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A new dawn for Syria? Bishop Jallouf highlights Christians as pillars of reconstruction

Bishop Hanna Jallouf, the apostolic vicar of Aleppo and head of the Latin Church in Syria, told ACI MENA “we pray for a new dawn in this country.” / Credit: The Episcopal Committee for Consecrated Life in Syria ACI MENA, Dec 9, 2024 / 11:10 am (CNA). March 8 once marked the anniversary of the Ba’ath Party’s seizure of power in Syria in 1963, but optimism is now stirring as Christians in Syria…

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Spoleto Roars Back, Honoring Africa, Arabic, and Alice (Coltrane)

Spoleto Roars Back, Honoring Africa, Arabic, and Alice (Coltrane)

Review: Jazz @ Spoleto Festival USA  By Perry Tannenbaum It’s difficult to imagine what the stage and the audience would have looked like at Gaillard Center if Rhiannon Giddens’ new opera, Omar, had premiered as scheduled at Spoleto Festival USA in May 2020. #BlackLivesMatter and the COVID-19 pandemic have affected the trajectory of our lives since then, also deflecting the course of the…

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Favourite Songs of 2018, So Far

alyss, amen dunes, anaïs, anja garbarek, ark, art school girlfriend, asbjørn, ben khan, blanck mass, carl louis, caro, cassie, channel tres, chelsea jade, chvrches, damien jurado, daniel avery, dita von teese, django django, djds, dresage, farao, femme, fenne lily, florence + the machine, fort romeau, frøkedal, hanna benn, happy rhodes, hatchie, highasakite, imogen, janelle monáe, javier mena, ji nilsson, johanna warren, jonathan bree, jon hopkins, kacey musgraves, kadhja bonet, kathryn joseph, k.i.d., kimbra, kinck, kllo, kodacrome, kwamie liv, laura jean, lauren auder, leon vynehall, let’s eat grandma, lily allen, mai lan, maja francis, mariemarie, mark lanegan, marlene, marna, mattis, maya jane coles, menke, mitski, miya folick, nao, natalie, nils bech, novo amor, now now, ok sure, oli fox, oliver coates, orkid, otha, palace winter, petal, pitou, primitive motion, pongo, pronoun, rachel k collier, rae morris, ralph, sarah klang, sasha brown, seinabo sey, serpentwithfeet, smerz, soccer mommy, storme, sudan archives, tiger lion, tinashe, tiny deaths, twinkids, u.s. girls, vera blue, vivii, virginia wing, weslee, wild nothing, yukon blonde, zola jesus, zuzu

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Nominees for the 2018 Eisner Awards announced

Comic-Con International has announced the nominees for the 2018 Eisner Awards, presented annually in San Diego at the convention.

Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda and My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris each received five nominations across various categories; other comics with multiple nominations included Mister Miracle, Black Hammer, The Flintstones, Grass Kings, Eartha and Hawkeye.

Check out the complete list of nominees below.

Best Short Story

“Ethel Byrne,” by Cecil Castelluci and Scott Chantler, in Mine: A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefiting Planned Parenthood (ComicMix) “Forgotten Princess,” by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Antonio Sandoval, in Adventure Time Comics #13 (kaboom!) ”A Life in Comics: The Graphic Adventures of Karen Green,” by Nick Sousanis, in Columbia Magazine (Summer 2017), https://ift.tt/2I41VPy “Small Mistakes Make Big Problems,” by Sophia Foster-Dimino, in Comics for Choice (Hazel Newlevant) “Trans Plant,” by Megan Rose Gedris, in Enough Space for Everyone Else (Bedside Press)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

Barbara, by Nicole Miles (ShortBox) Hellboy: Krampusnacht, by Mike Mignola and Adam Hughes (Dark Horse) Pope Hats #5, by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books) The Spotted Stone, by Rick Veitch (Sun Comics) What Is Left, by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (ShortBox)

Best Continuing Series

Black Hammer, by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and David Rubín (Dark Horse) Giant Days, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Liz Fleming (BOOM! Box) Hawkeye, by Kelly Thompson, Leonardo Romero, and Mike Walsh (Marvel) Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image) The Wicked + The Divine, by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (Image)

Best Limited Series

Black Panther: World of Wakanda, by Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Alitha E. Martinez (Marvel) Extremity, by Daniel Warren Johnson (Image/Skybound) The Flintstones, by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, Rick Leonardi, and Scott Hanna (DC) Mister Miracle, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC) X-Men: Grand Design, by Ed Piskor (Marvel)

Best New Series

Black Bolt, by Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward (Marvel) Grass Kings, by Matt Kindt and Tyler Jenkins (BOOM! Studios) Maestros, by Steve Skroce (Image) Redlands, by Jordie Belaire and Vanesa Del Rey (Image) Royal City, by Jeff Lemire (Image)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

Adele in Sand Land, by Claude Ponti, translated by Skeeter Grant and Françoise Mouly (Toon Books) Arthur and the Golden Rope, by Joe Todd-Stanton (Flying Eye/Nobrow) Egg, by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books) Good Night, Planet, by Liniers (Toon Books) Little Tails in the Savannah, by Frederic Brrémaud and Federico Bertolucci, translated by Mike Kennedy (Lion Forge/Magnetic)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9–12)

Bolivar, by Sean Rubin (Archaia) Home Time (Book One): Under the River, by Campbell Whyte (Top Shelf) Nightlights, by Lorena Alvarez (Nobrow) The Tea Dragon Society, by Katie O’Neill (Oni) Wallace the Brave, by Will Henry (Andrews McMeel) Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

The Dam Keeper, by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi (First Second/Tonko House) Jane, by Aline Brosh McKenna and Ramón K. Pérez (Archaia) Louis Undercover, by Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault, translated by Christelle Morelli and Susan Ouriou (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi) Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image) Spinning, by Tillie Walden (First Second)

Best Humor Publication

Baking with Kafka, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly) Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1, by Tom King, Lee Weeks, and Byron Vaughn (DC) The Flintstones, by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, Rick Leonardi, and Scott Hanna (DC) Rock Candy Mountain, by Kyle Starks (Image) Wallace the Brave, by Will Henry (Andrews McMeel)

Best Anthology

A Bunch of Jews (and Other Stuff): A Minyen Yidn, by Max B. Perlson, Trina Robbins et al. (Bedside Press) A Castle in England, by Jamie Rhodes et al. (Nobrow) Elements: Fire, A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color, edited by Taneka Stotts (Beyond Press) Now #1, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics) The Spirit Anthology, edited by Sean Phillips (Lakes International Comic Art Festival)

Best Reality-Based Work

Audubon: On the Wings of the World, by Fabien Grolleau and Jerémie Royer, translated by Etienne Gilfillan (Nobrow) The Best We Could Do, by Thi Bui (Abrams ComicArts) Calamity Jane: The Calamitous Life of Martha Jane Cannary, 1852–1903, by Christian Perrissin and Matthieu Blanchin, translated by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (IDW) Lennon: The New York Years, by David Foenkinos, Corbeyran, and Horne, translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger (IDW) Spinning, by Tillie Walden (First Second)

Best Graphic Album—New

Crawl Space, by Jesse Jacobs (Koyama Press) Eartha, by Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics) My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics) Stages of Rot, by Linnea Sterte (Peow) The Story of Jezebel, by Elijah Brubaker (Uncivilized Books)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

Boundless, by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly) Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Black Hole by Charles Burns, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics) Small Favors: The Definitive Girly Porno Collection, by Colleen Coover (Oni/Limerence) Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero, by Michael DeForge (Drawn & Quarterly) Unreal City, by D. J. Bryant (Fantagraphics)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

Beowulf, adapted by Santiago García and David Rubín (Image) H. P. Lovecraft’s The Hound and Other Stories, adapted by Gou Tanabe, translated by Zack Davisson (Dark Horse) Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, adapted by Christophe Chabouté, translated by Laure Dupont (Dark Horse) Kindred, by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy and John Jennings (Abrams ComicArts)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

Audubon: On the Wings of the World, by Fabien Grolleau and Jerémie Royer, translated by Etienne Gilfillan (Nobrow) Flight of the Raven, by Jean-Pierre Gibrat, translated by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (EuroComics/IDW) FUN, by Paolo Bacilieri, translated by Jamie Richards (SelfMadeHero) Ghost of Gaudi, by El Torres and Jesús Alonso Iglesias, translated by Esther Villardón Grande (Lion Forge/Magnetic) The Ladies-in-Waiting, by Santiago García and Javier Olivares, translated by Erica Mena (Fantagraphics) Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for the Freedom, by Marcelo D’Salete, translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

Furari, by Jiro Taniguchi, translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian (Fanfare/Ponent Mon) Golden Kamuy, by Satoru Noda, translated by Eiji Yasuda (VIZ Media) My Brother’s Husband, vol. 1, by Gengoroh Tagame, translated by Anne Ishii (Pantheon) Otherworld Barbara, vol. 2, by Moto Hagio, translated by Matt Thorn (Fantagraphics) Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories, by Junji Ito translated by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips

Celebrating Snoopy, by Charles M. Shulz, edited by Alexis E. Fajardo and Dorothy O’Brien (Andrews McMeel) Crazy Quilt: Scraps and Panels on the Way to Gasoline Alley, by Frank King, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press) Foolish Questions and Other Odd Observations, by Rube Goldberg, edited by Peter Maresca and Paul C. Tumey (Sunday Press Books) Sky Masters of the Space Force: The Complete Dailies, by Jack Kirby, Wally Wood et al., edited by Daniel Herman (Hermes Press) Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Strips, vol. 1, by Russ Manning et al., edited by Dean Mullaney (LOAC/IDW)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books

Akira 35th Anniversary Edition, by Katsuhiro Otomo, edited by Haruko Hashimoto, Ajani Oloye, and Lauren Scanlan (Kodansha) Behaving MADly, edited by Craig Yoe (Yoe Books/IDW) The Collected Neil the Horse, by Arn Saba/Katherine Collins, edited by Andy Brown (Conundrum) Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Jaime Hernandez, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics) Will Eisner: The Centennial Celebration, 1917-2017, by Paul Gravett, Denis Kitchen, and John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)

Best Writer

Tom King, Batman, Batman Annual #2, Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1, Mister Miracle (DC) Matt Kindt, Grass Kings (BOOM! Studios); Ether (Dark Horse); Eternity, X-O Manowar (Valiant) Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer (Dark Horse); Descender (Image) Marjorie Liu, Monstress (Image) Mark Russell, The Flintstones (DC)

Best Writer/Artist

Lorena Alvarez, Night Lights (Nobrow) Chabouté, Moby Dick (Dark Horse); Alone, Park Bench (Gallery 13/Simon & Schuster) Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics) Cathy Malkasian, Eartha (Fantagraphics) Jiro Taniguchi, Furari, Louis Vuitton Travel Guide: Venice (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

Isabelle Arsenault, Louis Undercover (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi) Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC) Gary Gianni, Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea (Dark Horse) Ramón K. Perez, Jane (Archaia) David Rubín, Black Hammer #9 & #12, Ether, Sherlock Frankenstein #1–3 (Dark Horse); Beowulf (Image)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

Federico Bertolucci, Love: The Dinosaur, Little Tails (Lion Forge/Magnetic) EFA, Monet: Itinerant of Light (NBM) Jean-Pierre Gibrat, Flight of the Raven (EuroComics/IDW) Cyril Pedrosa, Portugal (NBM) Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)

Best Cover Artist

Jorge Corona, No. 1 with a Bullet (Image) Nick Derington, Mister Miracle (DC); Doom Patrol (DC Young Animal) Brian Stelfreeze, Black Panther (Marvel) Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image) Julian Totino Tedesco, Hawkeye (Marvel)

Best Coloring

Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics) Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC) Ed Piskor, X-Men: Grand Design (Marvel) David Rubín, Ether, Black Hammer, Sherlock Frankenstein (Dark Horse); Beowulf (Image) Dave Stewart, Black Hammer, BPRD: Devil You Know, Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea, Sherlock Frankenstein, Shaolin Cowboy (Dark Horse); Maestros (Image) Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, What Is Left (ShortBox)

Best Lettering

Isabelle Arsenault, Louis Undercover (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi) Clayton Cowles, Bitch Planet: Triple Feature, Redlands, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Black Bolt, Spider-Gwen, Astonishing X-Men, Star Wars (Marvel) Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics) Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo, Groo: Slay of the Gods (Dark Horse) John Workman, Mother Panic (DC Young Animal); Ragnorok (IDW)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows) The Comics Journal, edited by Dan Nadel, Timothy Hodler, and Tucker Stone, tcj.com (Fantagraphics) Hogan’s Alley, edited by Tom Heintjes Jack Kirby Collector, edited by John Morrow (TwoMorrows) PanelXPanel magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, panelxpanel.com

Best Comics-Related Book

Deconstructing the Incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius, by Jean Annestay and Christophe Quillien (Humanoids) How Comics Work, by Dave Gibbons and Tim Pilcher (Wellfleet Press/Quarto Group) How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels, by Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden (Fantagraphics) Line of Beauty: The Art of Wendy Pini, by Richard Pini (Flesk) Monograph, by Chris Ware (Rizzoli) To Laugh That We May Not Weep: The Life and Times of Art Young, by Glenn Bray and Frank M. Young (Fantagraphics)

Best Academic/Scholarly Work

The Comics of Charles Schulz: The Good Grief of Modern Life, edited by Jared Gardner and Ian Gordon (University Press of Mississippi) Ethics in the Gutter: Empathy and Historical Fiction in Comics, by Kate Polak (Ohio State University Press) Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics, by Frederick Luis Aldama (University of Arizona Press) Neon Visions: The Comics of Howard Chaykin, by Brannon Costello (LSU Press) Picturing Childhood: Youth in Transnational Comics, edited by Mark Heimermann and Brittany Tullis (University of Texas Press)

Best Publication Design

Akira 35th Anniversary Edition, designed by Phil Balsman, Akira Saito (Veia), NORMA Editorial, and MASH•ROOM (Kodansha) Celebrating Snoopy, designed by Spencer Williams and Julie Phillips (Andrews McMeel) Monograph, designed by Chris Ware (Rizzoli) My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, designed by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics) Will Eisner: The Centennial Celebration, 1917-2017, designed by John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)

Best Digital Comic

Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology) Barrier, by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin (Panel Syndicate) The Carpet Merchant of Konstaniniyya, by Reimena Yee (reimenayee.com/the-carpet-merchant) Contact High, by James F. Wright and Josh Eckert (gumroad.com/l/YnxSm) Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost, by Harvey Kurtzman, Josh O’Neill, Shannon Wheeler, and Gideon Kendall (comiXology Originals/Kitchen, Lind & Associates) Quince, by Sebastian Kadlecik, Kit Steinkellner, and Emma Steinkellner, translated by Valeria Tranier (Fanbase Press/comiXology)

Best Webcomic

Awaiting a Wave, by Dale Carpenter and Nate Powell, features.weather.com/us-climate-change/arkansas (The Weather Channel Digital) Brothers Bond, by Kevin Grevioux and Ryan Benjamin, www.webtoons.com/en/action/brothers-bond/list?title_no=1191 (LINE Webtoon) Dispatch from a Sanctuary City, by Mike Dawson, https://thenib.com/dispatch-from-a-sanctuary-city (The Nib) The Tea Dragon Society, by Katie O’Neill, teadragonsociety.com (Oni Press) Welcome to the New World, by Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan, www.michaelsloan.net/welcome-to-the-new-world/ (New York Times Sunday Review)

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1 Indie Nation Episode 133 I love Deep House part 1 and 2

Greetings! Thanks for standing by me. All this love during February means a lot. I have a wonderful Deep House mix by @Udiproduction out of NEW YORK CITY. Don't sleep more to come by him.

1. Intro-0:19

2. Visions -3:31 Gregory Del Piero FT Billy Love

3. Wonderful Things-4:24 Timmy Dee

4. Caught Up-5:10 Intense Soul

5. You Got Me-3:35 Fusion FT Wallace Gary

6. Must Be The Music-Harley & Muscle

7. Born To Fly-3:20 Lisa Shaw

8. Her First Time By-4:36 Shifty Johnson & Terry Swift

9. Still In Luv With You (Part 1)-4:18 J. Haystax

10. Shame-4:25 Mark Grant FT Swalyo

11. Salsa House-3:54 Soul Purpose

12. Can't Get Away-4:11 Mood 2 Swing

13. I Can't Stop-3:30 Sandy Rivera

14. The Turkish-4:22 DJ Marky

15. I Remember 3:45 Deadmau5 + Kaskade

16. Life Story-3:49 Leviticus

17. Helpless--3:55 Decaff FT Roland Clark

18. A Better Way-3:39 Darryl D'Bonneau

19. I Am-2:46 Lina

20. Je' Ne' Veux plus Etre-3:29 Hanna Hais

21. Poulets Paradise-2:19 Cross Bronx Expressway

22. Sume Sigh Say-4:12 Masters At Work

23. Dat Rowdy Shit-4:40 Bucket Beetleg

24. El Carnaval-2:27 AV8

25. El Canto-4:14 DJ Lucho

26. No More Sun-3:50 Kerri Chandler

27. Soul Chu Cha-4:56 Rosabel

28. Forever And A Day-3:59 Mena Keys FT Frankie Estevez & Tabia

29. Church Lady-4:56 Dennis Ferrer

30. Need You Now-4:10 Soul Central

31. Baby Gets High-3:13 Soul Creation

32. No More Love-3:10 Carla Prather

33. Simple Life-3:48 Vibe Travelers

34. It Must Be Life-4:27 Lyfe Jennings

35.Tranz-4:45 Masters At Work

36. What You Gonna Do About It-3:14 Behind The Groove FT Carla Prather

37. Come Into My Life-4:58 Mena Keys

38. What Is House Music-9:11 Stavey Mallory

  Total Time:2:31:12

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Eisner Awards 2018: poco "Star Wars" tra le nomination

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Eisner Awards 2018: poco "Star Wars" tra le nomination

Eisner Awards 2018. Verrà assegnato a breve uno dei premi più importanti del panorama fumettistico. Quest’anno tra le varie nomination c’è anche qualcosa legata a Star Wars, ma veramente poco…

Eisner Awards 2018 – Tutte le nomination

Best Short Story

“Ethel Byrne,” by Cecil Castelluci and Scott Chantler, in Mine: A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefiting Planned Parenthood (ComicMix)

“Forgotten Princess,” by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Antonio Sandoval, in Adventure Time Comics #13 (kaboom!)

”A Life in Comics: The Graphic Adventures of Karen Green,” by Nick Sousanis, in Columbia Magazine (Summer 2017), http://magazine.columbia.edu/features/summer-2017/life-comics?page=0,0

“Small Mistakes Make Big Problems,” by Sophia Foster-Dimino, in Comics for Choice (Hazel Newlevant)

“Trans Plant,” by Megan Rose Gedris, in Enough Space for Everyone Else (Bedside Press)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

Barbara, by Nicole Miles (ShortBox)

Hellboy: Krampusnacht, by Mike Mignola and Adam Hughes (Dark Horse)

Pope Hats #5, by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books)

The Spotted Stone, by Rick Veitch (Sun Comics)

What Is Left, by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (ShortBox)

Best Continuing Series

Black Hammer, by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and David Rubín (Dark Horse)

Giant Days, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Liz Fleming (BOOM! Box)

Hawkeye, by Kelly Thompson, Leonardo Romero, and Mike Walsh (Marvel)

Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)

The Wicked + The Divine, by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (Image)

Best Limited Series

Black Panther: World of Wakanda, by Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Alitha E. Martinez (Marvel)

Extremity, by Daniel Warren Johnson (Image/Skybound)

The Flintstones, by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, Rick Leonardi, and Scott Hanna (DC)

Mister Miracle, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC)

X-Men: Grand Design, by Ed Piskor (Marvel)

Best New Series

Black Bolt, by Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward (Marvel)

Grass Kings, by Matt Kindt and Tyler Jenkins (BOOM! Studios)

Maestros, by Steve Skroce (Image)

Redlands, by Jordie Belaire and Vanesa Del Rey (Image)

Royal City, by Jeff Lemire (Image)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

Adele in Sand Land, by Claude Ponti, translated by Skeeter Grant and Françoise Mouly (Toon Books)

Arthur and the Golden Rope, by Joe Todd-Stanton (Flying Eye/Nobrow)

Egg, by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books)

Good Night, Planet, by Liniers (Toon Books)

Little Tails in the Savannah, by Frederic Brrémaud and Federico Bertolucci, translated by Mike Kennedy (Lion Forge/Magnetic)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9–12)

Bolivar, by Sean Rubin (Archaia)

Home Time (Book One): Under the River, by Campbell Whyte (Top Shelf)

Nightlights, by Lorena Alvarez (Nobrow)

The Tea Dragon Society, by Katie O’Neill (Oni)

Wallace the Brave, by Will Henry (Andrews McMeel)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

The Dam Keeper, by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi (First Second/Tonko House)

Jane, by Aline Brosh McKenna and Ramón K. Pérez (Archaia)

Louis Undercover, by Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault, translated by Christelle Morelli and Susan Ouriou (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi)

Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)

Spinning, by Tillie Walden (First Second)

Best Humor Publication

Baking with Kafka, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)

Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1, by Tom King, Lee Weeks, and Byron Vaughn (DC)

The Flintstones, by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, Rick Leonardi, and Scott Hanna (DC)

Rock Candy Mountain, by Kyle Starks (Image)

Wallace the Brave, by Will Henry (Andrews McMeel)

Best Anthology

A Bunch of Jews (and Other Stuff): A Minyen Yidn, by Max B. Perlson, Trina Robbins et al. (Bedside Press)

A Castle in England, by Jamie Rhodes et al. (Nobrow)

Elements: Fire, A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color, edited by Taneka Stotts (Beyond Press)

Now #1, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)

The Spirit Anthology, edited by Sean Phillips (Lakes International Comic Art Festival)

Best Reality-Based Work

Audubon: On the Wings of the World, by Fabien Grolleau and Jerémie Royer, translated by Etienne Gilfillan (Nobrow)

The Best We Could Do, by Thi Bui (Abrams ComicArts)

Calamity Jane: The Calamitous Life of Martha Jane Cannary, 1852–1903, by Christian Perrissin and Matthieu Blanchin, translated by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (IDW)

Lennon: The New York Years, by David Foenkinos, Corbeyran, and Horne, translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger (IDW)

Spinning, by Tillie Walden (First Second)

Best Graphic Album—New

Crawl Space, by Jesse Jacobs (Koyama Press)

Eartha, by Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics)

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)

Stages of Rot, by Linnea Sterte (Peow)

The Story of Jezebel, by Elijah Brubaker (Uncivilized Books)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

Boundless, by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)

Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Black Hole by Charles Burns, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)

Small Favors: The Definitive Girly Porno Collection, by Colleen Coover (Oni/Limerence)

Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero, by Michael DeForge (Drawn & Quarterly)

Unreal City, by D. J. Bryant (Fantagraphics)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

Beowulf, adapted by Santiago García and David Rubín (Image)

H. P. Lovecraft’s The Hound and Other Stories, adapted by Gou Tanabe, translated by Zack Davisson (Dark Horse)

Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, adapted by Christophe Chabouté, translated by Laure Dupont (Dark Horse)

Kindred, by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy and John Jennings (Abrams ComicArts)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

Audubon: On the Wings of the World, by Fabien Grolleau and Jerémie Royer, translated by Etienne Gilfillan (Nobrow)

Flight of the Raven, by Jean-Pierre Gibrat, translated by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander (EuroComics/IDW)

FUN, by Paolo Bacilieri, translated by Jamie Richards (SelfMadeHero)

Ghost of Gaudi, by El Torres and Jesús Alonso Iglesias, translated by Esther Villardón Grande (Lion Forge/Magnetic)

The Ladies-in-Waiting, by Santiago García and Javier Olivares, translated by Erica Mena (Fantagraphics)

Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for the Freedom, by Marcelo D’Salete, translated by Andrea Rosenberg (Fantagraphics)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

Furari, by Jiro Taniguchi, translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)

Golden Kamuy, by Satoru Noda, translated by Eiji Yasuda (VIZ Media)

My Brother’s Husband, vol. 1, by Gengoroh Tagame, translated by Anne Ishii (Pantheon)

Otherworld Barbara, vol. 2, by Moto Hagio, translated by Matt Thorn (Fantagraphics)

Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories, by Junji Itotranslated by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips

Celebrating Snoopy, by Charles M. Shulz, edited by Alexis E. Fajardo and Dorothy O’Brien (Andrews McMeel)

Crazy Quilt: Scraps and Panels on the Way to Gasoline Alley, by Frank King, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)

Foolish Questions and Other Odd Observations, by Rube Goldberg, edited by Peter Maresca and Paul C. Tumey (Sunday Press Books)

Sky Masters of the Space Force: The Complete Dailies, by Jack Kirby, Wally Wood et al., edited by Daniel Herman (Hermes Press)

Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Strips, vol. 1, by Russ Manning et al., edited by Dean Mullaney (LOAC/IDW)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books

Akira 35th Anniversary Edition, by Katsuhiro Otomo, edited by Haruko Hashimoto, Ajani Oloye, and Lauren Scanlan (Kodansha)

Behaving MADly, edited by Craig Yoe (Yoe Books/IDW)

The Collected Neil the Horse, by Arn Saba/Katherine Collins, edited by Andy Brown (Conundrum)

Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Jaime Hernandez, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)

Will Eisner: The Centennial Celebration, 1917-2017, by Paul Gravett, Denis Kitchen, and John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)

Best Writer

Tom King, Batman, Batman Annual #2, Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1, Mister Miracle (DC)

Matt Kindt, Grass Kings (BOOM! Studios); Ether (Dark Horse); Eternity, X-O Manowar (Valiant)

Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer (Dark Horse); Descender (Image)

Marjorie Liu, Monstress (Image)

Mark Russell, The Flintstones (DC)

Best Writer/Artist

Lorena Alvarez, Night Lights (Nobrow)

Chabouté, Moby Dick (Dark Horse); Alone, The Park Bench (Gallery 13/Simon & Schuster)

Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics)

Cathy Malkasian, Eartha (Fantagraphics)

Jiro Taniguchi, Furari, Louis Vuitton Travel Guide: Venice (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

Isabelle Arsenault, Louis Undercover (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi)

Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)

Gary Gianni, Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea (Dark Horse)

Ramón K. Perez, Jane (Archaia)

David Rubín, Black Hammer #9 & #12, Ether, Sherlock Frankenstein #1–3 (Dark Horse); Beowulf (Image)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

Federico Bertolucci, Love: The Dinosaur, Little Tails (Lion Forge/Magnetic)

EFA, Monet: Itinerant of Light (NBM)

Jean-Pierre Gibrat, Flight of the Raven (EuroComics/IDW)

Cyril Pedrosa, Portugal (NBM)

Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)

Best Cover Artist

Jorge Corona, No. 1 with a Bullet (Image)

Nick Derington, Mister Miracle (DC); Doom Patrol (DC Young Animal)

Brian Stelfreeze, Black Panther (Marvel)

Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)

Julian Totino Tedesco, Hawkeye (Marvel)

Best Coloring

Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics)

Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)

Ed Piskor, X-Men: Grand Design (Marvel)

David Rubín, Ether, Black Hammer, Sherlock Frankenstein (Dark Horse); Beowulf (Image)

Dave Stewart, Black Hammer, BPRD: Devil You Know, Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea, Sherlock Frankenstein, Shaolin Cowboy (Dark Horse); Maestros (Image)

Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, What Is Left (ShortBox)

Best Lettering

Isabelle Arsenault, Louis Undercover (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi)

Clayton Cowles, Bitch Planet: Triple Feature, Redlands, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Black Bolt, Spider-Gwen, Astonishing X-Men, Star Wars (Marvel)

Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics)

Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo, Groo: Slay of the Gods (Dark Horse)

John Workman, Mother Panic (DC Young Animal); Ragnorak (IDW)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)

The Comics Journal, edited by Dan Nadel, Timothy Hodler, and Tucker Stone, tcj.com (Fantagraphics)

Hogan’s Alley, edited by Tom Heintjes

Jack Kirby Collector, edited by John Morrow (TwoMorrows)

PanelXPanel magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, panelxpanel.com

Best Comics-Related Book

Deconstructing the Incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius, by Jean Annestay and Christophe Quillien (Humanoids)

How Comics Work, by Dave Gibbons and Tim Pilcher (Wellfleet Press/Quarto Group)

How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels, by Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden (Fantagraphics)

Line of Beauty: The Art of Wendy Pini, by Richard Pini (Flesk)

Monograph, by Chris Ware (Rizzoli)

To Laugh That We May Not Weep: The Life and Times of Art Young, by Glenn Bray and Frank M. Young (Fantagraphics)

Best Academic/Scholarly Work

The Comics of Charles Schulz: The Good Grief of Modern Life, edited by Jared Gardner and Ian Gordon (University Press of Mississippi)

Ethics in the Gutter: Empathy and Historical Fiction in Comics, by Kate Polak (Ohio State University Press)

Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics, by Frederick Luis Aldama (University of Arizona Press)

Neon Visions: The Comics of Howard Chaykin, by Brannon Costello (LSU Press)

Picturing Childhood: Youth in Transnational Comics, edited by Mark Heimermann and Brittany Tullis (University of Texas Press)

Best Publication Design

Akira 35th Anniversary Edition, designed by Phil Balsman, Akira Saito (Veia), NORMA Editorial, and MASH•ROOM (Kodansha)

Celebrating Snoopy, designed by Spencer Williams and Julie Phillips (Andrews McMeel)

Monograph, designed by Chris Ware (Rizzoli)

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, designed by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics)

Will Eisner: The Centennial Celebration, 1917-2017, designed by John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)

Best Digital Comic

Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology)

Barrier, by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin (Panel Syndicate)

The Carpet Merchant of Konstaniniyya, by Reimena Yee (reimenayee.com/the-carpet-merchant)

Contact High, by James F. Wright and Josh Eckert (gumroad.com/l/YnxSm)

Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost, by Harvey Kurtzman, Josh O’Neill, Shannon Wheeler, and Gideo Kendall (comiXology Originals/Kitchen, Lind & Associates)

Quince, by Sebastian Kadlecik, Kit Steinkellner, and Emma Steinkellner, translated by Valeria Tranier (Fanbase Press/comiXology)

Best Webcomic

Awaiting a Wave, by Dale Carpenter and Nate Powell, features.weather.com/us-climate-change/arkansas (The Weather Channel Digital)

Brothers Bond, by Kevin Grevioux and Ryan Benjamin, www.webtoons.com/en/action/brothers-bond/list?title_no=1191 (LINE Webtoon)

Dispatch from a Sanctuary City, by Mike Dawson, https://thenib.com/dispatch-from-a-sanctuary-city (The Nib)

The Tea Dragon Society, by Katie O’Neill, teadragonsociety.com

Welcome to the New World, by Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan, www.michaelsloan.net/welcome-to-the-new-world/ (New York Times Sunday Review)

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SÖNDAG 16/9 från kl. 11

Alla programpunkter är en timme långa om inte annat anges. 

BRUNCH! 11.00 (vegan)

12:00 Beuvoir: Motståndets estetik – affischer från utomparlamentarisk vänster 1970-2018.

"Hur berättar man historia. Hur gör man det i en vissa fall svåravgränsad rörelse som den utomparlamentariska vänstern. Grupper kommer och går, andra organisationer och nätverk har funnits länge. Vi valde att dokumentera vår rörelse genom nedslag i historien i form av en bok om den utomparlamentariska vänsterns affischer, så att dessa nedslag blir en del av en bredare historia över vad den utomparlamentariska rörelsen har arbetat med"Affischerna har samlats från norr till söder i Sverige och ett urval har gjort som täcker 1970-2018. Texterna till boken är av de aktivister som varit en del av de politiska projekten, en del texter längre, en del kortare. Alla viktiga. Kom och lyssna på några av dem som arbetat med boken om syfte, metod och diskussioner som förts under arbetets gång och få en chans att köpa boken.

12:00 Goldman: Varisverkosto - Info talk on the "612"-fascist march in Finland

Since 2014, on the Finnish Independence Day on 6th of December, a loose coalition of Finnish fascists have organised a “612” torch march in Helsinki, gathering at best over a thousand participants. Appealing to mainstream Finnish nationalism, the demonstration claims to be merely “patriotic” and not political, but through both its key organisers and participants, it can be linked directly to the fascist movement, including the Nordic Resistance Movement. The demonstration has revived a tradition of far-right demonstrations that has not existed in Finland in this scale since the Second World War. Protests against it have also gathered thousands. The talk by Finland-based antifascists will go through the backgrounds and history of the demonstration and the people behind it, as well as the history of opposition to it.

13:00 Beuvoir: AmAlia Alvarez - Hur ser det ut med representativiteten i den svenska seriebranschen?

Är (bristen på) representativitet ett problem? Med representativitet, menas i det här fallet, personer som rasifieras som icke-vita, som de VITA ”progressiva” tecknarna ritar. Amalia talar om uttrycket i konstformen serier, "för hur vi ser på oss själva, våra kroppar, det som omger oss. Vårt uttryck för socialrealism, satir, osv." Här behöver den svenska seriescenen berikas. ”De andra” erfarenheterna saknas, och det saknas inte bara i seriebranchen, utan i majoriteten av konstskolor, projekt, stipendier, etc. Alltså, icke vita i serier av VITA, kan inte ersätta serier av icke vita. Inte heller i andra typer av konst. För en majoritet av de icke vita organisationerna är den antirasistiska kampen, en politisk kamp, inte en fråga om moral. Det räcker inte med ursäkter. Vi vill ha verklig förändring av rasmaktordningen, menar Amalia.

14:00 Beuvoir: Jonas Lundström - Är det rimligt att hata polisen? 

En berättelse om brottsbekämpning, är en anarkistiskt inspirerad kritik av brottsbekämpningen, rättssystemet, och, inte minst, polisen. Aktivisten, författaren och frivilligarbetaren Jonas Lundström presenterar en analys rotad i både aktivistiska erfarenheter och etablerad forskning som lyfter fram brottsbekämpningen inte som en möjlighet, utan som ett problem.

Rättssystemet med dess poliser, domstolar, fängelser och ideologi skyddar en djupt ojämlik och destruktiv samhällsordning med våld, och vägrar se sig självt i spegeln, menar Jonas Lundström.

14:00 Goldman: Queera arbetarliv i arkiv

Röster med makt talar tydligare ur historien. Men i det här samtalet lyssnar vi efter queera arbetarröster. Hur går det till att leta i arkiv? Hur kommer framtiden hitta och minnas oss? Ett panelsamtal med Queerrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek (Qrab), Lesbisk Odyssé, Arne Nilsson (docent i sociologi) och Eva Borgström (lektor i Litteraturvetenskap vid Göteborgs Universitet). Samtalsledare är Nino Mick, poet. Punkten genomförs med stöd av Göteborgs stad.

15:00 Beuvoir: Liv Marend med kamrater - Antifascism & reproduktion

Rasism blev mainstream, och vips! som ett brev på posten är attackerna på kvinnors reproduktiva rättigheter ett faktum.Varför är fascister och rasister så besatta av att kontrollera kvinnors kroppar? Kan frågan om rätten till fri abort bli en splittrande faktor, vad gäller t ex stöd till SD?I Polen har frågan om inskärpta abortlagar lett till den mest omfattande proteströrelsen sedan kriget, med landsomfattande strejker och tio tusentals folk på gatorna. Frågan har blivit en vattendelare i ett samhälle präglat av konservativ religiositet där rasistiska krafter vinner mark. Kvinnans rätt till sin egen kropp, makt över reproduktiv hälsa och säkra och gratis aborter har varit nyckelfrågor och framgångsrika kamper för kvinno och arbetarrörelsen. Det är en viktig del av vår moderna historia. Attackerna på våra kroppar och liv är återigen ett faktum. Vad kan vi lära av historien, av våra kamrater i Polen? Varför har frågan om reproduktion en given plats i en antifascistisk praktik? Hur ska vi ta oss an den kommande fajten? Kom och bli inspirerad att ta fajten!

16:00 Goldman: anarkism.info - vad är anarkism?

Vi får anarkism förklarat för oss av ett decentraliserat anarkistiskt mediekollektiv vars syfte är att sprida anarkistisk media (texter, affischer, filmer, etc). 

16:00 Beuvoir: Feministisk antifascism - feministiska strategier och antifascistisk kamp – tre kvinnor, tre generationer, tre städer (1,5h)

Panelsamtal mellan tre kvinnor med lång erfarenhet av antifascistiskt arbete i olika städer. Samtalet tar utgångspunkt i hur vi skapar en tydlig feministisk antifascism. Medverkande: Annika Tigeryd, 62, aktivist som inte tror på parlamentarismen i sin nuvarande form men har stor tro på människors organisering. Liv Marend, 42, är aktiv i KÄMPA STHLM och har lång erfarenhet av fackligt arbete med fokus på internationella frågor och antifascism på gräsrotsnivå. Aktivist i 20 årsåldern från Revolutionære Antifascister i Köpenhamn, en grupp som på många plan aktivt bekämpar fascism och alla former för förtryck. Moderator: Hanna Höie 

17:00 Goldman: Anarchist Black Cross Göteborg - Workshop: antirepression, säkerhetskultur & digitalt självförsvar för anarkister & andra upprorsmakareI 

Våra kamper mot kapitalismen, mot gränser och murar, försöker staten (och andra) konstant att kartlägga våra aktiviteter för att försvaga och försvåra vår organisering. Denna ökande form av kontroll gör oss sårbara men det finns verktyg till vårt förfogande som kan skydda oss och våra kamrater om vi använder dem rätt. I workshopen går vi igenom säker kommunicering, lösenordshantering, kryptering och Internet-, data- och mobilsäkerhet.

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Melin Byström (Salome)

Evgeny Nikitin (Jochanaan)

Doris Soffel (Herodies)

Lance Ryan (Herodes)

Salome DNO 207 Producció Ivo van Hove

La nova producció de Salome de Richard Strauss deguda a Ivo van Hove i en la part musical a Daniele Gatti al capdavant de la “seva” poderosa, luxosa i quasi diria que luxuriosa “nova” orquestra, la històrica Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, ha estat el darrer títol de la temporada 2016/2017 de la Dutch National Opera & Ballet-

El Canal Mezzo la va oferir el dia 27 de juny i avui protagonitza l’apunt de IFL, un apunt que ja us anuncio pletòric i feliç després d’uns quants desencisos.

Comptar en el fossat i per a una òpera post romàntica amb la Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra és ja tenir el 50% o més de l’èxit garantit i si el director sap extreu-li tots els infinits matisos, des d’un inici extremadament suau a un esclat de violenta sensualitat i horror al final. Gatti extrau or i diamants de l’orquestra  i tota la progressió dramàtica atrapa a l’oïdor sense cap mena de concessió i respir. No sé si a la sala l’orquestra tenia un volum excessiu respecte a les veus, la transmissió ho dóna a entendre, però potser és degut a una presa de so desequilibrada. El cas és que en els grans esclats orquestrals i n’hi ha molts, algunes veus queden tapades.

Gatti atorga a la seva direcció d’un gran lirisme i d’una sensualitat que és el motor indiscutible de gran part l’obra, sense defugir els esclats més violents i atonals que també té la partitura i que en ocasions tenen l’efecte de cops de puny imprevists al sotaventre enmig de les orgiàstiques i decadents grans frases melòdiques straussianes. Gatti aclapara, enlluerna i meravella, mostrant una vegada més el gran mestratge, categoria i sensibilitat musical que alguns es resisteixen a reconèixer.

Extraordinaris els grans interludis simfònics inclosa l’esperada dansa dels 7 vels, tot i que Gatti ens reservva la gran catarsi, com ha de ser, pel final.

L’estupenda soprano sueca Malin Byström debutava amb aquest rols i la veritat és que no podia sortir-ne més airosa. La seva Salome és extraordinàriament convincent en els aspectes vocals i dramàtics del rol. La figura l’acompanya, és una Salome aristocràtica, sensual, mai vulgar, quasi marmòria gràcies a una blancor corporal que contrasta de manera inquietant amb la negror de l’escenari. Vocalment la seva Salome és lírica, amb un centre prou important com per imposar-se en les parts més dramàtiques que també té la partitura, mentre que el seu  registre agut és precís, acerat, però mai feridor i utilitza les mitges veus per dotar el seu relat de la sensualitat imprescindible. És una interpretació captivadora, amb el punt necessari de feblesa jovenívola d’una adolescent, que Byström dóna amb naturalitat grpacies a un físic ideal, però sempre amb la fermesa vocal que li exigeix Strauss i que ella acompanya amb una personalitat escènica i dramàtica admirable. Admirable!

Evgeny Nikitin és un magnífic Jochanaan, amb alguna que altra fixació marca de la casa, però també exhibint la solidesa vocal que el rol requereix en les seves altisonants proclames.

Doris Soffel a menys d’un any de fer-ne 70, canta Herodies, quelcom que moltes mezzosopranos no poden fer en una edat menys avançada. L’autoritat escènica i la fermesa vocal que encara demostra, la fan admirable.

Lance Ryan amb totes les seves limitacions i defectes tècnics que tant m’han fet patir quan canta els rols wagnerians fa un Herodes excessivament caricaturesc en les inflexions vocals seguint la tradició dels tenors que interpreten el rol, si bé aquesta vegada els defectes quasi esdevenen virtut.

Boníssima línea vocal la de Peter Sonn en un Narraboth de relleu, mentre que Hanna Hipp com el patge d’Herodies no pot traspassar la majoria de vegades que intervé, la barrera sonora orquestral

Natzarens, jueus i soldats esplèndids.

La producció d’Ivo van Hove és malgrat l’excés sanguinolent del final amb tot el cos de Jochanaan sobre l’escenari empastifant-ho tot, un encert d’idees, de plasticitat i també de sobrietat teatral, amb recursos discutibles i arriscats a l’hora d’acompanyar la dansa dels vels, però sense cap mena de dubte interessants i intel·ligents.

L’acció es situa als anys 50 del segle passat (el vestit i el pentinat d’Herodies serveix de guia) Ambient d’alta burgesia i boníssim treball d’actors.

L’immens escenari despullat i negre, només amb un detall de color al bell mig del fons de l’escenari, que mostra durant la primera part l’interior del palau, són els únics elements escenogràfics a banda de la lluna que acabarà sent imponent, al costat d’unes projeccions de vídeo que serviran per mostrar mentre Salomé balla, una pas a deux mental de la filla del Tetrarca amb el profeta. L’essència de la producció és el treball teatral amb els cantants, i tots ells de manera més aviat sòbria conformen una representació notable d’una visió contemporània de la destrucció humana en un nucli familiar que ben bé podria estar signar per Douglas Sirk.

Richard Strauss SALOME

Herodes Lance Ryan Herodias Doris Soffel Salome Malin Byström Jochanaan Evgeny Nikitin Narraboth Peter Sonn Ein Page der Herodias Hanna Hipp Fünf Juden Dietmar Kerschbaum Marcel Reijans, Mark Omvlee Marcel Beekman Alexander Vassiliev Zwei Nazarener James Creswell Roger Smeets Zwei Soldaten James Platt Alexander Milev Ein Cappadocier Michael Wilmering – talentontwikkeling Ein Sklave Jeroen de Vaal

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Direcció musical: Daniele Gatti Direcció d’escena: Ivo van Hove Escenografia: Jan Versweyveld Disseny de vestuari: An D’Huys Disseny de llums: Jan Versweyveld

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Àmsterdam 27 de juny de 2017

Avui torna Strauss a IFL i sempre que torna penso que en comparació amb altres compositors ell el sovinteja poc. Celebrem-ho perquè motius en tenim.

L’apunt el dedico a les “Abras Sisters”, ambdues, sí, tot i que una que potser s’ha desplaçat a la capital holandesa per veure-la en directe, serà una mica més feliç que l’altra. Aquí ja sabeu que mentre pugui no me n’estic de res.

DNO 2016/2017: SALOME (Byström-Nikitin-Soffel-Ryan-Soon;van Hove.Gatti) La nova producció de Salome de Richard Strauss deguda a Ivo van Hove i en la part musical a…

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Pre-show lecture by #HGO #Dramaturg Mena Mark Hanna #Opera #HoustonGrandOpera #TexasMusic #HoustonMusic (at Wortham Theater Center)