoz/w192-h192/susan+b+anthony+suffragette+coin.jpg" width="192" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Minted Pride: Anthony's Coin</span></td></tr></tbody></table> women's rights, Anthony was harshly ridiculed and accused of trying to destroy the institution of marriage. Public perception of her changed radically during her lifetime, however. Her 80th birthday was celebrated in the White House at the invitation of President William McKinley. She became the first female citizen to be depicted on U.S. coinage when her portrait appeared on the 1979 dollar coin." She was also the inspiration for an opera! "<i>The Mother of Us All </i>is a two-act opera composed by Virgil Thomson to a libretto by Gertrude Stein. She wrote the libretto in the winter of 1945–46, sending it to Thomson in March of 1946; he began the score that October, shortly after Stein's death in July, and completed it early in 1947. The opera chronicles the life of Susan B. Anthony, one of the major figures in the fight for women's suffrage in the United States. In fanciful style, it brings together characters, fictional and non-fictional, from different periods of American history. The opera premiered on 7 May 1947 at Columbia University's Brander Matthews Hall with soprano Dorothy Dow as Susan B. Anthony. Soprano Shirlee Emmons was awarded an Obie Award for her portrayal of Susan B. Anthony in the 1956 Off-Broadway production. The Santa Fe Opera mounted the work in 1976<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDe_meKpNj79VqDZjK0FavGajviTpXmPRN22mAmTM2Pay6XOkwJS524o8jXl2l0uDOCFwfMziOLvwmeUapbRrk-a5_CpCzKTaJb4_86uM5oCpQdxnuLcaPbj5DJPRpawAgd-lyoUzcvAC/s300/mother+of+us+all+susan+b+anthony.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDe_meKpNj79VqDZjK0FavGajviTpXmPRN22mAmTM2Pay6XOkwJS524o8jXl2l0uDOCFwfMziOLvwmeUapbRrk-a5_CpCzKTaJb4_86uM5oCpQdxnuLcaPbj5DJPRpawAgd-lyoUzcvAC/w240-h240/mother+of+us+all+susan+b+anthony.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Recorded History: Santa Fe Performance</span></td></tr></tbody></table> and released a recording of the work the following year on the New World Records label. The European premiere took place in Kensington Town Hall in London on 26 June 1979. The New York City Opera staged a production in 2000 with Lauren Flanigan as Susan B. Anthony. In 2003, San Francisco Opera opened its 80th anniversary season with a new production of <i>The Mother of Us All</i>, Luana DeVol assuming the role of Susan B. Anthony for the first time." The American soprano Dorothy Dorow, who created the title role of the opera, was known internationally for her talent. "Dorothy Dow (8 October 1920 – 26 February 2005) was an American classical dramatic soprano who had an active international career in concerts, operas, and recitals during the 1940s through the 1960s. After retiring from the stage in 1968, she embarked on a second career as an academic. Dow was born in Houston, Texas. She studied at the Juilliard School in New York City, graduating with a<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYEzPw5ny8AX70SRj19RX7GJKs7UwWPkhtajRfD__-I77zbYY_g5fpu5QcQ5zskZTLsMZb30HCbR2o__OmUG8C1dmjXprpptXpxW0DC-vPyfCa0GnGK4_hnUpalDTqEQtk_Q9unMkQJt0c/s500/Carl-Axel+Dominique+and+Dorothy+Dorow.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="375" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYEzPw5ny8AX70SRj19RX7GJKs7UwWPkhtajRfD__-I77zbYY_g5fpu5QcQ5zskZTLsMZb30HCbR2o__OmUG8C1dmjXprpptXpxW0DC-vPyfCa0GnGK4_hnUpalDTqEQtk_Q9unMkQJt0c/w300-h400/Carl-Axel+Dominique+and+Dorothy+Dorow.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dorothy Dorow rehearsing with Carl-Axel Dominique</span></td></tr></tbody></table> bachelor's degree in vocal performance in 1942. She quickly became one of the leading concert sopranos in the United States, singing with orchestras throughout the country and giving a number of highly lauded recitals. She made her first appearance on the opera stage in Buffalo, New York as Santuzza in <i>Cavalleria rusticana</i> in 1946. Her first major critical success was singing the role of Brünnhilde in a concert version of Richard Wagner's <i>Götterdämmerung </i>with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy in 1947. As an opera singer, Dow's career was more centered in Europe than in the United States. She was engaged at the Zürich Opera from 1948 to 1950. She was a frequent guest at La Scala during the 1950s and 1960s, singing there Chrysothemis in Richard Strauss's <i>Elektra</i>, Elisabeth in Wagner's <i>Tannhäuser</i>, the title role in <i>La Gioconda</i>, Judith in <i>Bluebeard's Castle</i>, Marie in <i>Wozzeck </i>and Cressida in William Walton's <i>Troilus and Cressida </i>among other roles. In 1952 she made her first appearance at the Glyndebourne Festival as Lady Macbeth in Giuseppe Verdi's <i>Macbeth</i>. She returned to Glyndebourne the following year to sing the title role in Strauss's <i>Ariadne auf Naxos</i>. In 1954 she sang Irmengard in Spontini’s <i>Agnes von Hohenstaufen </i>at Teatro della Pergola. In<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1EC-BH97iXBL2r_Stmz8wF4r0bomme6_7xEcQdDK8xIq8_wRyaQOmSOavtYw8DkCRfHXdTR0lntCp6P14op3Xe2i2AeZzi2feM09MRYwrXkDuCtTOMiAd2m6C01SI22TZzzpSssEyCbf/s300/dorothy+dorow+susan+b+anthony.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1EC-BH97iXBL2r_Stmz8wF4r0bomme6_7xEcQdDK8xIq8_wRyaQOmSOavtYw8DkCRfHXdTR0lntCp6P14op3Xe2i2AeZzi2feM09MRYwrXkDuCtTOMiAd2m6C01SI22TZzzpSssEyCbf/s0/dorothy+dorow+susan+b+anthony.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of Dorothy Dorow's many recordings</span></td></tr></tbody></table> 1955 she sang the role of Renata in a critically acclaimed production of Sergei Prokofiev's <i>The Fiery Angel</i> at La Fenice. Although Dow made few opera appearances in the United States, the ones she did make were notable. In May 1947, she portrayed the role of Susan B. Anthony in the world premiere of Virgil Thomson’s <i>The Mother of Us All</i> at Columbia University’s Branders Matthews Hall. In 1951 she sang the Woman in the United States premiere of Arnold Schoenberg’s <i>Erwartung</i> in Washington, D.C. In 1968 Dow retired from her singing career. She embarked on a second career as an academic, earning further degrees in history and humanities from the University of Texas at Austin, Columbia University and New York University. She joined the faculty at Rutgers University where she taught history for many years. She died in Galveston, aged 84." Decades later, a soprano would emerge from the midwest with the original suffragette's namesake. "Michigan-born Susan Anthony has established a reputation as one of the world’s leading sopranos. Twice named 'Singer of the Year' by Opernwelt for her performance of Maria in Strauss' <i>Friedenstag</i> in Dresden, and for her interpretation of Genievre in the seldom performed Chausson opera, <i>Le Roi Arthus</i> , she is a much sought-after guest artist in the world’s major opera houses, including Paris National Opera, La Scala Milan, Bavarian State Opera, Vienna State Opera, Berlin State Opera, Dresden Semperoper, Tokyo New National Theater and New York City Opera. The central focus of her<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzlzAUUIAaanFpzTiGaLw73y-I582g9mI-rp7IlcDECMBFXvIU7N5B1FJBoxyOQK4fl8A6l3MElIg_XS6mRrrqfSHCEtXmYxLq30Jp8a1MjeTVs7vHfOrlPn5N9a_WALX3MlZOssZ3P4Z/s500/Susan+B+Anthony+soprano+Arte+Nova.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzlzAUUIAaanFpzTiGaLw73y-I582g9mI-rp7IlcDECMBFXvIU7N5B1FJBoxyOQK4fl8A6l3MElIg_XS6mRrrqfSHCEtXmYxLq30Jp8a1MjeTVs7vHfOrlPn5N9a_WALX3MlZOssZ3P4Z/w320-h320/Susan+B+Anthony+soprano+Arte+Nova.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Namesake: The soprano carrying on a tradition</span></td></tr></tbody></table> repertoire is in the young dramatic and she has won acclaim with critics and audiences alike for her sensitive and technically assured performances of roles such as Salome, Sieglinde, Leonore (<i>Fidelio</i>), the Kaiserin, Ariadne and Senta. Equally at home on the concert stage, she has performed with such notable Maestri as James Conlon, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Colin Davis, Zubin Mehta, Ricardo Muti, Giuseppi Sinopoli and Wolfgang Sawallisch. Recent appearances have included an "intensely dramatic" Marietta in New York City Opera's staging of <i>Die Tote Stadt</i>, and a 'glowing' Senta in Barcelona. Salome in Amsterdam garnered rave reviews and her interpretation of <i>Die Liebe der Danae</i> during the recent Strauss festival in Dresden impressed international audiences and critics. Upcoming engagements include her debut as Ortrud in a new production of <i>Lohengrin </i>in Karlsruhe, Germany, Masterclasses in Detmold and Stuttgart, as well as diverse concert appearances. Between engagements, the busy soprano schedules as much teaching as possible, most recently as adjunct Professor of Voice at the prestigious Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana." <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rh8gKM9JUQY" width="560" youtube-src-id="Rh8gKM9JUQY"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> [<a href="http://susan-anthony.com/sba/?Biography" target="_blank">Source</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_Us_All " target="_blank">Source</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dow" target="_blank">Source</a>] </div></span>Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-44906655392231075222020-08-16T22:31:00.007-04:002020-08-16T22:46:30.096-04:00In Conversation: Lawrence Brownlee Interviews Denyce Graves<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghw4b0Z_k-Ikw4VWrktfwlqVfiZq8O5dJlURjzjT9tescsY6qY2PxRTdctcONfJY41QVi70NaZZtRRm1wsvUfR5_qtjkiZA2aR-8O75PdppOrzNJVNKuV_bX3lbS2BxOOrZeq45jPU4vUk/s490/Lawrence+Brownlee+Denyce+Graves+Interview.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="358" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghw4b0Z_k-Ikw4VWrktfwlqVfiZq8O5dJlURjzjT9tescsY6qY2PxRTdctcONfJY41QVi70NaZZtRRm1wsvUfR5_qtjkiZA2aR-8O75PdppOrzNJVNKuV_bX3lbS2BxOOrZeq45jPU4vUk/w358-h490/Lawrence+Brownlee+Denyce+Graves+Interview.png" width="358" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">As part of his online interview series, <i>Sit Down With LB</i>, tenor Lawrence Brownlee has a Facebook LIVE conversation with the legendary mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves. From their homes in Florida and New York, the discussion covers the gamut from hearing Leontyne Price the first time and knowing she wanted to become an opera singer to when she gave Samuel Ramey his wake-up call as a clerk working at the Omni Parker House! We also get to hear about her experience singing with Zubin Mehta and Riccardo Muti; learning to become a better cook; being friends with Ruth Bader-Ginsburg; admiring singers like Kathleen Battle and Elly Ameling; coping during quarantine life with a family; nurturing her life outside opera by spending time on the farm with horses, dogs and alpacas; and how teaching young singers has brought her a renewed sense of appreciation for the art form. You can see the full interview </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawrencebrownleeofficial/videos/693044591250859/?v=693044591250859" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: times;">. Watch Denyce Graves sing the "</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (<i>Carmen</i>) </span></span><span style="font-family: times;">and "</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" (<i>Samson et Dalila</i>) </span></span><span style="font-family: times;">after the jump.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2V9woZuVIO4" width="560" youtube-src-id="2V9woZuVIO4"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NbF5NACL6YE" width="560" youtube-src-id="NbF5NACL6YE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p>Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-14284027333192882852020-08-16T12:42:00.004-04:002020-08-17T12:37:07.293-04:00Polish Film "The Hater" Uses Bach, Beethoven, Fauré, and Purcell<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: justify;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmr3I-9LM6EQ9fOXeX0BGXux2sZ7NpXfkgn3n0a102SrLQY0KFEjzMOev8uQSsi2tAY5FTaJD1YEB_BZUMsbeZggnTmvqFcp5qNuKZX_ENZuJNE1nTxJzAmVhj2LOPDSxTdoLkfnRaTKJg/s560/Ewa+Majcherczyk+The+Hater+movie+Purcell+Dido+and+Aeneas.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmr3I-9LM6EQ9fOXeX0BGXux2sZ7NpXfkgn3n0a102SrLQY0KFEjzMOev8uQSsi2tAY5FTaJD1YEB_BZUMsbeZggnTmvqFcp5qNuKZX_ENZuJNE1nTxJzAmVhj2LOPDSxTdoLkfnRaTKJg/s0/Ewa+Majcherczyk+The+Hater+movie+Purcell+Dido+and+Aeneas.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Dido's Lament: Ewa Majcherczyk is accompanied by string quartet in this 17th-century masterpiece</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times;"><div style="text-align: justify;">A new Polish film on Netflix directed by Jan Komasa, <i>The Hater</i> (<i>Sala samobójców. Hejter</i>), features classical music throughout. Selected pieces include "Ach bleibe dich, mein liebstes Leben" from <i>Ascension Oratorio</i> (Bach); "Ode to Joy" from <i>Symphony #9 </i>(Beethoven); "Les berceaux" Fauré; and "When I Am Laid in Earth" from <i>Dido and Aeneas </i>(Purcell). This last selection is performed by soprano <a href="https://teatrwielki.pl/ludzie/ewa-majcherczyk/" target="_blank">Ewa Majcherczyk</a> in a scene that intersperses shots of the</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; font-family: times; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">protagonist inside the theater against him working in the office. The significance of the music isn't lost on audiences as the characters in the opera mirror those in the movie with themes like betrayal, envy, jealousy, rejection, and abandonment. This is a sequel to Komasa's 2011 film <i>Suicide Room</i> (<i>Sala samobójców</i>) which also made use of classical music including works of Chopin, Gluck, Mozart, and Schubert. During the closing credits we also hear the director's brother, bass-baritone Szymon Komasa, singing "Lament Hansa" composed by Paweł Mykietyn. The track is featured on the singer's recording <i><a href="https://www.discogs.com/Szymon-Komasa-Polish-Love-Story/release/13528141" target="_blank">Polish Love Story</a></i>. "An important movie, which exams Scio/Psychopathic behaviour in youth along with sides effects of social media presence in backdrops of political unrest in the world. This seems a lot to handle in one film, but Jan Komasa masterfully handled these subject matters. The film never felt overburden by the issues it tries to examine.
Starring: Maciej Musiałowski, Agata Kulesza, Danuta Stenka, Vanessa Aleksander, Maciej Stuhr, Jacek Koman, Adam Gradowski, Piotr Biedroń, Martynika Kosnica"</div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwzbmBqyt0wWoN6ILgHFg8C7gFueSJr0j3B5fiwZXc4a9flS4qXA9hN_OGV3SECbwfNSlGYEyr8r1m5zddQCTPRQ1vUbRH3MbuXCJVuxSydBK4dmNqELnn3xh-Vj89Q0uXaTntnPh038j/s560/sala+samobojcow+hejter+the+hater+netflix+jan+komasa+2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="289" data-original-width="560" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwzbmBqyt0wWoN6ILgHFg8C7gFueSJr0j3B5fiwZXc4a9flS4qXA9hN_OGV3SECbwfNSlGYEyr8r1m5zddQCTPRQ1vUbRH3MbuXCJVuxSydBK4dmNqELnn3xh-Vj89Q0uXaTntnPh038j/w560-h289/sala+samobojcow+hejter+the+hater+netflix+jan+komasa+2.png" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Silent Obsession: Tomasz (Musiałowski) tries to seduce Gabi (Aleksander) at the disco</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;">Read about the film, watch a video clip of <span style="text-align: center;">Ewa Majcherczyk singing the Purcell piece, and view </span>the trailer for <i>The Hater </i>after the jump.</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="font-family: times;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8uZ9E-UGLsHjPeoEA8B8j24OKH-gO2IXZLA87YQ08zjHcJmLCuu6KdDgHrngJ2ha_33WvjSTOpZZrsYdIPbdTiaXnvHzDKY0X-n1euDwZRBIUhXwmHFMshU6BGd4Boz41B2lxMuam6H3o/s432/sala+samobojcow+hejter+the+hater+netflix+jan+komasa+1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="300" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8uZ9E-UGLsHjPeoEA8B8j24OKH-gO2IXZLA87YQ08zjHcJmLCuu6KdDgHrngJ2ha_33WvjSTOpZZrsYdIPbdTiaXnvHzDKY0X-n1euDwZRBIUhXwmHFMshU6BGd4Boz41B2lxMuam6H3o/w240-h346/sala+samobojcow+hejter+the+hater+netflix+jan+komasa+1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The last dozen or so months have turned into films touching on the society, in which the lower class with exceptional brutality puts the upper class on their shoulders in eternal opposition to it. What is significant is the fact that at least some of these productions, and certainly those reflected in the greatest media coverage, were covered with an attractive genre cinema. Americans regularly looking for inspiration in pop culture have released their comic book <i>Joker </i>onto the streets. In Korea, uncompromisingly preying on the capital of a wealthy family, the <i>Parasite</i> turned out to be an (un) ordinary family. In turn, here, under the guise of a masterfully made thriller, to which it would be worth adding the prefix cyber, Jan Komasa in a duet with Mateusz Pacewicz in <i>Hejter</i> propose a modern and white and red version of socially engaged cinema. The gentlemen do it so efficiently that the importance of the events does not seem to be tilted either side. In the new <i>Suicide Room</i>, both left and right are hit. At the center is Evil, which causes both sides to distance themselves even further. Tomek (Maciej Musiałowski) is a boy from the countryside. Apparently comes from a pathological family. Fate wanted him to meet the Krasucki family in</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: justify;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvbqkgp3IejUN0xxAeXDEl_XI-T-9s4xtekfrEBTxj8BBFX_7uOgMRlUbImKz__YfPLiGMukUMQVcA-M3odAqjGS5h2gNhcGvJ3690YT22SZ6Cijsmjthhd56lVc-_TFjpu1AfmW8JPG0/s300/sala+samobojcow+hejter+the+hater+netflix+jan+komasa+promo.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvbqkgp3IejUN0xxAeXDEl_XI-T-9s4xtekfrEBTxj8BBFX_7uOgMRlUbImKz__YfPLiGMukUMQVcA-M3odAqjGS5h2gNhcGvJ3690YT22SZ6Cijsmjthhd56lVc-_TFjpu1AfmW8JPG0/w240-h240/sala+samobojcow+hejter+the+hater+netflix+jan+komasa+promo.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fate: Ill-fated non-lovers</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">his youth, representatives of the Warsaw elite coming to his side in the summer. When Tomek becomes an adult Tomasz (despite the fact that the Krasucki family constantly calls him 'Tomala'), he appears in the capital, and a family friend pays him for his law studies. However, the protagonist is expelled from the university due to plagiarism. Gabi (Vanessa Aleksander) tells about it in secret - the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K., with whom he has a crazy crush. The girl reveals a secret to her parents, which turns them away from the boy. Using his cleverness and technical skills, Tom starts to keep an eye on the Krasucki family. It is possible for him to work in a PR agency managed by a ruthless businesswoman, known from the first part, Beata Santorska (Agata Kulesza). The corporeality of the company entails the gradual crossing of moral and ethical barriers. For Tom, who finds himself in this world like a fish in the water, the first task 'for yesterday' is to ruin the image of an online celebrity trainer. However, the larger guns are directed elsewhere. The target is aimed at the presidential campaign of the leftist candidate Rudnicki (Maciej Stuhr). Right-wing troll </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: justify;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRm6Tqe6OpmATVGXfRAGFs0HMZu3o8FdntRO_NIeRtca6pMovATxeGjt7_GvDUKUfhDhu-TWW163PvQtE07Lcx3dj3okFm51FmgZCFqkbu3OpJyQn8DiU6dmQ8qPiVKbJbJM0p9YHXpyt/s305/the+hater+netflix.png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="300" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRm6Tqe6OpmATVGXfRAGFs0HMZu3o8FdntRO_NIeRtca6pMovATxeGjt7_GvDUKUfhDhu-TWW163PvQtE07Lcx3dj3okFm51FmgZCFqkbu3OpJyQn8DiU6dmQ8qPiVKbJbJM0p9YHXpyt/w240-h244/the+hater+netflix.png" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lost Boy: Duplicitous in a dark world </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">accounts, fomenting hate speech, provocations and scandalous movements are in motion. Following the words of one of the characters, in places like this "you can do anything". Behind the angry sentence there is a somewhat caricatured and a bit exaggerated malevolence of the presentation of this specific criminal underworld, but this does not detract from the precision, and more importantly - the topicality of Pacewicz's text. The young screenwriter and the very talented director Komasa are slowly growing into the leaders of Polish social cinema, which is more and more appreciated in the world. The director, with a tendency to exaltation and visual excesses, seems to be in the best place in his career. In the "Suicide Room", the authors carefully fuse individual threads together so that the story turns into a piece that is both genreally solid and suitable for dialogue. This is what separates <i>Hejter</i> from such productions as <i>Once Upon a Time in November</i> or <i>Bird Talk</i>, in which the author's stubbornness and monothematicism stood in the way of being great works. In the <i>Suicide Room</i>, the authors carefully fuse individual threads together so that the story turns into a piece that is both generally solid and suitable for dialogue. This is what separates <i>Hejter</i> from such productions as</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7UWtpjn-hYFfhgrzFM0L8bEfmUe6F9jXxV0mglMhRSYWJl8adXhx2tdk8BZhgNZQZyBIapV9rg-vUSGH4fq5JvMqCWyJ1nb7JkhmZ79MNaAcvbeImxNOFkRnaVI27xWkapDp1dYl5p9d/s560/sala+samobojcow+hejter+the+hater+netflix+jan+komasa+7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7UWtpjn-hYFfhgrzFM0L8bEfmUe6F9jXxV0mglMhRSYWJl8adXhx2tdk8BZhgNZQZyBIapV9rg-vUSGH4fq5JvMqCWyJ1nb7JkhmZ79MNaAcvbeImxNOFkRnaVI27xWkapDp1dYl5p9d/s0/sala+samobojcow+hejter+the+hater+netflix+jan+komasa+7.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stay Alert: One of these doesn't belong and will destroy your campaign for justice</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Once Upon a Time in November or Bird Talk, in which the author's stubbornness and monothematicism stood in the way of being great works. In the Suicide Room, the authors carefully fuse individual threads together so that the story turns into a piece that is both genreally solid and suitable for dialogue. This is what separates Hejter from such productions as Once Upon a Time in November or Bird Talk, in which the author's stubbornness and</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ZIxKPLrqAG9QzFAnSxyRTi1ggGoFKUYtqxV-gRrd0KjHQYzXgu6QIKkd0MGgll1gn52NNNOJRmZld8UkoPdKnBLe2owQvf-Y-fJ97TQUXo5yOxTSSn9lkig1zfddgbuSR6BOt8oaUuUc/s243/sala+samobojcow+hejter+the+hater+netflix+jan+komasa+11.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="243" data-original-width="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ZIxKPLrqAG9QzFAnSxyRTi1ggGoFKUYtqxV-gRrd0KjHQYzXgu6QIKkd0MGgll1gn52NNNOJRmZld8UkoPdKnBLe2owQvf-Y-fJ97TQUXo5yOxTSSn9lkig1zfddgbuSR6BOt8oaUuUc/s0/sala+samobojcow+hejter+the+hater+netflix+jan+komasa+11.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bad Boss: PR with smear tactics</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">monothematicism stood in the way of being great works. Komasa's film is not a great work, but it tries to imitate them very skillfully. Many elements in this multi-layered image seem to work perfectly fine. Aleksandra Gowin's flawless editing goes step by step with the elegant and responsive to potential narrative mishaps directed by the creator of <i>Miasto 44</i>. The capital Maciej Musiałowski, in an easy-to-overestimate role, proves that he has the right maturity and sensitivity to portray a person with such a complex psyche. The subject, although difficult and non-obvious, has been exploited as comprehensively, objectively and on many levels, and the cyber-thriller, which is still terra incognita for world cinema, has one of its best representatives. The bubble of the ideal, however, is broken by a certain conventionality that characterizes the presented world, which many may interpret as taking the easy way. It is up to you whether this Evil is credible, but one must admit that <i>Hejter </i>offers an extraordinary insight into socio-cultural mechanisms. Perhaps the movie will open some people's eyes."</div></div><div style="font-family: times;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: times;">[<a href=" https://www.netflix.com/title/81270667" target="_blank">Source</a>]</div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: times; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JFcUEjVLQV4" width="560" youtube-src-id="JFcUEjVLQV4"></iframe></div><div style="font-family: times;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xksENyJMZpw" width="560" youtube-src-id="xksENyJMZpw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: times;"><br /></div></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-20672980579611449402020-08-15T16:55:00.000-04:002020-08-15T16:55:12.559-04:00Countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński Breakdances & Sings For Pepsi Beat<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolDMmFmc3Q9IH8AhjmiFJeNICIwIMTH2BmC5Os-DCEfnlq9EMuPOUFgwNgz7xTAxQjfLTtrIaLWigVrML-W5RQd13t0fnV0HxnqSfKtZraU3wqbh-vdsXDfWko5v3oD7pkzzu3NmgffAI/s560/JJO1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolDMmFmc3Q9IH8AhjmiFJeNICIwIMTH2BmC5Os-DCEfnlq9EMuPOUFgwNgz7xTAxQjfLTtrIaLWigVrML-W5RQd13t0fnV0HxnqSfKtZraU3wqbh-vdsXDfWko5v3oD7pkzzu3NmgffAI/s0/JJO1.png" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>Breakout opera-star </span>Jakub Józef Orliński dances and adds vocals to a new track called "Never Alone" (Nigdy Sam) in a newly-released music video from Warner Music Poland. Known for his high-flying vocal ornamentations of undiscovered Baroque music, the young countertenor is also a well-skilled breakdancer. He puts his beat skills to the test in the high-energy track. </span><span style="font-family: times;">Launched to fame with a YouTu</span><span style="font-family: times;"><span>be performance that went viral (currently at nearly 6 million views...) of Vivaldi's "</span><span style="background-color: white;">Vedrò con mio diletto" from </span><i style="background-color: white;">Il Giustino</i><span style="background-color: white;">, the Juilliard School of Music alumni has become a darling of Europe performing on several tours with Il Pomo d'Oro with whom he has recorded two albums. Check out the discs <a href="https://jakubjozeforlinski.com/cd/" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></span><span style="font-family: times;">During the time of COVID-19, the Polish singer has done a recital for Aix-en-Provence and concerts with Capella Cracoviensis in Świdnica. </span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;">Upcoming engagements include a <a href="https://www.arts-florissants.org/main/en_GB/calendar/2020-festival-dans-les-jardins-de-william-christie.html" target="_blank">pastiche project</a> staged by Robert Carsen at Dans les Jardins de William Christie Festival in Thiré, France, and a </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><a href="https://teatrwielki.pl/en/repertoire/calendar/2020-2021/jakub-jozef-orlinski/" target="_blank">charity concert</a> at Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa in September.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKrm7PEg2x3wg_fIxfQNsl66_xeLh3uS2BrqJI-VZSGclndyTeoL70uqJ5p2KfAX6wJJCVc0x866yT6UePr-abK1-NOguYNTDSv4bPn1v3xCw56ltdHgtEFsL6aLtl5kuO3pbihLvOOBJ/s560/JJO3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="278" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKrm7PEg2x3wg_fIxfQNsl66_xeLh3uS2BrqJI-VZSGclndyTeoL70uqJ5p2KfAX6wJJCVc0x866yT6UePr-abK1-NOguYNTDSv4bPn1v3xCw56ltdHgtEFsL6aLtl5kuO3pbihLvOOBJ/s0/JJO3.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Never Alone" (Nigdy Sam) is the second, after the hit 'Where You,' the musical version of the Pepsi Taste The Beat project. <span style="font-family: times;">Sir Mich again took up the production and invited a line-up that could only be created on this platform. The first element of this surprising puzzle is Sarius, a top Polish rapper who has taken the Polish scene by storm in recent years. Another is BARANOVSKI, a discovery and great hope for ambitious pop. This absolutely magical trio is complemented by the participation of the repeatedly awarded and delighting countertenor - Jakub Józef Orliński. '</span><span style="font-family: times;">Never Alone' is a pulsating kaleidoscope of talents infecting with positive energy. The publisher of the song is Warner Music Poland and Papaya Films is responsible for the production of the clip directed by Marcin Starzecki."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLTRxEn_MKgWFLEdhNhcsTao-0x8V7fxzcL3alxlVfDccNeMOhEd95H-nJksZVS3RLTnYrzsBx7WAzqlXudpkLeH6ahwvLrqTWAEqQ3U39Y_ijFkoHj6Va4Dk1dlcYU2JhKvO2_v0rf1hl/s560/JJO4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLTRxEn_MKgWFLEdhNhcsTao-0x8V7fxzcL3alxlVfDccNeMOhEd95H-nJksZVS3RLTnYrzsBx7WAzqlXudpkLeH6ahwvLrqTWAEqQ3U39Y_ijFkoHj6Va4Dk1dlcYU2JhKvO2_v0rf1hl/s0/JJO4.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: justify;">"Pepsi Taste The Beat is a timeless music project for those who love music, have their own taste, value their taste and are energized by the energy that lies in beating. This is where we break with the routine, discover the undiscovered, appreciate our sights, cultivate spontaneity and follow our passions! Meet the non-obvious collaborations of artists and a surprising mix of sounds over genres. Get to know a new phenomenon on the Polish music scene. Get carried away by the urban sound. Try this unconventional approach to the subject. This is lifestyle. This is what the city sounds like. This is what Pepsi sounds like. Listen to your taste."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="892" height="512" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9twdHng6Z0t8CoPUWcIUj4bJ783aOonuCjIl7-cs39b9nWxSAaii7JozEwPY2pFWekMw6WGBDhyPxrX60LEQXqM0y_bPaQ6miV8oLh0d_PwTjSNG4fzeRCR8rbZdrxjhf1QM2PK7teKe/s892/JJO2.png" img="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9twdHng6Z0t8CoPUWcIUj4bJ783aOonuCjIl7-cs39b9nWxSAaii7JozEwPY2pFWekMw6WGBDhyPxrX60LEQXqM0y_bPaQ6miV8oLh0d_PwTjSNG4fzeRCR8rbZdrxjhf1QM2PK7teKe/w512-h512/JJO2.png" width="512"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitImEldLoHY5P6UDbBI91aUII1AJVbHOzNv-CIhQnety_CfSzJxBHq_e9njBwOuO5iqozZibW7Kxl_vyx5u4l1Pj1GrfVSkm7IA7DiAkcHPMo8ldlCG5ieBu_zo61AVrJdLqQ_L_gQtQ75/s892/JJO2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="892" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitImEldLoHY5P6UDbBI91aUII1AJVbHOzNv-CIhQnety_CfSzJxBHq_e9njBwOuO5iqozZibW7Kxl_vyx5u4l1Pj1GrfVSkm7IA7DiAkcHPMo8ldlCG5ieBu_zo61AVrJdLqQ_L_gQtQ75/w512-h512/JJO2.png" width="512" /></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">Watch the full video for "Never Alone," the famous "</span>Vedrò" clip, and other videos Jakub has worked on during the quarantine time, after the jump.</div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">[<a href="https://muzykoholicy.com/sarius-baranovski-i-jakub-jozef-orlinski-lacza-sily/" target="_blank">Source</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF0UbXClDYY" target="_blank">Source</a>, <a href="https://jakubjozeforlinski.com/schedule/" target="_blank">Source</a>]</span></div><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dF0UbXClDYY" width="560" youtube-src-id="dF0UbXClDYY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S5IngUG7W0s" width="560" youtube-src-id="S5IngUG7W0s"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hHvBjYvMEGQ" width="560" youtube-src-id="hHvBjYvMEGQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yF4YXv6ZIuE" width="560" youtube-src-id="yF4YXv6ZIuE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p></span></span></div>Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-63423024828672193252020-08-14T23:56:00.003-04:002020-08-14T23:56:40.570-04:00Peter Pears Longtime Collaborator Julian Bream Passes Away<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM03R5h0OkjC8BFxlmMKWw0i7wHlMmMfdQ-PveAWy117wSsvAGLfoo5T5vr0KhztgjY2RFc4iKlHZOtX6SA1so1TSjPIzBR-ntYGH6FHu4vACsl-23QknALOrmR-ikY079DNvjvCJ8rt4Q/s550/Julian+Bream+Peter+Pears.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="550" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM03R5h0OkjC8BFxlmMKWw0i7wHlMmMfdQ-PveAWy117wSsvAGLfoo5T5vr0KhztgjY2RFc4iKlHZOtX6SA1so1TSjPIzBR-ntYGH6FHu4vACsl-23QknALOrmR-ikY079DNvjvCJ8rt4Q/w550-h380/Julian+Bream+Peter+Pears.jpg" width="550" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Julian Bream (left) accompanies Peter Pears on the lute. The two performed in concert and recorded together.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f2c3b; font-family: times;">"The British guitarist and lutenist Julian Bream has died peacefully at his home in rural Wiltshire. He was 87. From unassuming suburban London beginnings in which he learned jazz guitar with the help of his father, Bream rose to become one of the very finest modern exponents of the classical instrument. His talents attracted composers of the stature of Britten, Walton, Tippett, and Hans Werner Henze. Bream’s ardour for the playing of jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt started early and never died, but he decided in an instant that classical guitar would be his future on hearing a recording of the great Andrés Segovia in the later 1940s. After studies at the Royal College of Music (majoring in fact on piano) Bream swiftly gained recognition on his </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #0f2c3b;"><span style="font-family: times;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Baroque Jam: Bream and Pears rehearsing</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table> chosen instrument. From early days, concert appearances were supplemented by BBC appearances and then by commercial recordings. Somehow he managed to integrate guitar-playing into his National Service, not least via army dance band appearances. Bream’s discovery of the lute and its repertoire in the early 1950s resulted in a lifelong devotion to the instrument, explored not just in solo repertoire but, for example, in his duo partnership with the tenor Peter Pears and via his own Julian Bream Consort. Among other significant collaborations were those with harpsichordist George Malcolm and fellow guitarist John Williams, both preserved for posterity on disc." Guitarist Julian Bream and tenor Peter Pears recorded several albums together including tracks with composer Benjamin Britten on piano. During his career, the world-famous instrumentalist also worked with The Golden Age Singers and soprano Victoria de los Angeles. His collaborations extended to other artists including three albums of duets with John Williams. Influenced by the stylings of Andrés Segovia and Francisco Tárrega, Bream went on to win four Grammy Awards recording for RCA, Decca, and EMI. "Bream was born in Battersea, London, England, but at the age of two moved with his family to Hampton in London, where he was brought up in a musical environment.Bream described his parents as both 'conventional suburban,' but in another way 'very unusual.' His father was a commercial artist, with an 'extraordinary talent for drawing'<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Both artists worked often on Dowland and Bach</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table> and a 'natural musician' according to Bream. Bream would lie under the piano in 'ecstasy' when his father played. His mother, of Scottish descent, was a very beautiful woman who was often, according to Bream, 'not always there' mentally and did not like music, but was a warm-hearted person. His grandmother owned a pub in Battersea, and Bream spent much time there during his youth. His father played jazz guitar and the young Bream was impressed by the playing of Django Reinhardt, he would later call his dog 'Django.' Bream began his lifelong association with the guitar by strumming along on his father's jazz guitar at an early age to dance music on the radio. He became frustrated with his lack of knowledge of jazz harmony,so read instruction books by Eddie Lang to teach himself. His father taught him the basics. The president of the Philharmonic Society of Guitarists, Dr Boris Perott, gave Bream further lessons, while his father became the society librarian, giving young Bream access to a large collection of rare music. On his 11th birthday, Bream was given a small gut-strung Spanish guitar by his father. He became something of a child prodigy, at 12 winning a junior exhibition award for his piano playing, enabling him to study piano and composition at the Royal College of Music. Aged 13, he made his debut guitar recital at Cheltenham on 17 February 1947; in 1951, he debuted at Wigmore Hall. Leaving the RCM in 1952, Bream was called up into the army for</span><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;"> national service. He was originally drafted into the Pay Corps, but managed to sign up for the Royal Artillery Band after six months. This required him to be stationed in Woolrich,<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Duet: Pears and Bream reviewing a score</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table> which allowed him to moonlight regularly in London with the guitar. After two years in the army, he took any musical jobs that came his way, including background music for radio plays and films. Commercial film, recording sessions and work for the BBC were important to Bream throughout the 1950s and the early 1960s. He played part of a recital at the Wigmore Hall on the lute in 1952, and later did much to bring music written for the instrument to light. 1960 saw the formation of the Julian Bream Consort, a period-instrument ensemble with Bream as lutenist. The consort led a great revival of interest in the music of the Elizabethan era. Bream pursued a busy career playing around the world. His first European tours took place in 1954 and 1955, followed (beginning in 1958) by extensive touring in the Far East, India, Australia, the Pacific Islands and many other parts of the world. Bream performed for the Peabody Mason Concert series in Boston, first solo, in 1959, and later with the US debut of his Consort. In addition to master classes given in North America, Bream conducted an international summer school in Wiltshire,England." See album covers of Julian Bream with Peter Pears and The Golden Age Singers after the jump.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #0f2c3b;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #0f2c3b;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;">[<a href="https://www.classical-music.com/news/guitarist-julian-bream-dies/" target="_blank">Source</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Bream" target="_blank">Source</a>] </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0f2c3b; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XOpqqGYZyiI" width="560" youtube-src-id="XOpqqGYZyiI"></iframe></div><span style="color: #0f2c3b; 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color: #555555; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">"Celebrate one of opera's greatest artists with Leontyne Price at the Met. This new release features excerpts from the beloved American soprano's Met performances of</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: times; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;">Aida</em><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: times; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;">Tosca</em><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: times; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;">Il Trovatore</em><span style="font-family: times;">,</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: times; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;">Antony and Cleopatra</em><span style="font-family: times;">, and much more." Pirate recordings of the American soprano have previously been available to the public, but now the Metropolitan Opera attempts to get the highlights of the most famous moments that Leontyne Price sang at the house in this new compilation. Pre-order your copy <a href="https://www.metoperashop.org/shop/leontyne-price-at-the-met-2-cd-24025" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p class="tab-area" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Watch a video of Leontyne Price's farewell performance at the Metropolitan Opera in the title of Verdi's <i>Aida</i>.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p class="tab-area" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p class="tab-area" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="340" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/seIK9vPvGuE" width="560" youtube-src-id="seIK9vPvGuE"></iframe></div>Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-82071917277021998222020-08-13T17:37:00.008-04:002020-08-16T22:48:46.517-04:00Celebrating Kathleen Battle's 72nd Birthday With MET Streams<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsnAGZPa25g01QBYOLNSOGhbNPaXWaVkt1bVI7DzKEK5nkjAINHL04ktjttblR-6zTBjWzUNOuieLMQkXp3qjvAU6F1rVF7jsoANmsVVyw_my0rV7Zgaavy3f0VNNpRgEGOW26zC50Oaiz/s560/battle.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsnAGZPa25g01QBYOLNSOGhbNPaXWaVkt1bVI7DzKEK5nkjAINHL04ktjttblR-6zTBjWzUNOuieLMQkXp3qjvAU6F1rVF7jsoANmsVVyw_my0rV7Zgaavy3f0VNNpRgEGOW26zC50Oaiz/s0/battle.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Kathleen Battle (center) is featured in the 1982 Metropolitan Opera production of Mozart's <span style="text-align: left;"><i>Così fan tutte </i>with Maria Ewing (left) as Dorabella and Kiri Te Kanawa (right) as Fiordiligi (Photo: Winnie Klotz).</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Metropolitan Opera has been deep-diving into its video broadcast troves to stream the content out to users in hopes of fundraising and continued engagement. In honor of Kathleen Battle's birthday today (see our previous tribute <a href="http://operafresh.blogspot.com/2011/08/happy-birthday-kathleen-battle.html" target="_blank">here</a>), we highlight the recently aired performance of <i>L'Elisir d'Amore</i> featuring her performance alongside Luciano Pavarotti (view <a href="https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=811357012697" target="_blank">here</a>) and on August 22 they will present <i>Il Barbiere di Siviglia </i>with fellow artists Rockwell Blake and Leo Nucci (view <a href="https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=811357019771" target="_blank">here</a>). Read the company's feature "Practically Perfect," written by photo editor Jonathan Tichler, on Ms. Battle <a href="https://www.metopera.org/user-information/nightly-met-opera-streams/articles/practically-perfect/" target="_blank">here</a>. More of the soprano's MET production photos after the jump.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSyO55Nxa_0-kJ4Ns6zaRs-IdKEsIWyTUlG4f3y8hOeIial_WAN0gyG3o9U6yXZoGTvvaphHm0IyMSmPWuD8mdRWQ4MouGp-bIZYmVV03UAvmQoDWIthmvCxx_Eo-te5WJdgI-shcvlig/s560/Battle+Pavarotti.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSyO55Nxa_0-kJ4Ns6zaRs-IdKEsIWyTUlG4f3y8hOeIial_WAN0gyG3o9U6yXZoGTvvaphHm0IyMSmPWuD8mdRWQ4MouGp-bIZYmVV03UAvmQoDWIthmvCxx_Eo-te5WJdgI-shcvlig/s0/Battle+Pavarotti.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Kathleen Battle with Luciano Pavarotti in <i>L'Elisir d'Amore</i> (Photo: Robert Cahen).<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><br /><a name='more'></a><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rVACoeA9JeNsRKXhQVc44USiQu-0SmyBOVr2qMi7fr6OjUU5NfIQaXZf73Udu5ldcUoe2t21eT58EiPOMENCEUj4Frgp0yS9-H_MsrivPr_HY1T5Gn9aI-GlsAjbXWtLSdtOlpJN-Wm0/s684/1984-battle-rosenkavlier2+metropolitan+opera.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="560" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rVACoeA9JeNsRKXhQVc44USiQu-0SmyBOVr2qMi7fr6OjUU5NfIQaXZf73Udu5ldcUoe2t21eT58EiPOMENCEUj4Frgp0yS9-H_MsrivPr_HY1T5Gn9aI-GlsAjbXWtLSdtOlpJN-Wm0/w419-h512/1984-battle-rosenkavlier2+metropolitan+opera.jpg" width="419" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sophie/<i>Der Rosenkavalier</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7EP31D8_Bs3QAXUAtOXvnt3n_dIDXBAtN0rcZRtzIeW7-ii9Za1TE9TnMJf0xsm5LL8rqDR5IadqfFyhXHadaupOjyTNgSksuN9rB7DvxjiLmaGUmsZovPLkh5CmuQSwLwAKI9n7ALP_/s500/battle-rosina-barbiere+metropolitan+opera.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7EP31D8_Bs3QAXUAtOXvnt3n_dIDXBAtN0rcZRtzIeW7-ii9Za1TE9TnMJf0xsm5LL8rqDR5IadqfFyhXHadaupOjyTNgSksuN9rB7DvxjiLmaGUmsZovPLkh5CmuQSwLwAKI9n7ALP_/s0/battle-rosina-barbiere+metropolitan+opera.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosina/<i>Il Barbiere di Siviglia</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiry6pbzrAjx1umaGpOrKuiPmrtHxjHzO0sVGLGayJ1ayQmIFinhY0cH-e1Bg4oqGgus4CK3KxvanPBU_2jtWQ9YBCNa_xO4QejnyJNiBa2NGpar9avS5E_d-xxC6kmyKlxL_tBivJKipAp/s734/ig-5.-kathleen-battle-as-pamina-in-die-zauberflote+metropolitan+opera+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="560" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiry6pbzrAjx1umaGpOrKuiPmrtHxjHzO0sVGLGayJ1ayQmIFinhY0cH-e1Bg4oqGgus4CK3KxvanPBU_2jtWQ9YBCNa_xO4QejnyJNiBa2NGpar9avS5E_d-xxC6kmyKlxL_tBivJKipAp/w390-h512/ig-5.-kathleen-battle-as-pamina-in-die-zauberflote+metropolitan+opera+copy.jpg" width="390" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pamina/<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><i>Die Zauberflöte</i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnAULf1NEi8WnjcMxx_YyUHcynoWHTgVq0dOF45yaTftTeSVRDar6xooZWqoFml0D3fbJuAdot_qVWcQ-SsEJ6qWJS2WDPBhJvITJlFlX-7mkIu1rRgJxn_aK7HzDeCgC-GsIy4ex_P9q/s670/kathleen+battle+recital+metropolitan+opera.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="560" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnAULf1NEi8WnjcMxx_YyUHcynoWHTgVq0dOF45yaTftTeSVRDar6xooZWqoFml0D3fbJuAdot_qVWcQ-SsEJ6qWJS2WDPBhJvITJlFlX-7mkIu1rRgJxn_aK7HzDeCgC-GsIy4ex_P9q/w428-h512/kathleen+battle+recital+metropolitan+opera.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kathleen Battle in Recital<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtMUoK87xhnjp6oCnpEPb4tHeLFfPO7lzc5pYJ7lo1yYX1iDbZcKVibLbVGnSThX9wTcB7z46_2zdcU90eolr8Hi5f0lnHkb7Mu3bv34p41O8fdd1iBq3hDpQPvdRKN69fpu4VqbNVSsKq/s560/arabella+kathleen+battle+met+opera.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtMUoK87xhnjp6oCnpEPb4tHeLFfPO7lzc5pYJ7lo1yYX1iDbZcKVibLbVGnSThX9wTcB7z46_2zdcU90eolr8Hi5f0lnHkb7Mu3bv34p41O8fdd1iBq3hDpQPvdRKN69fpu4VqbNVSsKq/s0/arabella+kathleen+battle+met+opera.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zdenka/<i>Arabella</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtpsLApacoQRFvV495ONV9IUFfolC4eGtXvFMIbDCmRQg4QKSOvIzv0GXH8BSGwmOfgwAZjLc5TGcY1O4BqU2OHhtkC8aOGW4b8cHEh2LSyG9RXaA8nznGcbTauufv5AnEZXklZYmI7bdQ/s789/battle+allen+magic+flute+met+opera.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="560" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtpsLApacoQRFvV495ONV9IUFfolC4eGtXvFMIbDCmRQg4QKSOvIzv0GXH8BSGwmOfgwAZjLc5TGcY1O4BqU2OHhtkC8aOGW4b8cHEh2LSyG9RXaA8nznGcbTauufv5AnEZXklZYmI7bdQ/w363-h512/battle+allen+magic+flute+met+opera.jpg" width="363" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pamina/<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><i>Die Zauberflöte</i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc39AtQo11vMlAtvoYIG48w4WJyF1T7CZmGDyLcCQ4ZfWJt6uMvz_wy2NisZ_gKoEt7JbbfvFF9lakXgOl-3fXDjGbGP-wjnHAbcAAxYE75Kg_P5hXMtQ2i1E4AOwR-pwOZcTkvnQHXwk7/s391/figaro+battle+met+opera.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="275" height="489" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc39AtQo11vMlAtvoYIG48w4WJyF1T7CZmGDyLcCQ4ZfWJt6uMvz_wy2NisZ_gKoEt7JbbfvFF9lakXgOl-3fXDjGbGP-wjnHAbcAAxYE75Kg_P5hXMtQ2i1E4AOwR-pwOZcTkvnQHXwk7/w344-h489/figaro+battle+met+opera.jpg" width="344" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Susanna/<i>Le Nozze di Figaro</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjEQVU-R_9gPohdmffEu7wSmVQoe785L4EOycu3pPY-SdXTrUjOM46jZggTR-flJQ8GAPdkacNvp2wok9RU74oAMZnRzsO_GOgVuFyidFn6e_tV4xTMy-k6IGD2KhKA7T4IR1b3kihbxsj/s592/giulio+cesare+kathleen+battle+met+opera.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjEQVU-R_9gPohdmffEu7wSmVQoe785L4EOycu3pPY-SdXTrUjOM46jZggTR-flJQ8GAPdkacNvp2wok9RU74oAMZnRzsO_GOgVuFyidFn6e_tV4xTMy-k6IGD2KhKA7T4IR1b3kihbxsj/s0/giulio+cesare+kathleen+battle+met+opera.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cleopatra/<i>Giulio Cesare</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqIy-eDiqRUjAyoVUnB9ElFnS1v75HYpc0t5pVgULDroJWjOPybfPxp-FWd-esI2jPuvMTuM3HjNt4JQo49B3Efj9Ub0XZXfzG2vprUDrL4_EDXH9Jpj7wNneYYOzWUNp7l6ywJUpCQrjW/s685/kathleen+battle+ariadne+auf+naxos+met+opera.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="556" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqIy-eDiqRUjAyoVUnB9ElFnS1v75HYpc0t5pVgULDroJWjOPybfPxp-FWd-esI2jPuvMTuM3HjNt4JQo49B3Efj9Ub0XZXfzG2vprUDrL4_EDXH9Jpj7wNneYYOzWUNp7l6ywJUpCQrjW/w415-h512/kathleen+battle+ariadne+auf+naxos+met+opera.png" width="415" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zerbinetta/<i>Ariadne auf Naxos</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEsAKm0FcpENTBlffIDZCLN1F-8UOxhRnvULTqmCg6Bym2AxmJbGnOtt_pQxdOsDCVfiFEoozXDkn_9GMZgJcBz3iX_gvymFtl7dCnmanEMQZPG1QXSfv4q4BHmCW7CMkB2NecGaJapn6/s519/kathleen+battle+barber+of+seville+met+opera.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEsAKm0FcpENTBlffIDZCLN1F-8UOxhRnvULTqmCg6Bym2AxmJbGnOtt_pQxdOsDCVfiFEoozXDkn_9GMZgJcBz3iX_gvymFtl7dCnmanEMQZPG1QXSfv4q4BHmCW7CMkB2NecGaJapn6/s0/kathleen+battle+barber+of+seville+met+opera.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosina/<i>Il Barbiere di Siviglia</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVl7_g4xEzKXQv3X3rL1yqUK0m9BVGL24bWZqqoal9WZcvxclDyxBJ2pzsfxm7dwE_rTP5UAtpi1SSL5YSwfnLt0lX8dmo7ckOW20U8SrhMvPAQ2QQMqX_E1RWR9vtcGZ_Erexrvv_tidX/s728/kathleen+battle+elisir+met+opera.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="683" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVl7_g4xEzKXQv3X3rL1yqUK0m9BVGL24bWZqqoal9WZcvxclDyxBJ2pzsfxm7dwE_rTP5UAtpi1SSL5YSwfnLt0lX8dmo7ckOW20U8SrhMvPAQ2QQMqX_E1RWR9vtcGZ_Erexrvv_tidX/w480-h512/kathleen+battle+elisir+met+opera.png" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adina/<i>L'Elisir d'Amore</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZPxxlM5cquDtVVxf3A-l1Wza2-AHL0mUYZwqt4ApOo-FPpvVCPSCy3rQU-0dCVuiioc2PO3_4AavaGnviCcjICpKDv8GXp3UErhq9-EuRkqsquIm8_gH4n_IJ8bCTglP63kqXR98Dclul/s612/kathleen+battle+giulio+cesare+met+opera.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZPxxlM5cquDtVVxf3A-l1Wza2-AHL0mUYZwqt4ApOo-FPpvVCPSCy3rQU-0dCVuiioc2PO3_4AavaGnviCcjICpKDv8GXp3UErhq9-EuRkqsquIm8_gH4n_IJ8bCTglP63kqXR98Dclul/s0/kathleen+battle+giulio+cesare+met+opera.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cleopatra/<i>Giulio Cesare</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwaWa0RTV6xbGa2XXtyiUe8Yw2UhCEXG3RQOEDD_tkx4qB4aeaXXJsK37JI5F1LgIYmpzga3RmwNdRSVdL6RJxaFuBW4aGUw5NVgA7f-zxNqSSluR-L6NXOGySNYiUKt-QQsFPJB59738/s449/kathleen+battle+magic+flute+opera+met.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwaWa0RTV6xbGa2XXtyiUe8Yw2UhCEXG3RQOEDD_tkx4qB4aeaXXJsK37JI5F1LgIYmpzga3RmwNdRSVdL6RJxaFuBW4aGUw5NVgA7f-zxNqSSluR-L6NXOGySNYiUKt-QQsFPJB59738/s0/kathleen+battle+magic+flute+opera+met.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pamina/<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><i>Die Zauberflöte</i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzrblcbq0FnVmXC-DZQDI47yqC0MtfP0ih173gLlhpqMajuy1d-vDGAGvs62d4vpousH88DbcxtIgD_1BbpV_RxQEv3a0dUk1Fy15SKDAd73fjHbu-RptNZWJh3zWCjQC0GPDH7GxAiAMO/s584/kathleen+battle+met+opera+giulio+cesare.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzrblcbq0FnVmXC-DZQDI47yqC0MtfP0ih173gLlhpqMajuy1d-vDGAGvs62d4vpousH88DbcxtIgD_1BbpV_RxQEv3a0dUk1Fy15SKDAd73fjHbu-RptNZWJh3zWCjQC0GPDH7GxAiAMO/s0/kathleen+battle+met+opera+giulio+cesare.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cleopatra/<i>Giulio Cesare</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkTHnijPMDp5MVLptQnlVPx9Ab1mIuUg48iHf1rhZ-5LWy0sOsgq0n6M6qGGD5hOHbuxwEWy_HTA-JP9uDkOMvTUOnCUwqKDKciNIpPMZOiUlRHxOyRCV7M3z0z-osyYn12PhOwsoLs4W/s545/kathleen+battle+nozze+di+figaro+met+opera.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkTHnijPMDp5MVLptQnlVPx9Ab1mIuUg48iHf1rhZ-5LWy0sOsgq0n6M6qGGD5hOHbuxwEWy_HTA-JP9uDkOMvTUOnCUwqKDKciNIpPMZOiUlRHxOyRCV7M3z0z-osyYn12PhOwsoLs4W/s0/kathleen+battle+nozze+di+figaro+met+opera.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Susanna/<i>Le Nozze di Figaro</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAmuvCHsn2jTe6qWWe0e4A92YTRlGUdVwwX-JvQT2spNJxtwrcjux7fapNG_0eJecpOt3-jTMmI-CBwjfxjUsnhWVvbAoNrYUg8WltSQRyerXkvhYvLY1-zVRiVa6sbjl88B-KwwX_Wdke/s462/kathleen+battle+tannhauser+met+opera.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAmuvCHsn2jTe6qWWe0e4A92YTRlGUdVwwX-JvQT2spNJxtwrcjux7fapNG_0eJecpOt3-jTMmI-CBwjfxjUsnhWVvbAoNrYUg8WltSQRyerXkvhYvLY1-zVRiVa6sbjl88B-KwwX_Wdke/s0/kathleen+battle+tannhauser+met+opera.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sheperd/<i>Tannhäuser</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-14254156400953371872020-08-13T12:30:00.002-04:002020-08-14T00:24:44.225-04:00Rossini Helps Launch "Muppets Now" Streaming On Disney + <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicubS_vOKsVVyD_ZGr93yrXltbFisAOjMYJMf_rzW7RIoA_FOCLQRGG0i_NySUp6qxBxV6PT3l0_NmPnY_hwMMfof56OPZedyK_3v38UpW4q8YwTWald6MUOFM1b0zUYsTm82XY6OLdIXU/s560/Muppets+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicubS_vOKsVVyD_ZGr93yrXltbFisAOjMYJMf_rzW7RIoA_FOCLQRGG0i_NySUp6qxBxV6PT3l0_NmPnY_hwMMfof56OPZedyK_3v38UpW4q8YwTWald6MUOFM1b0zUYsTm82XY6OLdIXU/s0/Muppets+1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Everyone Is a Critic: Show favorites Statler and Waldorf perched in their favorite box</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="color: #222222;">It's time to play the music, </span><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="color: #222222;">It's time to light the lights. </span><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="color: #222222;">It's time to raise the curtain on the Muppet Show tonight! "</span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><i>Muppets Now </i>is The Muppets Studio’s first unscripted series and first original series for Disney+. In the six-episode season, Scooter rushes to make his delivery deadlines and upload the brand-new Muppet series for streaming. They are due now, and he’ll need to navigate whatever obstacles, distractions, and complications the rest of the Muppet gang throws at him. Overflowing with spontaneous lunacy, surprising guest stars and more frogs, pigs, bears (and whatevers) than legally allowed, the Muppets cut loose in <i>Muppets Now</i> with the kind of startling silliness and chaotic fun that made them famous. From zany experiments with Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker to lifestyle tips from the fabulous Miss Piggy, each episode is packed with hilarious segments, hosted by the Muppets showcasing what the Muppets do best. Produced by The Muppets Studio and Soapbox Films, <i>Muppets Now</i> premieres Friday, July 31, streaming only on Disney+." The video trailer advertising the series makes use of music from Rossini'</span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: times;">s <i>Il Barbiere di Siviglia</i> with music from Figaro's aria "</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: times;">Largo al factotum della città." </span><span style="">Watch the trailer for the new series and a video of Dmitri Hvorostovsky singing the whole aria after the jump. Be sure to check out this feature that documents opera singers that appeared on the original series <i>The Muppet Show</i> by clicking <a href="https://www.schmopera.com/muppets-at-the-opera/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgodOsj1pifsrlyKwvPAm3knFnj-jp4Qzv1wQ05nKYdT2eXBDa1jg6wtpGYuT-M5Ian0j7HK3UQjqzzNjCwBfhMorBFHzxOgXTwafWwhd5uReYa2WrbILClS4Ta80LBXM_DcQ-XJ_qauU2k/s560/Muppets+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgodOsj1pifsrlyKwvPAm3knFnj-jp4Qzv1wQ05nKYdT2eXBDa1jg6wtpGYuT-M5Ian0j7HK3UQjqzzNjCwBfhMorBFHzxOgXTwafWwhd5uReYa2WrbILClS4Ta80LBXM_DcQ-XJ_qauU2k/s0/Muppets+2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;">Get more information on </span><i style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;">Muppets Now</i><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"> by clicking</span><i style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"> </i><a href="https://muppets.disney.com/" style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;">.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style=> </span></span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><p>[<a href="https://disneyplusoriginals.disney.com/show/muppets-now" target="_blank">Source</a>]</p>
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In the </span><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: times; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">New York Times</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; text-align: left;">, Newton was described as the '35mm Marquis de Sade'; in </span><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: times; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The Guardian, </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; text-align: left;">an 'enfant terrible'; and in </span><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: times; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Vogue</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; text-align: left;"> magazine, for which Newton shot for decades, the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; text-align: left;">King of Kink.' Yet none of those nicknames come quite close to capturing the sly luridness and bold subversion of Newton’s images, which transformed fashion photography while simultaneously raising questions about aesthetics and exploitation. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; text-align: left;">The documentary '</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; text-align: left;">Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful,' released in what would have been Newton’s centennial birthday year, only briefly dares to question the methodologies of the man who recoiled at the words 'good taste.' Instead, 'The Bad and the Beautiful' is less about Newton himself and more about how his work made the women he photographed feel...</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; text-align: left;">For as incomplete as 'The Bad and the Beautiful' feels in terms of addressing criticisms leveled at Newton, the inclusion of so many women’s perspectives is its own defensive statement." Read more about the documentary <a href="https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/helmut-newton-the-bad-and-the-beautiful-movie-review-2020" target="_blank">here</a>. Watch the trailer and see more photos of Luciano Pavarotti shot by Helmut Newton </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; text-align: left;">after the jump.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB56Yphbl5Mh1pt475ozXuEqaSPPGn6YjPg-HFBopUITsYvsWbfVqzEwYQBZnhZkJuDY19hvMPZndeQUMLAs48WipP_rBkbWn4miBtMeQapvrUTL9uPNKnaEhNc7aLFdmfev7WX4lyXLLY/s563/newton+pavarotti.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB56Yphbl5Mh1pt475ozXuEqaSPPGn6YjPg-HFBopUITsYvsWbfVqzEwYQBZnhZkJuDY19hvMPZndeQUMLAs48WipP_rBkbWn4miBtMeQapvrUTL9uPNKnaEhNc7aLFdmfev7WX4lyXLLY/s0/newton+pavarotti.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">(Another image of Pavarotti by Newton)<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; text-align: left;">[</span><a href="https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/helmut-newton-the-bad-and-the-beautiful-movie-review-2020" style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: left;" target="_blank">Source</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; text-align: left;">]</span></div><p></p>
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Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-4571919670552184792020-08-12T07:00:00.006-04:002020-08-12T10:57:09.505-04:00Alexa Goes For Hell's Revenge In New Commercial From Amazon<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrbWByyPNC7nrOr9UzcAmejn-k1QqodppOSKLrB5neAJ2WUvMuFHyD84cb9EExVNTzng35mAbIRR9aSh4VrWn6KOAxNGAwcuptElmJdvOJXkA0FN0J05qbgBR1DW4xK6zgoQb6y3FktUv/s560/alexa+one.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrbWByyPNC7nrOr9UzcAmejn-k1QqodppOSKLrB5neAJ2WUvMuFHyD84cb9EExVNTzng35mAbIRR9aSh4VrWn6KOAxNGAwcuptElmJdvOJXkA0FN0J05qbgBR1DW4xK6zgoQb6y3FktUv/s0/alexa+one.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;" times=""><span style="text-align: left;">Alexa, Amazon's virtual assistant that uses artificial intelligence technology, is activated by voice interaction to control music playback, making to-do lists, setting alarms, streaming podcasts, playing audiobooks, and providing weather, traffic, sports, and other real-time information, such as news. In their latest television commercial, they tap one of Mozart's most famous arias from </span><i lang="de" style="text-align: left;" title="German language text">Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) </i><span lang="de" style="text-align: left;" title="German language text">sung by the </span><span style="text-align: left;">Königin der Nacht (Queen of the Night): "</span><span style="text-align: left;">Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen." Known as the "Vengeance Aria," it is wickedly high and hard to sing. The promo is pushing customers to create playlists with Summer Vibes. The client trying to relax interrupts the performance to request "something more fun" which quickly transforms the scene to Donna Summer singing "I Feel Love." Watch the full Amazon commercial, a performance of Edda Moser singing the complete aria, a video of Donna Summer, and check out the lyrics with translations for the aria after the jump. [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" target="_blank">Source</a>, <a href="https://www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/guides/queen-of-the-night-translated/" target="_blank">Source</a>]</span><div center="" class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6Hm4tzaEluQzUqbLqDTA3I5HQdtTybU5b1xweUHL6TCesA5k0DjtmeTT9PezwEq_6wQZXkvVnbmWEILYcRKV9nSQ-LyfPh6vBNW9IhSyQBUXLEQEx1cSn0o7YDqKHLEomy76ygmJrk6t/s560/alexa+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="254" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6Hm4tzaEluQzUqbLqDTA3I5HQdtTybU5b1xweUHL6TCesA5k0DjtmeTT9PezwEq_6wQZXkvVnbmWEILYcRKV9nSQ-LyfPh6vBNW9IhSyQBUXLEQEx1cSn0o7YDqKHLEomy76ygmJrk6t/s0/alexa+2.png" /></a></div></span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The latest commercial for allergy medication product Claritin features the overture from Bizet's <i>Carmen</i>. The tune is from the aria "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre," more commonly known as Escamillo's "Toreador Song." Watch the commercial, and a video of James Levine conducting the overture, after the jump.</span><br />
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Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-14061675089847322362016-04-03T22:54:00.000-04:002016-04-03T22:54:04.881-04:00Chance To Live At Paul Robeson Residence In New York City<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Paul Robeson was one of the first African-<br />American entertainers to live in the <br />apartment building on Edgecombe Avenue.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you're hunting for a new spacious apartment in New York City, look no further than the National Historic Landmark building at 555 Edgecombe Avenue in Washington Heights. Former tenants include some of music's most famous African-American performers like Paul Robeson (for whom the building is now named) and Count Basie. The "ginormous" apartment has two bedrooms in addition to a full-size dining room measuring 13.5' by 10.5'! Apartment #6 is listed for $2,600. Call your broker and check out the listing <a href="http://streeteasy.com/building/551-edgecombe-avenue-manhattan/6" target="_blank">here</a>. "The Paul Robeson Residence, also known by its street address of 555 Edgecombe Avenue, is a National Historic Landmarked apartment building, located at 555 Edgecombe Avenue at the corner of West 160th Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was originally known as the <i>Roger Morris</i> when it was built in 1914-16 – after the retired British Army officer who built the nearby Morris-Jumel Mansion – and was designed by Schwartz & Gross, who specialized in apartment buildings. For the first 25 years of its existence, the building was restricted to white<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Count Basie was another star in the <br />
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tenants. Around 1940, as the racial characteristics of the neighborhood changed, this policy was dropped. Subsequently, the building became known for the noted African-American residents, including musician and composer Count Basie, boxer Joe Louis, musician and bandleader Andy Kirk, actor and producer Canada Lee, the psychologist Kenneth Clark, and the actor and singer Paul Robeson, who lived in the building from 1939 to 1941. After Robeson's death in 1976, the building was declared a National Historic Landmark in his honor. In 1993, it was designated a New York City landmark. Edgecombe Avenue has also been co-named <i>Paul Robeson Boulevard</i>." [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/555_Edgecombe_Avenue" target="blank">Source</a>] See photos rooms in the apartment up for rent, after the jump.</span><br />
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Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038323963663978590.post-23280038302355484192015-12-29T17:00:00.000-05:002015-12-30T01:48:57.589-05:00Congratulations To Anna Netrebko And Yusif Eyvazov On Their Marriage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Russian soprano Anna Netrebko married Azerbaijani tenor Yusif Eyvazov at the Palais Coburg in Vienna, Austria, on Tuesday, December 29, 2015. Best wishes to the happy couple!</span>Opera Freshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663399009242071106noreply@blogger.com