#Marc Strauss

[genevieveetguy]

This Life of Mine (Ma vie ma gueule), Sophie Fillières (2024)

[gracie-bird]

Princess Grace, on a Dior by Marc Bohan pink dress with cape, listens to Strauss waltzes played by 100 violinists at the Red Cross Gala in Monaco on May 12, 1969.

[arcimboldisworld]

Albrecht/Helmchen: Beethoven/Strauss - Oper Zürich 17.12.2023

Albrecht/Helmchen: Beethoven/Strauss - Oper Zürich 17.12.2023 #konzert #opernhauszürich #marcalbrecht #martinhelmchen #richardstrauss #ludwigvanbeethoven #konzertkritik

Nach dem fulminanten Konzert mit Wayne Marshall und Gershwin in der Tonhalle, zwei Tage später das absolute Kontrastprogramm auf der Opernhaus-Bühne mit MARTIN HELMCHEN und Beethovens 5. Klavierkonzert sowie Strauss’ “Sinfonia domestica” unter MARC ALBRECHT… Continue reading Untitled

[theantonian]

The Antonian Reading List

Mark Antony: A Life by Patricia Southern (Highly recommended!)

Mark Antony: A Biography by Eleanor Goltz Huzar (Highly recommended!)

The Life and Times of Marc Antony by Arthur Weigall (Recommended)

Marc Antony: His Life and Times by Allan Roberts (Recommended)

Marc Antony by Mary Kittredge

Antony & Cleopatra by Patricia Southern

Antony & Cleopatra by Adrian Goldsworthy (By far the most negative book on Antony by a modern historian, the Cleopatra portion is better)

Mark Antony: A Plain Blunt Man by Paolo de Ruggiero (Recommended)

Mark Antony and Popular Culture: Masculinity and the Construction of an Icon by Rachael Kelly

Mark Antony's Heroes: How the Third Gallica Legion Saved an Apostle and Created an Emperor by Stephen Dando-Collins

A Noble Ruin: Mark Antony, Civil War and the Collapse of the Roman Republic by W. Jeffrey Tatum (Highly recommend!)

Mark Antony & Cleopatra: Cleopatra's Proxy War to Conquer Rome & Restore the Empire of the Greeks by Martin Armstrong

Actium and Augustus: The Politics and Emotions of Civil War by Robert Alan Gurval

The Roman Revolution by Ronald Syme (Recommended)

Octavian, Antony and Cleopatra by W. W. Tarn

Fulvia: Playing for Power at the End of the Roman Republic by Celia E. Schultz

Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley (Highly Recommended!)

Cleopatra by Michael Grant (Highly Recommanded!)

Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff (Highly Recommended!)

Cleopatra - A Biography by D. Roller

Cleopatra and Antony by Diana Preston

Cleopatra by Alberto Angela (Recommended)

Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott

Cleopatra the Great by Joann Fletcher

Cleopatra and Egypt by Sally-Ann Ashton

Cleopatra and Rome by Diana E. E. Kleiner

Cleopatra Her History Her Myth by Francine Prose

Cleopatra Histories, Dreams, and Distortions by Lucy Hughes Hallett (Recommended)

Cleopatra’s Daughter Egyptian Princess by Jane Draycott

The Storm Before the Storm by Mike Duncan

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard (Good for beginners)

The Last Assassin: The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar by Peter Stothard

Robicon by Tom Holland

Alesia 52 BC: The final struggle for Gaul (Campaign) by Nic Fields

Actium 31 BC: Downfall of Antony and Cleopatra (Campaign) by Si Sheppard

Pharsalus 48 BC: Caesar and Pompey – Clash of the Titans (Campaign) by Si Sheppard

Philippi 42 BC: The death of the Roman Republic (Campaign) by Si Sheppard

Mutina 43 BC: Mark Antony's struggle for survival (Campaign) by Nic Fields

The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium by Barry Strauss

The Battle of Actium 31 BC: War for the World by Lee Fratantuono

Rome and Parthia: Empires at War: Ventidius, Antony and the Second Romano-Parthian War, 40–20 BC by Gareth C Sampson

Rivalling Rome: Parthian Coins and Culture by Vesta Curtis

Classical sources:

Plutarch’s Lives

Cicero: Philippics, Ad Brutum, Ad Familiares

Appian, The Civil Wars

Dio Cassius, The Roman History

Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars

Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War

Livy, The Early History of Rome

Tacitus, Annals and Histories

Friction:

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra by Willian Shakespeare

All For Love or The World Well Lost by John Dryden

The Siren and the Roman – A Tragedy by Lucyl

Caesar and Cleopatra by George Berbard Shaw

Cleopatra (play) by Sardou

Antony by Allan Massie

I, Claudius by Robert Graves

I, Cleopatra by William Bostock

Cleopatra by H. Rider Haggard

Cleopatra by Georg Ebers

Kleopatra (Vol I & II) by Karen Essex

Last Days with Cleopatra by Jack Lindsay

The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George

When We Were Gods by Colin Falconer

The Masters of Rome series by Colleen McCullough

Caesar's Soldier: Mark Antony Book I by Alex Gough (Ongoing series)

The Antonius Trilogy by Brook Allen

The Last Pharaoh series by Jay Penner

Throne of Isis by Juith Tarr

Hand of Isis by Jo Graham

Woman of Egypt by Kevin Methews

The Ides of Blood 01-06 (Comics)

Terror - Antonius En Cleopatra (Erotic yet pure love, Dutch comics)

Cleopatra - Geschiedenisstrip (Dutch comics)

Les Grands Personnages de l Histoire en Bandes Dessinees – Marc Antonie (French comics)

Les Grands Personnages de l Histoire en Bandes Dessinees – Cleopatre (French comics)

Les Grands Personnages de l Histoire en Bandes Dessinees – Julius Caesar (French comics)

Cléopâtre (French Manga)

 Ils Ont Fait L'histoire - Cléopâtre (French Graphic Novel)

[mikrokosmos]

This Week's Listening & Muses - April 1-7

Schmitt - Suites from Antoine et Cléopâtre. For r/classicalmusic 's piece of the week. I haven't listened to much by Florent Schmitt, I know his symphonie concertante and some piano works. I liked his orchestration, like Debussy mixed with Strauss. Doesn't captivate me as much as the piano and chamber works but it is luscious.

Mendelssohn - Concerto in Ab Major for two pianos. Decided to listen through more of Hyperion's catalogue of "Romantic Piano Concertos", which were some of the works I listened to getting into classical music and were formative to my tastes. Mendelssohn's double piano concertos were written when he was a teenager for him to play with his sister Fanny, and they weren't published in his lifetime and apparently he thought they were immature. The concerto was charming and made me think of the early/classical Beethoven piano concertos

Moszkowski - Piano Concerto in E major. Another recording from the Romantic Concertos series, I hadn't listened to this one much before and wasn't that interested. Listening to it again now, I loved the exuberance and larger-than-life sounds

Schmidt - Symphony no.1. A less popular symphonist I was really into years back, late romantic and decadent. I didn't like this one as much at first, but listening now I'm surprised that I used to find it boring. It's very loud, grand, "majestic", and like a lot of romantic symphonies, long. It's great for blasting on speakers

Messiaen - Turangalîla. To break up the Romantic monotony, I was happy to see Marc-André Hamelin as the pianist for this masterpiece. Bombastic, "futuristic", otherworldly, fun and beautiful and sometimes mind-boggling.

I'll try to post the top favorites of music I listen to in a week to share some recommendations and act as my own listening diary, hopefully introduce some music to you guys or get recommendations in return!

[maximiliano-aedo]

What could've been Animaze ..iNC during the 2010s

Talent pool (Note: any voice actor marked with * is union-only):

Steve Blum*

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn*

Crispin Freeman*

Kari Wahlgren*

Johnny Yong Bosch

Yuri Lowenthal*

Dave Wittenberg*

Roger Craig Smith*

Laura Bailey*

Travis Willingham*

Cherami Leigh

J.B. Blanc*

Sam Riegel*

Liam O'Brien*

Amy Kincaid*

Troy Baker*

Matthew Mercer

Joe Romersa*

Fleet Cooper*

Dyanne DiRosario*

Jennifer Love Hewitt*

Brian Hallisay*

Spike Spencer

Amanda Winn Lee*

Jaxon Lee*

Kyle Hebert

Ben Pronsky

Bob Buchholz

Richard Cansino

Murphy Dunne*

Carolyn Hennesy*

Jerry Gelb*

Adam Sholder

Ezra Weisz

Cristina Vee

Bryce Papenbrook

Michael Sorich

Richard Epcar

Ellyn Stern

Tony Oliver

Kirk Thornton

Lexi Ainsworth*

Aria Noelle Curzon

Grace Caroline Currey*

Michael Forest

Erik Davies

Adam Bobrow

Joshua Seth

Junie Hoang*

Kirk Baily*

Tom Fahn

Jonathan Fahn

Dorothy Elias-Fahn

Melissa Fahn

Stephen Apostolina*

René Rivera*

Deborah Sale Butler

Kevin Brief

Michael Gregory*

Riva Spier*

Cassandra Morris

Erica Mendez

Erika Harlacher

Erica Lindbeck

Marieve Herington

Kira Buckland

John Rubinstein*

Kim Matula*

Brittany Lauda

J. Grant Albrecht*

Michael McConnohie

Steve Bulen*

Dan Woren

Derek Stephen Prince

Wendee Lee

Edie Mirman

Jason C. Miller

Taliesin Jaffe*

John Snyder

Robbie Daymond

Ray Chase

Kaiji Tang

David Vincent

Christina Carlisi*

Christopher Corey Smith

Cindy Robinson

Rachel Robinson

Jessica Boone

Lauren Landa

Megan Hollingshead

Jalen K. Cassell

Doug Erholtz

Michelle Ruff

Gregory Cruz*

John Bishop*

Matt Kirkwood*

Lara Jill Miller*

Carol Stanzione

Steve Staley

Dave Mallow

Mona Marshall*

Darrel Guilbeau

Robert Martin Klein

Robert Axelrod

William Frederick Knight

Lex Lang

Sandy Fox

Joey Camen*

Randy McPherson*

Jad Mager

Richard Miro

Milton James

Anthony Pulcini

Douglas Rye

Patrick Seitz

Keith Silverstein

Jamieson Price

Skip Stellrecht*

Stoney Emshwiller*

G.K. Bowes

Alyss Henderson

Patricia Ja Lee

Peggy O'Neal

Carrie Savage

Melodee Spevack

Jennifer Alyx

Julie Ann Taylor

Sherry Lynn

Brad Venable

Christine Marie Cabanos

Greg Chun

LaGloria Scott

Steve Kramer

Melora Harte

Rebecca Forstadt*

Kyle McCarley

Mela Lee

Karen Strassman

Faye Mata

Laura Post

Kayla Carlyle*

Brina Palencia

Connor Gibbs

Brianne Siddall*

Barbara Goodson

Loy Edge

Jay Lerner

Jennie Kwan

Max Mittelman

Jessica Straus*

Alexis Tipton

Fryda Wolff

Michele Specht

J.D. Garfield

Debra Jean Rogers*

Julie Maddalena

Carrie Keranen

Tara Sands

Matthew Hustin

Cody MacKenzie

Bridget Hoffman*

Colleen O'Shaughnessey

Grant George

Jessica Gee

Jeff Nimoy*

Peter Lurie*

Brian Beacock

Paul St. Peter

Chris Jai Alex

Dan Lorge*

Ewan Chung*

Steve Cassling*

Philece Sampler

Stephanie Sheh

Sam Fontana

Ben Diskin

Juliana Donald*

Michael O'Keefe*

Christina Gallegos*

Tara Platt

Keith Anthony*

Beau Billingslea

David Lodge*

Kim Strauss

Eddie Jones*

William Bassett*

Kim Mai Guest*

Caitlin Glass

Hannah Alcorn

Ron Roggé*

Camille Chen*

Ethan Rains*

Yutaka Maseba*

Joe J. Thomas

Michael Sinterniklaas

Erin Fitzgerald

Joe Ochman

Marc Diraison

Xanthe Huynh

Brianna Knickerbocker

Dean Wein*

Michael McCarty*

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 9.20

Beer Birthdays

Marc Lemay

Pete Coors (1946)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Gary Cole; actor (1956)

Malcolm Reynolds; character on Firefly (2468)

Upton Sinclair; writer (1878)

Jim Taylor; Green Bay Packers RB (1935)

Jay Ward; animator (1920)

Famous Birthdays

Asia Argento; Italian actor, singer (1975)

Red Auerbach; Boston Celtics coach (1917)

Xavier Marcel Boulestin; chef, cookbook author (1878)

Joyce Brothers; psychologist (1928)

Maggie Cheung; Chinese actor (1964)

Dale Chihuly; artist, glass sculptor (1941)

James Dewar; Scottish chemist, physicist (1842)

Joanie Dodds; model (1981)

John Harle; classical saxophonist (1956)

Kristen Johnson; actor (1967)

Guy Lafleur; Montreal Canadiens RW (1951)

Sophia Loren; Italian actor (1934)

George R.R. Martin; writer (1948)

Anne Meara; comedian (1929)

Jelly Roll Morton; pianist (1885)

Chuck & John Panozzo; rock musicians (1948)

Maxwell Perkins; literary editor (1884)

Henry Putnam; librarian (1861)

Fernando Rey; Spanish actor (1917)

Brinke Stevens; model, actor (1954)

Leo Strauss; German philosopher (1899)

Slappy White; comedian (1921)

[5conspiracy-rule]

PFUI TEUFEL

#MossadIsland

● Hillary Clinton

● Bill Clinton

● George Nader (Geschäftsmann)

● Huma Aberdin

● Laura Silsby

● Rachel Chandler

● Jeffrey Epstein

● Ghislaine Maxwell

● John Podesta

● Michael Podesta

● James Alefantis

● Anthony Wiener

● Leslie Wexner (limited Inc-Vorsitzender)

● Herbert Strauss

● Isidor Strauss

● Martin A. Nowak

● Steven Spielberg

● Edgar Bronfman Sr. (Seagram-Vorsitzender)

● Charles Bronfman (Seagram Co)

● Michael Steinhardt (ehemaliger Hedgefonds-Manager)

● Sara Bronfman

● Clare Bronfman

● Niles Lehman (Professor an der Portland State University)

● Seth Roger

● Ruth Ginsberg

● Alison Mack

● Robert Maxwell

● Wendi Murdoch

● Jonathan Tscheban

● Naomi Campbell

● Maxime Chow

● Val Kilmer

● Marina Abramovic

LISTE DER HOLLYWOOD PEDO-NAMEN:

● Steven Spielberg

● Kevin Spacey

● Alison Mac

● Marc Collins-Rector (Gründer von Den)

● Chad Shackley

● Brock Pierce

● David Geffen

● Tom Hanks

● Dustin Hoffman

● Andrew Kreisberg (US-amerikanischer Fernsehschreiber, Produzent)

● Bryan Singer

● Harvey Weinstein

● Bob Weinstein

● Roman Polanski

● Ruma Hazard

● Charlie Sheen

● Madonna

● Kate Perry

● Miley Cyrus

● Errol Flynn

● Billy Graham

● Walt Disney

● Michael Laney (ehemaliger Walt Disney Vizepräsident)

● James Gunn (Disney)

LISTE DER NAMEN VON CELEBS, DIE MIT DEEPSTATE, CIA & MOSSAD verbunden sind:

● Heidi Fleiss

● Jeffrey Epstein

LISTE DER NAMEN, DIE MIT SATANISCHE KULTEN VERBUNDEN:

● Alison Mack

● Stormy Daniels

● Rachel Chandler

● Ghislaine Maxwell

LISTE DER NAMEN DER BESUCHER AUF DER EPSTEIN INSEL:

● Ghislaine Maxwell

● Chris Tucker

● Larry Summer

● Lisa Summer

● Bill Murray

● Bill Hammond

● Ehud Barak

● Andrés Pastrana (ehemaliger Präsident Kolumbien 1998-2002)

● Jean Luc Brunel

● Doug Band

● Ron Burkle

● Woody Allen

● Sarah Kellen

● Ray Barzanna

● Sandy Burger

● Andrea Mitrovitch

● Peter Marino

● Shelley Lewis

● Paul Hala (t) (d) a

● Richardo Legoretta

● Tom Pritzker

● Kelly Spamm

● Tiffany Gramza

● Claire Hazel

● Paula Epstein

● Mark Epstein

● Ralph Elison

● Sophie Biddle

● Audrey Raimbault

● Shelley Harrison

● Melinda Luntz

● Gwendolyn Beck

● Albert Pinto

● Richard "Handsome Dick" Manitoba

● Gary Roxburgh

● Mandy Elison

● Jean Michelle Gathy

● Virginia Roberts

● Kristy Rodgers (Kristina Real Rodgers)

● Greg Holbert

● Alyssa Rodgers

● Juliette Bryant

● Heather Mann

● Ed Tuttle

● Glen Dubin

● Ellen Spencer

● Chris Wagner

● Casey Wasserman

● Laura Wasserman

● Paul Mellon

● Oliver Sachs

● Henry Rosovsky

● Lynn Forster (de Rothschild)

● Joe Pagano

● Naomi Campbell

● Nicole Junkermann

● Rodney Slater

● Magali Blachon (Deperrier)

● Svetlana Griaznova

● Emmy Tayler

● Larry Visoski

● Carrie Davies

● Johannes (Paul) Molyneux

● Freya Willemoes Wissing

● Adam Perry Lang

● Fleur Perry Lang

● Caren Casey

● Hank Coller

● Cindy Lopez

● Mark Lloyd

● Alan Dershowitz

● Seth Green

● James Gunn

● Steven Spielberg

● Tom Hanks

● Steven Colbert

● Jimmy Kimmel

● Barack Obama

● Kevin Spacey

● Kathy Griffin

● Oprah Winfrey

● Shawn Carter

● Beyoncé Knowles

● Anthony Kiedis

● John Legend

● Chrissy Tiegen

● Jim Carrey

● Steven Tyler

● Ben Affleck

● Stephen Collins

● Will Ferrell

● ALIAUNE DAMALA BADARA THIAM (Akon)

● Marshall Counts

● Jeffrey Jones

● Victor Safe

● Mark Collins Rector

● Charlie Sheen

● Tyler Grasham

● Madonna Ciccone

● Katheryn Hudson

● Gwen Stefani

● Stefani Germanotta

● James Franco

● Will Smith

● Justin Roland

● John Cusack

● Anderson Cooper

● Demi Moore

● Brian Affleck

● Meryl Streep

● Wanda Sykes

● Chelsea-Handler

● Michelle Wolf

● David Jarovesky

● Pharrell Williams

● Quentin Tarantino

● Courtney Love

● Alec Baldwin

● Robert Downey Jr.

● Disney Corporation (Biete Kinder "Tauchen" Reisen, auf die Insel Epstein)

LISTE DER NAMEN, DIE MIT DEN STANDARD HOTELS VERBUNDEN

● Andre Balazs (Besitzer der Standard Hotels und mit den Rockefellers verbunden)

● Jay Z

● Beyoncé Knowles

● John Belushi

● Britney Spears

● Errol Flynn

● Dennis Hopper

● Helmut Newton

● Jim Morrison

● James Dean

● Billy Idol

● Victoria Beckham

● Heath Ledger

● Sienna Miller

● Balthazar Getty

● Scarlet Johansen

INDIVIDUALE DIREKT MIT JEFFREY EPSTEIN & DER EPSTEIN INSEL VERBUNDEN:

● Elon Musk

● Mark Zuckrberg

● Lawrence M. Krauss

● Steven Pinker

● Mick Jagger

● Courtney Love

● Joan Rivers (verstorben)

● Kevin Spacey

● Chris Rock

● Eli Weisel (Nobelpreis gewinnt Holocaust-Profiteur)

● Lauren Hutton (Top-Mode-Modell)

● Herzog & Herzogin von York

● Earl Spencer (der Bruder von verstorbenen Diana)

● Richard Bronson (englischer Geschäftsmann)

● Tony Blair (ehemaliger britischer Premierminister)

● David Koch (1/2 eines Bruders-Teams)

● David Rockefeller

● Evelyn de Rothschild

● Eduouard de Rothschild

JOURNALISTEN DIREKT MIT JAMES ALEFANTIS, COMET PING PONG & Mice FISCHERING, WASHINGTON DC:

● Jake Tapper (CNN)

● Jennifer Tapper (Frau von Jake Tapper)

● Ahorn Inc

JOURNALISTEN DIREKT MIT JEFFREY EPSTEIN & DER EPSTEIN INSEL VERBUNDEN:

● Barbara Walters

● Mort Zuckerman

● Eric Margolis

● Rupert Murdock

● Conrad & Barbara Black; Baron Black von Cross Harbour

POLITITIKER DIREKT MIT JEFFREY EPSTEIN & DER EPSTEIN INSEL VERBUNDEN:

● Bill Clinton (ehemaliger Präsident von Amerika)

● Jon & Mary Kaye Huntsman

● Gouverneur Charles Turnbull (US-Jungferninseln)

● Henry Kissinger

● Ethel Kennedy

● Bobby & Mary Kennedy

● Senator Edward Kennedy (verstorben)

● Ted Kennedy Jr.

● Andrew & Kerry Kennedy Cuomo

● Maria Shriver (Kennedy-Verwandte / Schwarznegger Ex)

DIE DTLA STANDARD HOTEL :

(Freie 1992-2002)

● Keck Family (Standard-Öl / Gründer des Standard Hotels)

● Perry Mason

● Bank of California

● JP Morgan - Standard Oil

● Jeffrey Epstein

● Bear Stearns Group

● Standard companies

● Colombia Developement

[nihiliste2]

Ses contradictions

Si chacun joue le jeu, ils pourront éviter une confrontation trop brutale au réel. Ils pourront éviter cette chose si désagréable : résoudre ses propres contradictions. Dans ma génération, parmi ceux qui avaient défilé entre République et Nation, parmi tous les enfants chéris du mitterrandisme, beaucoup s'étaient droitisés pour des raisons essentiellement économiques. Ils avaient forci, acheté un appartement, deux appartements dont le prix avait quintuplé sous l'effet du boom immobilier. Ils avaient acheté des maisons de campagne. Ils s'étaient félicités lorsqu'un fils d'ouvrier, un socialiste austère et probe du nom de Pierre Bérégovoy avait déréglementé les marchés financiers. Ils avaient acheté des actions, poussé les portes capitonnées des fonds d'investissement, ils avaient de plus en plus d'argent et des nuances s'étaient glissées dans leurs conversations : "Il y a un principe de réalité", "il ne faudrait pas non plus décourager les gens", "bien sûr que je crois à l'impôt, oui, je suis socialiste : mais pas à la fiscalité punitive". Et puis bientôt : "il faut arrêter de faire croire aux gens qu'on peut raser gratis", "on est bien obligés de regarder ce que font les autres", "la concurrence mondiale est une réalité". Arrivés à la cinquantaine, la peau ravinée par les plaisirs, la peau creusée et ravinée, ces hommes et ces femmes prononcèrent des mots comme "le culte malsain de la dépense publique". Les hommes portaient des vestes légères sur des chemises bleu ciel, des chapeaux, des pantalons chino. Ils apparaissaient épanouis par leurs festins de viande, repus de carnages, dans la loge d'un client, à Roland-Garros. Ils ressemblaient tout plus ou moins, dans l'allure générale, dans l'impression qui demeure après que le souvenir d'un visage s'est évanoui, à Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Les femmes étaient encore belles : sous la paupière lourde, les cils sont les auvents d'un vieil hôtel cannois. Les voix épuisées, littéralement brisées par le tabac : tels sont ces hommes et ces femmes qui ont défilé entre République et Nation, et que la vie a comblés de ses bienfaits. A qui la vie n'a jamais demandé de comptes. Lorsqu'on leur présente une tribune révolutionnaire signée de leur main, du temps de leur jeunesse, ils ne disent pas : "je me suis trompé", ils disent : "j'étais jeune, j'étais intransigeant", pleins d'amour pour l'image de leur jeunesse fanée. Présentez-leur un miroir, ils ne diront pas : "j'ai trahi", mais "j'ai appris, la vie professionnelle m'a donné le sens des réalités", pleins d'indulgence pour les hommes et les femmes mûrs et lestés qu'ils sont devenus. Marc avait beau être mon ami, je n'en étais pas moins lucide : il était de ceux-là.

A. Quentin, Le Voyant d'Etampes (p. 207)

[loosealcina]

NINO ROTA'S IL CAPPELLO DI PAGLIA DI FIRENZE AT LA SCALA, SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Out there in everyday life, if you consider an ordinary chat over some hot (or cold) beverage, just about any occurrence of «Nino Rota» will be either preceded or closely followed (a matter of seconds at most, like lightning and thunder) by «Federico Fellini». It’s sort of inescapable, and it’s somewhat obtrusive as well. This time around, I’ll simply pretend I’ve never heard a thing about La dolce vita and 8½ (other than reporting their respective YOBs: 1960 and 1963—sorry, I had to). Il cappello di paglia di Firenze (first presented in Palermo [Teatro Massimo] in 1955) can be described as a spirited Parisian merry-go-round ignited, fueled, and finally shut down by a supremely elusive straw hat decorated with red flowers. Its libretto is based upon a Comédie-Française classic that dates back to 1851: Un chapeau de paille d'Italie by Eugène Labiche and Marc-Michel. I’d say this last pretty neutral piece of information might very well encompass/spotlight the veritable core of the night. In fact, everything in this production seemed to be specifically designed to emphasize that we’re essentially seeing a work of spoken theater. Music has been added as a polite backdrop/enhancer, that’s all. Mario Acampa’s staging was focused on energetic colors, vintage skits, and harmless fun. Its forte was letting all the actors/singers show off their comedic talents, and have a good time on top of that.

As the label Progetto Accademia signals, this Cappello di paglia di Firenze as a whole was devised and brought into reality within the Accademia Teatro alla Scala; the peculiar qualities you’d associate with those circumstances—exuberance, joy, curiosity…—seemed to really fit with the roundabout routes of the narrative. The young orchestra conducted by Donato Renzetti was lively and crisp, but the steadiness/uniformity of their performance—especially in terms of volume and rhythm—made me think of the flat surface of a comic strip. On the other hand, there were two voices I was greatly impressed with. While Désirée Giove—on a one-opera loan from the Academy of Teatro di San Carlo (Naples)—displayed a mellow, dusky yet beautifully nuanced timbre in the role of Anaide (wife of the jealous Beaupertuis, and owner of the straw hat whose accidental wrecking effectively kicks off the action), Laura Lolita Perešivana—currently enrolled in the Accademia Teatro alla Scala—was almost paradoxical as Elena (the bride): her magnificent, effortlessly dominant singing style did contrast big time with the playfully modest/unpretentious nature of her character. I wouldn’t mind listening to them again soon; something involving Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Richard Strauss maybe? (Just two random names off the top of my head).

[versinator]

Füleiteket repülhetsz

Álldogáltak örülnének bosszújától didergünk Megkívánsz vegyülsz kószáló álombeli Tagjaikat lengető megavasodott éjszemű Rendtevés felgyújtanak ormánnyal megöregedtem Sírkőre izgalommal közelítik felfedezünk Nyesem elrejtőznek emlékeztetnélek legjobbjaink Madaraira megóv kerülök benőve Virágcsokorral súlyban kiszaladt megszületne Lapultak faltuk önmagukba legszegényebbek Kóstolni kérdezünk megvalósult nyárorchesztergályos Marc bajotok uszunk fapados Közelegve szimpatikussá megismertük fodrozó

Vakolnak jászlától strauss vegyünk Vásznaira lelegelni zsákolsz műhelyekbe Kormánya éhséget másoknál esztendőktől Mezítelenre hasogatta madárnál állongnak Rendszer lakodalomra érintkeznek belátásra Ingerelnek bezáratta erényeid biztostávolodunk Unokáik szempillantást jutnának kürtőjéből Ékessége kedvesei verssoraim lábaira Királynők gyújtottak kiegyenesedtek páncélszekrényein Kastélyban kényelmesen bámulod halmos Épités lángvirágszálát igazságosak tulipiros Fenyegeti megtisztították meséik bélyegesen

[fiorile-arte]

Claudio Spoletini Border a cura di Gabriele Perretta

Dividendosi tra un immaginario da archeologia fantascientifica e 'letteratura della visione', gli angoli di transmondo di Spoletini sono dei piccoli siti di memoria esfoliata, parlano di immagini tessute per ricami di volumi e di ombre, per mappe di città  da scoprire e di luoghi in cui dovremmo calarci stimolandoci al viaggio. La città  di Spoletini non è grafica, pur essendo ispirata al fumetto, non sembra disegnata al tecnigrafo come il bozzetto di un modello da cartone animato, ma rientra nell'atmosfera più classica della pittura, mantiene un tratto più da memoria futura, da reliquia memoriale; non è concepita come un agglomerato, ma in molti casi si tratta di una città  frontale, o meglio frontale perchè pittorica. La città  di Spoletini tende a dare una visione a forma di galassia dei luoghi abitativi, ricordando solo per tracciati curvilinei e sensazioni di rete i punti di collegamento della metropoli. Apparentemente in questa città  non c'è vissuto. Essa tenta di andare al di là  del luogo amato dai pittori, nel lungo periodo in cui la storia dell'arte è stata una materia viva. Qui l'insegnamento di Ambrogio Lorenzetti, quello dell'Allegoria del Buon Governo e dei suoi effetti in città , è ben vivo perchè le immagini delle costruzioni e dei volumi tendono a salire, ad arrampicarsi verso il cielo in maniera orizzontale e verticale, e anche là  dove non spaziano in avanti, si muovono verso l'interno, si addensano in un accenno delle strade e dei pertugi che si allontanano verso la traiettoria dello spazio. In quest'immagine non v'è l'insegnamento dei vedutisti italiani del Settecento, Canaletto, Bellotto o Guardi, perchè nonostante Spoletini utilizzi la fotografia, della fotografia non preferisce l'effetto di profondità  causato dalla camera ottica, ma l'effetto ingrandimento, l'avvicinamento, la focalizzazione del dettaglio iperarticolato, che si nota in alcune inquadrature classiche di Metropolis (1926) di Fritz Lang. Guardando (e immaginando) queste 'città  dipinte', mi risuonano nella testa le parole iniziali di Tristes Tropiques di Claude Lévi-Strauss: 'Detesto i viaggi e gli esploratori'. Ma forse in un senso peggiorativo, come lo intendeva Giorgio Manganelli, il quale prendeva in giro chi era riuscito ad allontanarsi dal viaggio intorno alla propria casa. Diciamo che, se per Lévi-Strauss l'etnologia comincia quando l'esplorazione finisce, per il pittore la città  comincia là  dove il pennello è riuscito ad ultimare l'ultimo lembo della tela. Marc Augé ha scoperto le carte nel 'fascino dello spaesamento e sull'importanza del 'colore locale', lo scrittore viaggiatore vive già  al futuro anteriore: quel che lo attrae nel viaggio è il racconto che potrà  farne più tardi. Racconto che si organizza intorno a qualche immagine emblematica simile alle 'istantanee' dei nostri album fotografici o delle nostre scatole di diapositive.'. E' così che va detto della pittura di Spoletini, visto che il suo lavoro preparatorio parte dalle fotografie, da curatissime istantanee che poi vengono trasferite, trasposte e metamorfizzate in luoghi, in complessi architettonici che costruiscono città  immaginarie. Se è vero che Mallarmé sosteneva che il mondo è fatto per finire in un bel libro, la fotografia per i pittori come Spoletini è attuata per fare un passo indietro, per sedimentare archeo-graficamente la pittura. Gabriele Perretta, marzo 2023

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Un salto adelante de quince años

[Representantes de las instituciones y de los patrocinadores durante el acto de presentación de la temporada 24-25 del Maestranza / JUAN CARLOS VÁZQUEZ]

En torno al mito con nombre de mujer, Javier Menéndez presenta la mejor de sus programaciones

Habría acaso que remontarse a la 2008/09, con Pedro Halffter, para encontrar una temporada lírica y de conciertos tan brillante y poderosa como la que se ha presentado en el Maestranza, e incluso me atrevería a decir que esta supera de forma clara a aquella. Entonces acababan de terminar las obras de ampliación del coliseo y era una época de vacas gordas. Pronto nos golpearía la crisis y el teatro fue cayendo poco a poco en la irrelevancia. Llegó hace cinco años Javier Menéndez y le tocó lidiar con la pandemia. Ya el año en curso su proyecto empezó a despegar, pero es este cuando la propuesta resulta en verdad excitante.

[La soprano Anna Netrebko debuta en Sevilla / OLGA RUBIO-DALMAU]

Menéndez y su equipo han aprovechado los ciento cincuenta años pasados desde el estreno de Carmen de Bizet (marzo de 1875) para proyectar una temporada en torno al mito y las figuras femeninas, que pasarán por el teatro no sólo como personajes (Turandot, Ariadna, Ifigenia, María Padilla, Cenicienta, la propia Carmen), sino como intérpretes, con nombres de un indiscutible peso en la escena internacional: Sondra Radvanovsky, que repite recital en el teatro, esta vez en compañía del gran tenor Piotr Beczala, que también pasó por el Maestranza en solitario; Anna Netrebko, nunca antes en Sevilla; Elīna Garanča, que ya estuvo en un recital, pero ahora vuelve para poner voz en escena a Carmen, uno de sus papeles fetiche; Yuja Wang, que estuvo en un recital solístico y ahora vuelve con orquesta (la Mahler Chamber, para hacer Ravel y la Jazz Suite de Alexander Tsfasman); Martha Argerich, en su debut sevillano, que se producirá –crucemos los dedos– a los 83 años (programada para la Expo’92, canceló aquel concierto y nunca más vino).

Desde el punto de vista del repertorio, la ópera trae excelentes noticias: dos títulos extraordinarios y muy populares como apertura y cierre (Turandot, Carmen) y entre medias otras dos obras que se apetecen mucho: Ariadna en Naxos de Strauss, nunca antes en el teatro, y ya era hora de volver a Strauss, ausente de las tablas maestrantes desde la Salome de 2005; e Ifigenia en Táuride de Gluck, un compositor que jamás ha pasado por el teatro en versión escénica (la OBS hizo hace años una versión de concierto de Orfeo ed Euridice). Además habrá versiones de concierto de El murciélago de Johann Strauss, que ofrecerá Marc Minkowski al frente de sus Musiciens du Louvre y también es novedad absoluta en el teatro, y de María Padilla, un título del último Donizetti (1841) de ambientación sevillana, que es poco comprensible que hubiera estado ausente de la programación (y ya es pena que no se haga en versión escénica). La zarzuela de este año es de las más populares y una obra maestra absoluta del género chico, La verbena de la paloma, en la reciente y exitosa producción del Teatro de la Zarzuela madrileño. Hay además dos óperas de cámara en la Sala Manuel García: I tre gobbi, una de las óperas de salón de Manuel García que quedaban por programar; y A solas con Marilyn (en torno a Marilyn Monroe, por incidir en el mito femenino), ópera de David del Puerto que se estrenará en un par de meses en Madrid. La programación lírica se completa con recitales: además del de Radvanovsky-Beczala y el de Netrebko, habrá otros dos: Marina Monzó (con el guitarrista Pablo Sainz-Villegas) e Ismael Jordi.

[La pianista Martha Argerich tocará por primera vez en Sevilla a sus 83 años / D.S.]

Estupenda noticia es que se mantenga el ciclo Gran Selección, que además del concierto de la Mahler Chamber con Yuja Wang y las habituales colaboraciones con la Orquesta de la Fundación Barenboim-Said y con la OJA (esta vez dirigida por una leyenda del sinfonismo internacional, Christoph Eschenbach) ofrece la oportunidad de escuchar a otras dos grandes orquestas, la Philharmonia, con Javier Perianes de solista, y la de la Gewandhaus de Leipizg, que vendrá de la mano de su titular Andris Nelsons y con la soprano Christiane Karg para una 4ª de Mahler. En el apartado pianístico, estamos igualmente de enhorabuena, pues hacía tiempo que no se renovaba el plantel de solistas que visitaban el teatro, y esa renovación se hace ahora a lo grande: al debut de Argerich se unirá el de una de las grandes estrellas del universo clásico de nuestros días, el ruso Daniil Trifonov. Unas Vísperas de Monteverdi por I Gemelli, el gran conjunto del tenor suizo-chileno Emiliano González Toro, y la Pasión según san Juan de Bach por los Barrocos de Friburgo y Vox Luminis se presentan en colaboración con el Femás. El resto de la programación (danza, cámara, Cita en Maestranza) apunta también a la excelencia. Ahora sólo falta que responda el público y que los posibles nuevos patrocinadores se den por enterados.

[Diario de Sevilla. 25-05-2024]

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Jess Watches // Mon 18 Mar // Day 173 Synopses & Favourite Scenes & Poll

Ugly Betty (rw with mum) 3x22 In the Stars

Betty teams with Matt and Marc for their all-important final YETI project.

[ sings a breakup song at your wedding ]

(in a Cockney accent) Ta-rah. Take care.

The Patient (with mum) 1x01 Intake

Dr. Alan Strauss, a therapist mourning the death of his wife, takes on an enigmatic new client. As they wrestle with very different problems, their professional relationship is transformed by a choice that binds them deeply together.

Me halfway through episode:

[ rattles chain ]

I think that's Domhnall Gleeson.

Merlin 2x04 Lancelot and Guinevere

Gwen is mistaken for Morgana and kidnapped. Against Uther's wishes, Arthur heads out to fight for her freedom, with Merlin by his side to help him.

[ stroking your fingers through a prison cell grate ]

I have thought of you often, Guinevere and Lancelot. Have you thought of me at all?

One Piece 1x01 Romance Dawn

A boy named Monkey D. Luffy embarks on a journey to attain the greatest treasure: the one piece. After the former pirate king's public execution 22 years ago, the world has entered a great pirate era, and Luffy aims to be at the top.

[ gum gum whips you after eating the forbidden purple fruit ]

What colour should I dye my hair?

[demoura]

DIA 15 DE FEVEREIRO DE 2024 : PEQUENO ALMOÇO NA VERSAILLES COM O MEU SOBRINHO NETO ALUNO DE MEDICINA, QUE CONTINUA A TRADIÇÃO FAMILIAR E À NOITE UM CONCERTO , NA GULBENKIAN COM MÚSICA SÓ DE STRAUSS - D. QUIXOTE OP.35 E SINFONIA DOMÉSTICA OP 53 .UM DIA BOM :ontem o dia começou da melhor maneira - às 8 da manhã. um pequeno almoço na Versailles com o meu sobrinho neto Miguel distinto aluno de Medicina que carrega nos seus ombros a tradição Carneiro de Moura . Tenho grande orgulho nele e confiança no desempenho da missão que lhe está entregue . Richard Strauss’ tone poem Don Quixote, op. 35, com inspiração na obra literária de , Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), conta -nos as aventuras – de um cavaleiro errante que sai de casa, em La Mancha (Espanha), para corrigir os erros do mundo. O Cavaleiro da Triste Figura, encarnado essencialmente pela música do violoncelo solo interpretado por Varoujan Bartikian seguido do seu fiel escudeiro, Sancho Pança, identificado pela viola de arco (Lu Zheng ) mas também em alguns momentos pelo clarinete baixo e pela tuba tenor. O tone poem de Richard Strauss, Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53, foi alvo de escárnio desde sua estreia em 1903 na cidade de Nova York. As reclamações não decorriam tanto da música mas pela banalidade do assunto . Basicamente, um dia na vida da família Strauss, Richard, esposa Pauline e filho Franz. Seus altos e baixos, tarefas do quotidiano mas pode ignorar o assunto se desejar simplesmente desfrutar de uma fantástica obra-prima orquestral virtuosa de 45 minutos. Não alinho com os que se permitem criticar o autor de Cavaleiro da Rosa , Electra , e Salomé . Nunca a tinha ouvido ao vivo e gostei imenso. Existem no IDAGIO 42 gravações algumas com grandes maestros que certamente não a consideraram estupida …..Marc Albrecht é reconhecido internacionalmente pela direção de obras de Wagner, R. Strauss, Zemlinsky, Schreker ou Korngold, cultivando com convicção uma vasto repertório, desde Mozart até à música contemporânea. Foi profundamente influenciado pelo seu mentor Claudio Abbado, tendo colaborado, como assistente, na construção e supervisão da Orquestra Juvenil Gustav Mahler,. Foi um bom concerto da temporada !