#JUan Carlos Montes

[melissa-leaf]

Well, it's hard not to be hard with that coach, you know 😂😌

from twitter

[graceandfamily]

Don Juan De Borbon Y Battenberg, Count of Barcelona, With his Son Juan Carlos (Futur King of Spain) at Diner in Monte-Carlo here With Princess Grace of Monaco August 8, 1959.

[princesssarisa]

The Top 40 Most Popular Operas, Part 3 (#21 through #30)

A quick guide for newcomers to the genre, with links to online video recordings of complete performances, with English subtitles whenever possible.

Verdi's Il Trovatore

The second of Verdi's three great "middle period" tragedies (the other two being Rigoletto and La Traviata): a grand melodrama filled with famous melodies.

Studio film, 1957 (Mario del Monaco, Leyla Gencer, Ettore Bastianini, Fedora Barbieri; conducted by Fernando Previtali) (no subtitles; read the libretto in English translation here)

Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor

The most famous tragic opera in the bel canto style, based on Sir Walter Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor, and featuring opera's most famous "mad scene."

Studio film, 1971 (Anna Moffo, Lajos Kozma, Giulio Fioravanti, Paolo Washington; conducted by Carlo Felice Cillario)

Leoncavallo's Pagliacci

The most famous example of verismo opera: brutal Italian realism from the turn of the 20th century. Jealousy, adultery, and violence among a troupe of traveling clowns.

Feature film, 1983 (Plácido Domingo, Teresa Stratas, Juan Pons, Alberto Rinaldi; conducted by Georges Prêtre)

Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI

Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio)

Mozart's comic Singspiel (German opera with spoken dialogue) set amid a Turkish harem. What it lacks in political correctness it makes up for in outstanding music.

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1988 (Deon van der Walt, Inga Nielsen, Lillian Watson, Lars Magnusson, Kurt Moll, Oliver Tobias; conducted by Georg Solti) (click CC for subtitles)

Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera

A Verdi tragedy of forbidden love and political intrigue, inspired by the assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden.

Leipzig Opera House, 2006 (Massimiliano Pisapia, Chiara Taigi, Franco Vassallo, Annamaria Chiuri, Eun Yee You; conducted by Riccardo Chailly) (click CC for subtitles)

Part I, Part II

Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)

A half-comic, half-tragic fantasy opera based on the writings of E.T.A. Hoffmann, in which the author becomes the protagonist of his own stories of ill-fated love.

Opéra de Monte-Carlo, 2018 (Juan Diego Flórez, Olga Peretyatko, Nicolas Courjal, Sophie Marilley; conducted by Jacques Lacombe) (click CC and choose English in "Auto-translate" under "Settings" for subtitles)

Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)

An early and particularly accessible work of Wagner, based on the legend of a phantom ship doomed to sail the seas until its captain finds a faithful bride.

Savolinna Opera, 1989 (Franz Grundheber, Hildegard Behrens, Ramiro Sirkiä, Matti Salminen; conducted by Leif Segerstam) (click CC for subtitles)

Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana

A one-act drama of adultery and scorned love among Sicilian peasants, second only to Pagliacci (with which it's often paired in a double bill) as the most famous verismo opera.

St. Petersburg Opera, 2012 (Fyodor Ataskevich, Iréne Theorin, Nikolay Kopylov, Ekaterina Egorova, Nina Romanova; conducted by Mikhail Tatarnikov)

Verdi's Falstaff

Verdi's final opera, a "mighty burst of laughter" based on Shakespeare's comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Studio film, 1979 (Gabriel Bacquier, Karan Armstrong, Richard Stilwell, Marta Szirmay, Jutta Renate Ihloff, Max René Cosotti; conducted by Georg Solti) (click CC for subtitles)

Verdi's Otello (Othello)

Verdi's second-to-last great Shakespearean opera, based on the tragedy of the Moor of Venice.

Teatro alla Scala, 2001 (Plácido Domingo, Leo Nucci, Barbara Frittoli; conducted by Riccardo Muti)

[aminocamino]

Day 15 24 April - Belgrado to Atapuerco 31km and 479m

Couple of things I should mention. I discovered these roast almond dispensing machines , 1 € for a handful and I introduced Carrie to them. They are addictive and every time we saw a machine we would dispense some. Stopped it now though as they can ruin your appetite.

In addition yesterday Carrie developed a sharp hip pain - worrying obviously. When she took her pack off to suss it out and put ibuprofen gel on it she discovered the rucksack was sitting on the toggle of her top. So no major injury but we both have the ABA (all body ache).

This morning it must have been -1/1deg. There was frost on the ground and it didn’t begin to melt till 10am.

This is the old bridge going out of Belorado, a reminder of its past.

It was a beautiful cold morning - passed this marker on the way. Still a long long way to go! And the ruin is all thats left of the Monastery of Sant Felix de Oca.

The path out of Villafranca Montes de Oca was steep, very surprisingly. And the path then wound through lovely forestry track. Saw a man selling scallop shells he had painted himself and a very odd wood sculpture park. Some of the carvings were abit macabre…

The monument is Monumento de los Carlos and marks the shallow grave of 300 people who were executed in 1936. Very moving marker in a remote place.

The forestry track to San Juan de Ortega was beautiful to start but after 7km of the same scenery it was painful. We arrived at San Juan de Ortega - a stunning village with two cafes. We stopped for a drink at the first one - and to our delight we bumped into Nathan/Abi and 8 month old Fred. Hugs all round. Its good to meet up with your Camino family. They told us they had a bad experience with an Albergue owner in Belorado who was so mean they would not put the heating on. It was 1 degree last night. Poor Fred! Think they eventually forced him/her to turn it on.

Carrie and I loved San Juan de Ortega - definitely a place to stay overnight at.

The church of San Nicolas de Bari and the buildings attaching to it as well as the courtyard are stunning. Especially on a beautiful sunny day such as this one.

After San Juan it was another slog to get to Ages. We loved this village. It had a beautiful high street and some very old buildings - it wasn’t spoilt by industrial buildings. Definitely another one to stay in.

The 2km to Atapuerco felt like 15. We walked over 19 miles (not the 18 per the Camino planner I am using!) today and we felt it. Our Albergue was an interesting experience. Not our favourite - just felt grubby. And the showers were so tight! When I was hanging clothes out - I noticed a pair of bright red orange underpants… they followed me around because in the morning they were on the radiator right next to my jacket 😲. And a bloke keeps wondering around in his grey green underpants… reminds me and Carrie of hairy man!

Carrie took this one of me in front of my bed. We were both in top bunks unfortunately. Not sure why I am smiling as the place didn’t feel clean.

The one restaurant in the village was closed. But the bar was serving pizza, Carrie offered to share but I was starving. We had 19 miles to feed. Afterwards we sat in the sun in the middle of the village and chatted to Rebecca and Debbie - both lovely Canadian women we got on with really well.

[cha-melodius]

hi! ⭐️ for love is a losing game pretty please?

HELLO I didn't mean to leave this for an entire day lol, but I've barely had a moment to breathe today and I wanted to be able to sit and think about this one.

Ok, Love is a Losing Game! So as I mention in the fic notes, I decided to write this fic after @eavos posted something in the tmfu discord server about The Queen's Gambit and how it'd make a good setting for a napollya AU. At first I didn't really think that much of it, but then I WATCHED The Queen's Gambit and the idea took hold of me like woah. Before this fic I'd written one long-form AU, and I certainly didn't expect this to become my longest ever fic, nor how MUCH I'd end up putting into it.

I've never done more research for a fic than I did for this fic. I planned it out using actual chess tournaments in the 1960s (whereupon I quickly learned just how fictional The Queen's Gambit was lol), getting into the nitty gritty of how many players and from what countries actually played them. Most of the chess games in the fic are real—I read an absurd number of tournament recaps in old archived issues of Chess Life magazine. I also got some information about grandmasters' lives and careers from various articles in there, as well as other stories online.

Illya's career wasn't really patterned off of any one player, but Napoleon's is roughly based on that of Bobby Fischer (this is one of the big reasons why, every time I think about 'filing off the serial numbers' of this fic, I reject the idea—I fear it would be written off as 'what if Bobby Fischer was gay', even when there's nothing of Fischer's personality in this). And don't get me started on the research/planning I did for the World Chess Championship at the end; I had spreadsheets to figure out the points and how to make it work out like I wanted it to.

Since this was the early days of me planning fics, I didn't have a great sense of chapters, nor did I have a very detailed outline. I'll post it here, in fact (behind a cut for spoilers, just in case).

Before I drop the rest, if anyone who's not a TMFU fan ends up reading this far, here's my tiny plea: If you love my fics, give this one a chance. You don't need to know anything about the fandom, I promise; consider it an original novel lol. But I still think this is among my best works, and it deserves to be read more than it is.

Ok, the outline. This was it—the championship, the date, very brief note about what was happening, and who won the tournament (tournaments in parentheses happened offscreen). I do not now recall what the asterisks mean lmao.

(US National Championship & Zonal, New York 1965 – Napoleon)

Hastings International Chess Congress 1966 (Jan) – Meet for the first time (Illya, Ch)*

Mar del Plata, Argentina 1966 (March) – Begin off-book games (draw, Co)

(World Chess Championship, Moscow 1966 – Illya)

Piatigorsky Cup, Santa Monica 1966 (July) – Affair begins (1–1, Illya Ch)*

Chess Olympiad, Havana 1966 (Oct) – Discovery (Soviets)

Palma de Mallorca, Spain 1966 (Nov) – Napoleon absent (Illya loses)

US Championship, New York 1966 (Dec) – Illya shows up looking for Napoleon*

Monte Carlo Tournament, Monaco 1967 (March) – Napoleon returns (Napoleon, Co)

Canadian Centennial Grand Masters Chess Tournament, Winnipeg 1967 (Oct) – Illya misses (Napoleon)*

Sousse Interzonal, Tunisia 1967 (Nov) – Napoleon wins

(Hoogovens 1968; Monte Carlo 1968; Chess Olympiad, Lugano 1968; Palma 1968)

World Chess Championship, Reykjavík 1969 (June) – Illya v. Napoleon (Napoleon)*

San Juan International Tournament, Puerto Rico 1969 (Oct) – Defection

Some of the early ones really ballooned, like Mar del Plata and the Piatigorsky Cup, because I really needed to give their relationship space to develop. And I'm so glad I did, I love all those moments and conversations they have. Sometimes I feel like I'm rushing through fics more these days, and this one was one I just allowed to grow, which is part of what makes it so delightful.

Anyway if you ever have questions about this fic please feel free to ask, I will never not want to talk about it. I love it so so much. Thank you for asking!!

[marycrist]

”EL AULLIDO DEL PÁJARO:

«Yo traigo a mi país en mi boca, boca que canta canciones diferentes sin miedo, todas las palabras, todos los acentos, los bosques y los ríos, las ciudades, las miradas de los viejos y la risa de los niños.

Llevo a mi país en mi boca, los montes nevados, las encinas de las dehesas, el océano y la patria mediterránea.

Traigo a mi país en mi boca, porque se hicieron las palabras para unir a los hombres».

Juan Carlos Pajares

Marycrist

[conquerthenight]

This concept won’t leave my brain so here’s my full list of songs and scenes in Rebecca that I’d put Lydia in if she were canon. I’m going to refer to these songs with the titles and lyrics from my fan translation.

Last Night I Dreamt of Manderley

This song has virtually no changes. Lydia will be part of the shadow ensemble and cross the stage from the opposite wing as Mrs. Danvers when Ich sings “I could feel her ghost…rose to do what’s right”. While Danny gives Ich a menacing glare on Ich’s right side, Lydia will end up on Ich’s left and look up at her as if she’s pleading. The rest of the shadows will circle in on Ich with Lydia and Danny off the side at the edge of the huddle, but on opposite sides as if they’re leading the charge. Lydia, Danny, and the shadows will disperse as Ich sings “I was only 21…in Monte Carlo”

The Second Mrs. de Winter

This would be where Lydia makes her first true entrance into the plot. I purposefully left her out of Monte Carlo to emphasize the distance between her and Maxim, but Maxim will mention her briefly after Ich tells him her parents are dead by inserting a line (“I have a sister, a daughter, and an ancient grandmother, but none of them make for companionship”) that’s mostly taken directly from the novel. She would enter with Danny by following her down the stairs. Danny’s big entrance bit will be split with Lydia. Lydia would sing a few lines after Danny sings “For me no one will e’re replace the only Mrs. de Winter”about her nerves about what Ich will be like and/or her hope that Maxim finding love again will make him less distant to her (“My mother’s lying in the crypt. Another comes to Manderley. But will he come back finally changed ever?”). She’ll then stand against the bottom of the stairs because she doesn’t want to get in everyone’s way. The rest of the song would proceed as written with Frank and Danny, the newlyweds entrance, etc. with the exception of a quick introduction by Maxim between Lydia and Ich. Lydia would follow Ich, Danny, and Clarice up the stairs, but she would stop at the middle flight and sing the last verse with the staff (“What a surprise, she’s quite shy…how she fares as the second Mrs. de Winter”) and exit as the ensemble sings “We’ll have to take her as she is…second Mrs. de Winter”

She’s Still Here With Me

I explained the bare concept of this one in the post I linked above, but here is how I would stage it. As stated in the aforementioned post, this will be a duet between Danny and Lydia. The stage would be split between the morning room on stage right, and another seperate room on stage left. One of Lydia’s hobbies is playing the piano, so I would incorporate that into the song. She would play the beginning intro. The keys would face away from the audience so the hypothetical child actor wouldn’t need to actually know how to play and could just fake it, similarly to how the Phantom fake plays the Don Juan melody before “I Remember/Stranger Than You Dreamt It”. She would then step away into a spotlight to sing her verse because she’s distracted and frustrated by her inability to concentrate. While Danny sings the bridge, she would slump against the piano as the spotlight fades away. During the bridge, the set will change to the full on morning room with the lights fully on Danny, giving Lydia time to quickly exit and then reenter through the door to the morning room. Lydia and Danny will come together during the final chorus, standing on either side of the orchid pot and looking away from each other. After the final line, they’ll look at each other, Danny will sigh like Pia did in the Stuttgart production.

The Morning Room

Lydia prepares to exit, but as she does so, Ich enters as normal. Both are startled by the unexpected sight of the other. Danny notices this and tells Lydia to stay solely because she thinks Ich will be uncomfortable with Lydia being there while she makes a show of showing off all Rebecca’s things. Ich shoots Lydia a few confused looks as Danny predicted, and Lydia, believing Danny is just showing Ich the ropes, tells her to “go along with it” and that “Danny is just sentimental”. Remember to keep in mind we aren’t aware of Rebecca’s true nature until much later, so Lydia will constantly be tiptoeing around any mention or hint of past abuse and how she feels about everyone else’s opinions about Rebecca until after Maxim’s confession. Anyways, Danny says the line about how Ich “would like to write your correspondence now” and tells Lydia to follow. Lydia does this, but she pauses for a moment to glance back at Ich as if to wish her luck. She sees the cupid get broken and runs offstage to greet Beatrice and Giles. This exchange still happens offstage and is mostly the same as written, except when Bea asks where her new sister in law is, Lydia is the one to tell her aunt and uncle that she’s in the morning room.

Do You Love Me/I’m So Sorry

Ich and Maxim will be playing chess in the library. Off the side Lydia will be reading a book. When Maxim says “Blast, I underestimated you”, Lydia will look over at them and make a joking comment about how “someone finally beat him”, making Ich laugh and tease Maxim by asking “What do I get for winning?” Lydia doesn’t actually sing during the song, but just sits there listening intently to the conversation between her father and stepmother. Ich brings up the costume ball and that she thinks it would be a good idea to host it. Lydia chimes in agreeing with Ich and says she hopes Maxim will actually dress up this year. Again, we’ll insert a line from the novel but with a slight change (“You know I never dress up, it’s the one perk I insist on”). Danny enters and they talk about the cupid. Ich and Lydia share a knowing look, with Ich making some sort of gesture to imply she doesn’t want Lydia to say anything. Ich confesses to breaking the cupid and Lydia insists it was an accident because she doesn’t want Danny to be mad. Maxim is annoyed by this and tells Lydia to leave because “the adults are talking”. “I’m So Sorry” is the same as written.

Help Me Face The Night

As with “She’s Still Here With Me” the concept and additional lyrics were explained in the post I linked. Instead of Ich being in her bedroom, she’ll be on the staircase during this song and sing her verse. Maxim won’t leave the stage at all and will remain in the library pacing while the set slowly changes around him. The lights will dim on his part of the stage and when they come up on him again he’ll be leaning against the chair Lydia was sitting in in the previous scene. During his verse he’ll sit down and remain sitting for the rest of the song. Lydia will be in her bedroom, replacing Ich’s original blocking. The key will change to add an additional verse for her. The three of them will all sing the final chorus together. Ich and Maxim sing mostly in unison until the last line (with an opt up for Maxim on “Can you find me a future?”, specifically on the word future because my friend did that in our version and it’s chef’s kiss). Lydia will harmonize with them to show how she feels separated, but will sometimes end up on the same note as either Ich or Maxim because at her core she wants the same thing as they do, but in a familial sense instead of a romantic one. If anyone wants to hear how Lydia’s harmony would sound, click on this link.

Rebecca’s Room (before Rebecca I)

Lydia and Ich will enter Rebecca’s room together because they both heard Favell and Danny arguing during “She Was Attractive”. Lydia enters first on the grounds that she knows who’s in the room with Danny and Ich is nervous. Favell doesn’t notice Ich at first. He looks at Lydia, chuckles, and says “Oh, it’s just you” and right after that, he notices Ich. Danny introduces Ich and Favell. He asks Ich and Lydia not to tell Maxim he was at Manderley. Lydia offers to lead him out because she doesn’t want to be in her dead mother’s room any longer than necessary. Thus, she does not hear Danny’s suggestion that Ich dress up as Caroline de Winter.

She’s Gone

The first part of the song is the same, Ben is alone on stage. There’s some offstage dialogue between Lydia and Ich (Ich: “Where does that lead to?” Lydia: “The beach, but we shouldn’t go there” Ich: “Why not?”) and she goes down the boathouse stairs before Lydia can answer. Lydia hesitantly follows behind her. Ben sees them, he knows Lydia and they are friendly with each other. He asks Lydia who “the strange woman” is. Lydia introduces Ich as her stepmother and deliberately pauses before going to tell Ben Ich’s first name, but Ich cuts in during the pause with her “Hello, I’m Mrs. de Winter” line which will create a nice little fake out for the audience. Haha, you thought you’d get a name reveal 😈. The dialogue is mostly the same as written, with Lydia inserting a line here and there (ex. Ich asks if Ben lives in the boathouse and Ben tells Ich that no one’s allowed in there. Ich says it looks nice to which Lydia reiterates that no one’s allowed in there). Every time Ben mentions Rebecca, Lydia looks visibly upset. Ich assumes that this is just because Lydia feels bad that Ben’s afraid of being put into an asylum and that she misses Rebecca and doesn’t want to be reminded of how she died. The song ends and Maxim calls out from offstage.

“You’re Scaring Me” (before Please, My God)

Ich stays where she is but Lydia immediately runs up the stairs so Maxim doesn’t see that she was near the boathouse. She makes it about halfway but stops because Maxim appears right in front of her. He asks what they were doing at the beach. Lydia tries to explain but can’t get the words out because she knows her father is pissed. Ich takes the hint and says that Lydia was just showing her around. Maxim asks if they went into the boathouse. Ich and Lydia both insist they didn’t. Maxim glares at Lydia and yells at her (“You know I hate that damned boathouse. Why did you bring her here? Go back to the house!”). Maxim allows Lydia to pass him and she hurries up the stairs. Maxim goes up to Ich as she asks about the buoy. He then yells at her and gets in her face. “Please, My God” is completely the same as written.

Before Rebecca (Act 1 Finale)

Lydia sneaks into the ballroom unnoticed by the guests during the play out of “I’m an American Woman”. Frith announces Ich’s entrance. Ich comes down the stairs in the Caroline de Winter costume. Lydia is the first to see Ich’s costume and screams. This alerts Maxim and he looks over at Lydia. Lydia gestures to Ich and Maxim looks up at his wife. He drops his champagne glass and it shatters as he sees the costume. Beatrice, Giles, Mrs. Van Hopper, and all the other guests then notice what’s wrong. Beatrice whispers inaudibly to Giles. Giles ushers a traumatized Lydia offstage as it’s revealed that Rebecca wore the same costume last year.

She’s Gone (Reprise I)

Prior to this scene, Lydia was woken up by the rockets during “Just One Step”. She sings this song in unison with Ben from offstage, her vocals will either have been prerecorded or she’ll just be standing in the wings with her microphone on. She will not be present during “You Still Love Her” or “Why Do I Still See That Smile” as I want to keep it so that Ich is the only one who knows Maxim killed Rebecca.

Why Do I See That Smile

As mentioned above, Lydia isn’t present in this song. However she will be mentioned in it. During the part where Maxim recalls Rebecca’s “pregnancy” reveal, he’ll quote Rebecca, but instead of “Who would know it wasn’t yours? It would be mine of course and when you’re gone, Manderley will be his” she’ll have said “I’ll give you a true heir…will be his”. The line about how Maxim “will always be a fool” will include Lydia (“You’ll both stay as you are. The perfect little fools”). The rest of the song is the same as written. The dialogue after with Maxim and Ich will include additional lines (“I already failed Lydia. I couldn’t watch her put another one through all that. It’s over, Rebecca has won”).

Free Now

I know that this song was only added in for London, but I felt it would make sense for it to be here with Lydia as a character. The scene would be set back in the house. Before the song, Ich and Lydia will have a brief conversation where Ich tells Lydia that she knows what Rebecca was really like, but she will not mention that Maxim killed her. The song will start with Ich singing the first verse and chorus as written. Lydia will sing the next verse with only one change (instead of “He did not love Rebecca. He never loved Rebecca” she’ll sing “She knows now of Rebecca! I won’t hide from Rebecca!”). Ich sings “I will fight for him, making all things right for him”. Instead of what’s written, Lydia sings “I won’t let the shadows silence me. Reach out and speak again. It’s time they see.” Ich sings “Because I’m free now. Free to be with him” Lydia sings “No more me now. It will be us, it will be we”. They both sing the last line (“We’re together, we’re free”) and embrace.

They Left At Eight

Unchanged apart from Lydia is listening on the stairs with the staff and sings with the ensemble.

The Revelation (This Was All Just A Game)

Lydia enters the library while Maxim is talking to Ich on the phone. Frank asks what Dr. Baker said. Maxim asks Lydia to come over to them because he wants her to know what’s up too. The song is the same as written. Maxim reveals Rebecca was dying from cancer, and instead of Frank saying that this explains her suicide, Lydia asks if that means her mother killed herself. Maxim says “Yes, she wanted to end her life” aloud, but mutters “…and destroy mine” under his breath.

I Hear Your Voice (Rebecca Final Reprise)

Lydia passes Danny on the stairs. This is another duet between them. Lydia sings “I hear your voice…words you said”. Danny sings “Our lives were one…betrayed me”. Lydia goes up the stairs while singing the word “Rebecca” with the ensemble. She is offstage for the rest of the song and thus doesn’t know Danny plans to commit arson.

Conquer The Night

I was heavily debating whether to put Lydia in this song because it’s the love duet between Ich and Maxim, but ultimately I decided to do throw her in because I didn’t want her at Manderley during the fire. She enters with Maxim and they wait for Ich at the train station. She and Maxim are awkward with each other because they haven’t been alone post confession and don’t know how to interact now that everything’s out in the open. Lydia sees Ich and calls out to her. The three of them hug. Maxim looks at Ich and tells her she was so strong. Instead of Ich saying “It’s finally over”, Lydia says that line. Maxim doesn’t say that Rebecca “wanted to make me a murder and almost succeeded” because Lydia doesn’t know that a murder even happened. Instead he affirms that it’s over but he can’t get Rebecca’s smile out of his head. Ich says “She can’t harm us anymore” and the song begins. The format of the song is in the linked post. Since they’re unified now, Lydia won’t have a separate harmony with the exception of in the final line (“You’ve shown me what love can do”) because I like the chord it makes.

Manderley’s On Fire

The ensemble part at the beginning is the same as written. Lydia runs on stage with Ich and Maxim. Frank sings his part. Lydia sings the ensemble part that underscores Frank. Frank and Ich run off and one of them motions for Lydia to go with them. Lydia does, but stops as soon as Maxim starts singing (“The house I loved…burning lost for good”). Lydia sings “But with the house…haunts me, haunts me”. She and Maxim meet in the middle of the stage to sing the last part (“Oh my god…there’s no escape”). Just for some added angst, they stay for just a second longer than as written. The debris starts to fall and Maxim pushes Lydia offstage and out of the way before running off himself.

Last Night I Dreamt Of Manderley (Reprise)

Unchanged until the very end of the song. Instead of just Maxim being revealed after the ensemble disperses, Lydia is there too, but she’s older now because the epilogue will be set 5-8 years into the future. The actress playing Clarice will double as the older Lydia. Lydia places Ich’s hand in Maxim’s similarly to the scene in Disney’s Hunchback where Quasimodo does the same thing with Esmeralda and Phoebus. It’s her way of reaffirming that she accepts their relationship and more importantly has moved past Rebecca’s shadow. Ich and Maxim kiss as usual, then the three de Winters take hands and face away from the audience. They take a few steps upstage because “walking to the future cliché” is cute and the curtain closes.

Bonus: During the curtain call, Lydia will bow after Favell and before Danny

[gracie-bird]

Clippings from Bunte magazine (Germany, June 28, 1962). Princess Grace and Prince Rainier with the newlywed Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Spain at a gala held at the Monte Carlo Sporting Club. Among the guests were Frank Sinatra

[nicktoonsfans]

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Sello escudo de Auch - Francia 1966

Sello escudo de Auch - Francia 1966.

Emisión postal Escudos de Armas

Se emiten dos sellos de los escudos ciudades Auch y Mont-de-Marsan como parte de la serie escudos de armas.Auch es la capital histórica de la Gascuña. Ausch es un derivado de Auscii, pueblo de Aquitania. El escudo representa la lucha encarnizada entre los arzobispos (el cordero pascual) y los Armagnac (El león rojo).Escudo de armas de Auch Sooluciones ID: 01099 - Estampilla de Francia. El sello postal ha sido emitido el 24/01/1966. Filatelia: información sobre la emisión del sello de correos de Francia Códigos de los catálogos de sellos: Catálogo Michel: FR 1534A. Catálogo Yvert et Tellier: FR 1468 - Catálogo Stanley Gibbons: FR 1700. Código del catálogo Stamp Number FR 1142.   Catálogo AFA: FR 1559.   Formato de la pieza Sello. Valor facial del sello  0,05 ₣ - Franco Francés. Tamaño: 20 x 26 mm -   Dentado: Peine 14 x 13 1/2 -     Tipo de impresión de la estampilla Tipografía.   Colores: Azul, rojo .   Sellos por pliego: 100 .   Serie: Escudos de armas - Temática en la que puede incluirse este sello: Animales Heráldicos, Escudos de armas, Sellos Francia 1966. Formato: Sello . Categoría: Conmemorativo Precios orientativo de Venta o Compra vistos en internet: Precio mínimo estimado: 0,01 € (euros) Precio máximo estimado: 0,25 € (euros) Datos actualizados octubre, 2023 En este catálogo de sellos, catálogo de filatelia o catálogo de estampillas como queráis llamarle, os podéis hacer una idea de lo que es la filatelia. Ya seas un coleccionista de sellos que se está iniciando o un coleccionista avanzado, aquí podrás encontraras información útil e interesante, así como fotos de sellos de correos de todo el mundo en general por país, año o tema. Coleccionar sellos puede ser muy divertido y entretenido, esto es lo que significa la filatelia básicamente, la afición por coleccionar sellos. Si lo que queremos saber es el valor de venta o compra de los sellos este es muy variable y depende básicamente de la oferta y la demanda. En esta web podrás encontrar el valor facial (el valor que con el que se comercializó en el momento de la emisión), pero no publicamos un precio de mercado actualizado. Cada mes se realizan miles de búsquedas en temas relativos a la filatelia y el coleccionismo de sellos,  entre estas búsquedas los términos más utilizados son: sellos de correo, sellos España, sellos de España, estampillas de correo, coleccionar sellos, catalogo de sellos, sellos de franco, catalogo sellos, estampilla sello postal, imágenes de estampillas, valor sellos, sellos filatelia, sellos de franco valor, Europa cept, precio sellos del rey juan Carlos, catálogo de estampillas. Lo más buscado en sooluciones.com:  sello de correo de escudo de armas de Francia, sello del simon bolivar, filatelia húngara, estampillas de Brasil de 1936, “stamp Brasil correo tarifa postal internacional 1 porte serie b”, “sellos de correos de Dinamarca 1810”, “intercambio filatelia”. Las personas también han buscado en internet términos como:  delcampe net stamps, miniaturas medievales, tarjetas de coleccion, delcampe net, comprar sellos, subastas de sellos antiguos, escudos heraldicos, paginas de coleccionismo. Referencias: Colnect: Catálogo de sellos : Sello › Auch Patrimoines.laregion.fr Auch, grande lugar de Midi-Pyrénées Read the full article

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Monte Carlo, May 9, 1974. The Count of Barcelona, ​​Don Juan de Borbón, together with Princess Grace of Monaco, during the gala dinner offered to commemorate the 25-year reign of Prince Rainier.

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Un amor destinado a arder | Literatura

Imagen en portada Carmen Vivas “Estaba seduciéndome a fondo con lo mejor de sí mismo y tanto que yo me quedé convencida de que aquello era la séptima maravilla. Esa misma noche me enamoré de él. Me enamoré, me enamoré, me enamoré”. Así describió Idea Vilariño (1920 Mont.-2009 Mont.) el día que conoció a Juan Carlos Onetti (1909 Montevideo-1994 Madrid) a principios de la década de los…

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Hay solo un camino. El que hubo siempre. Que el creador de verdad tenga la fuerza de vivir solitario y mire dentro suyo. Que comprenda que no tenemos huellas para seguir, que el camino habrá de hacérselo cada uno, tenaz y alegremente, cortando la sombra del monte y los arbustos enanos. Juan Carlos onetti#

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Anónimo madrileño 

Joven caballero de Santiago 

h. 1650 

óleo sobre lienzo 

198,5 x 126,3 cm 

Nº inv. 460 

Colección BBVA España 

El lienzo, atribuido tradicionalmente a Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo (1611-1664), participó como tal en exposiciones en Madrid, Bruselas (1971) y Londres (1976). Es evidente que la composición recuerda la de los retratos velazqueños, pero con un punto de arcaísmo en la posición de las piernas abiertas en compás, como en los retratos de finales del siglo XVI. Sin embargo, el tratamiento de la mano derecha, de dedos finos y nerviosos, hace pensar en una fecha más cercana a 1650. Se ha apuntado la posibilidad de que fuese obra de Bartolomé González (1564-1627), Rodrigo de Villandrando (1588-1622) o Felipe Diricksen (1590-1679), aunque los dos primeros, por la fecha, quedarían descartados. Todavía sin atribuir, se trata de un retrato de excelente calidad, que en la actualidad se identifica como anónimo madrileño.  El lienzo procede, al igual que los retratos de Doña María de Vera y Gasca y de Juan González de Uzqueta —también en la Colección BBVA— del convento de las Carmelitas Descalzas de Boadilla del Monte, y todos ellos forman parte de la misma familia, fundadora y protectora del mismo. 

Inicialmente se consideró a la dama, que se representa vestida a la moda de los años 1670 como la madre del muchacho, pero la edad del retratado, de dieciséis años (ETATIS SUAE 16 AÑOS) en torno a la fecha de realización de la obra, que Pérez Sánchez considera hacia 1645-50, desmonta esta teoría. Pero doña María de Vera y Gasca no tuvo descendencia, lo que nos lleva a pensar que el retratado podría ser Juan González de Uzqueta (1615-1670) joven. Quizá este retrato se hiciese para conmemorar la concesión de la orden de Santiago, pero también cabe la posibilidad de que las cruces se incorporasen en un momento posterior. En cualquier caso, aparece mención de don Juan como caballero de Santiago en 1636, e Ismael Gutiérrez Pastor apunta que la pose del retratado se aproxima a la utilizada por Velázquez en los retratos del príncipe Baltasar Carlos de hacia 1640. Asimismo, apunta que la obra podría ser de Bartolomé Román (1587-1647), segundo maestro de Juan Carreño de Miranda, que tanta relación tuvo con los padres del retratado.  La golilla, con ecos todavía del tenebrismo, se utilizó durante el reinado de Felipe IV (1621-1640) e inicios del reinado de Carlos II (1661-1700), a cuya moda viste el retratado. Sobre su severa indumentaria negra y su corta capa, del mismo paño, aparece bordada la cruz de los caballeros de Santiago. 

Información e imágenes de la web de la Colección BBVA.