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ultraericthered · 11 days ago

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One Villainous Scene: Despair, That's All.

Danganronpa: The Animation is a one cours anime adaptation of Trigger Happy Havoc: Danganronpa that does exceptionally well at packing in the overall story of the VN while streamlining events and cutting down on things that could not be replicated in this format, and it really probably works as well as it does solely due to Seiji Kishi being the director of the thing. Moments in the show managing to outdo the source material is a rarity, but it did happen at times and it's especially true of this scene which closed out the series premiere.

Monokuma appearing before the Ultimate students and telling them they need to be properly motivated if any of them is to resort to attempting murder in order to escape Hope's Peak Academy plays out the way you'd think it would, but the shift comes once everyone is in the AV Room. In the VN, the video Makoto watches of his family has this hamfisted voiceover narration from Monokuma and it ends with a promise that answers to the questions poised by the video will come on Graduation Day. The anime, meanwhile, goes for a far more effective horror approach - there is no voiceover, the family is there giving their greeting one moment, then the next they're gone and the room's been torn apart and vandalized. Makoto's reaction and the change in score and atmosphere speak such volumes that no narration is needed, and we can see other students reacting to whatever their videos entail in very similar ways all around. While Junko likes to be very showy with her despair-inducing antics, for motivating her peers into possibly contemplating and committing murder, a simple, almost banal way of unleashing desapir into their systems suffices much better. Like the tiniest, most not complicated way of setting off a chain reaction of messy pain and suffering.

As Sayaka is having a total meltdown, Kyoko is one of the few who's keeping their heads, and this is when the anime decides to relocate what was in the VN a throwaway bit in the caffeteria to this scene as a way to really conpound how crucial this is as an early turning point. When Monokuma reappears on the monitor, Kyoko asks him straight up "Who are you really? What are you getting out of this?" Turning the matter of motivation back around on the Mastermind. Of course Junko is all too happy to answer the question, so through Monokuma she responds first with mockery and then abruptly drops every single pretense of playfulness and whimsy as she answers: "Despair. That's all I want." (Or in this dub "My payoff...is your despair!", made equally effective particularly by Greg Ayres' malicious delivery.)

It's at that mention of despair that Sayaka succumbs to such despair, running out of the room in a vain effort to find any possible way out of this building, away from this situation, away from that goddamn bear and his sick little mind games. Makoto tries to talk her out of it and give her hopeful reassurance, but all Sayaka can do is break down into sobs, collapsing onto Makoto as she wails in anguish, which doesn't do a lot to reassure Makoto. Rather than relocating to a classroom, soothing Sayaka's spirits and calming her back down fairly easily and then getting interrupted by Monokuma making dirty sex jokes like in the VN, we stay in the hallway in the anime, and Sayaka's crying is soon joined by a second noise - Monokuma doing a jeering, unflattering imperession of that crying. While many of the students stand in silence in the halls and a few others remain seated in the AV Room, Junko goes full ham on the fake crying through Monokuma before she can't anymore and it transitions into giddy, cruel, absolutely malevolent laughter. Monokuma's evil cackling is the last thing we hear at the zoom-in on his face as Episode 1 ends.

A perfect way of selling the twisted horror and despair of what Junko Enoshima has in mind for all her friends at Hope's Peak Academy.

#One Villainous Scene #Danganronpa #anime #Junko Enoshima #Monokuma #ultimate despair

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grendelwrites · 1 month ago

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The second chapter for 'Ravens Ever After' is now live. This is a crossover fanfiction of RWBY and Armored Core 6.

I sincerely apologize for the delay, but here I am and here it is.

As before, please let me know what you think, and feel free to post asks. I will do my best to answer them in a timely fashion.

Synopsis:

Class is in session at Beacon Academy, and Team RWBY have just started their second semester, training to protect the world of Remnant from the Creatures of Grimm. But not all is as it seems. Shadowy groups are drawing up sinister plans, and it's up to Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang to investigate before things get out of hand.

Meanwhile, on the remote planet Rubicon 3, Augmented Human C4-621—callsign 'Raven'—and Ayre cast the die, unleashing the promise of Coral Release. But instead of symbiosis, 621 and Ayre are whisked away from Rubicon and split apart from each other against their will.

Forced to take separate paths, 621 and Ayre now find themselves on Remnant. Ayre winds up in Vale, and runs into a startled Team RWBY in the middle of a firefight. And 621 crash-lands into Mistral, where she—and her thirteen meter tall war machine—falls in with bandit leader Raven Branwen.

Between superhuman Huntsmen, the Grimm, and Remnant's eclectic inhabitants, 621 and Ayre struggle to reunite. Even as their very presence sets Remnant on a course of events that no one can predict...

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writingamongther0ses · 6 months ago

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Shooting an sts ask back at you :3

Are there any pets in your stories?

Yes!

In Bride of Loki, the Brynhildr family has several dogs for different purposes, including Kari's personal hunting dog...I don't remember the name.

In Bad End, MA and Riley share the Cat as a familiar. There's also a goat named Lil' Ghompers that just hangs around the Ayres' house. He's technically wild but the Ayres take charge in feeding and watering him.

In Clip Your Wings, R.K. has an aquarium that is her pride and joy. She also got a pet bull for her twelfth birthday (Poseidon making up for the lack of spoiling), but Pelops refused to let her take him home, so he lives on the Academy's farm, making beautiful little baby calves.

#Storyteller Saturday #Bride of Loki #Bad End #Clip Your WIngs #writeblr #wip

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scotianostra · 5 months ago

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On July 5th 1820, William Rankine, the engineer and physicist, was born.

William John Macquorn Rankine was the son of professional soldier and later civil engineer David Rankine and the daughter of Glasgow banker Barbara Grahame. He attended grammar school at Ayr and Glasgow only a few years after the family moved there in 1830.

After reading, at the age of fourteen, Isaac Newton's greatest work, Principia Mathematica in Latin, he became interested in physics.

At the age of sixteen, in 1836, he began to study natural science at the University of Edinburgh, where he was taught, among other things, natural philosophy under James David Forbes and natural history under Robert Jameson.

In 1838 he left the university and became an assistant to the Irish civil engineer John Benjamin MacNeill. He worked here on the design of railways, the construction of ports and the construction of sewers. In 1855 he was appointed Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Glasgow.

Rankine became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1849 and of the Royal Society in London in 1853. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Swedish Society of Sciences and of the American American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1857 he founded a Scottish branch of the "Institution of Civil Engineers" and served as its first president until 1870. In 1857 Rankine received an honorary doctorate from Trinity College, Dublin.

In addition to his work as a civil engineer, Rankine has made a number of contributions to science. He wrote standard works on mechanics, the theory and practice of steam, the principles of civil engineering, and mechanical principles of construction.

Rankine's work was able to bridge the gap between engineering practice and scientific inquiry.

More on the man here https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/36950

#scotland #scottish #history #engineer #scentist #physisist

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underthewingsofthblackeagle · 7 months ago

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It's the birthday of Marcus Aurelius! He was born on 26 April 121 AD.

What better way to celebrate than having a mini Conversations with Modern Stoicism event with one of our favourite Marcus Aurelius authors? Join us for free here: https://lu.ma/flftbt9f?tk=BYyZCt

This event is scheduled for one hour, though we are likely to have a bit of encore Q&A with Donald. He is currently in Athens, Greece and will be delivering his presentation from there.

We are squeezing this session into an hour. We'll have an intro, Donald's Presentation, Q&A, Breakout Sessions, and then an open conversation and Q&A with the audience.

Join us for this special Marcus Aurelius Birthday Celebration on Friday, 26 April! Donald Robertson was born in Irvine, Scotland, and grew up in Ayr. He worked as a psychotherapist for about twenty years in London, England, where he had a clinic in Harley Street, and ran a training school for therapists. He emigrated to Canada in 2013 and began focusing more on writing and consultancy. He now divides his time between Greece and Canada. He is one of the founding members of the Modern Stoicism nonprofit, and the founder and president of the Plato’s Academy Centre nonprofit in Athens, Greece.

#Donald J. Robertson #Thinking Like A Roman Emperor #Marcus Aureliuzs #Modern Stoicism #Scotland #Greece #Canada

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alldancersaretalented · 1 year ago

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Some 24 Seven Reno Results:

I only included dancers/studios I watch :)

Sidekick Solos:

8th: Charlotte LaMoyne (Yoko's)

Mini Solos:

1st: Jessica Sutton (K2)

2nd: Adiyah Ayres (K2)

4th: Anya Li (Yoko's)

Junior Solos:

1st: Avery Yamaguchi (Yoko's), Piper Perusse (Company Space), Iris Chan (Yoko's), Mika Takase (Nor Cal)

2nd: Aria Du (Yoko's)

4th: Kamran Motahari (Yoko's)

10th: Arielle Konaris (Yoko's)

Teen Solos:

1st: Taylor Morrison (DC2)

2nd: Cooper Macalalad (Base Dance Company)

4th: Esme Chou (WDP), Isabella Tjoe (Yoko's), Halle Hunt (CSPAS)

5th: Ava Ding (Yoko's)

6th: Malia Williams (The Academy), Claire Kingston (N10)

7th: Olivia Cook (The Academy), Emilie Ko (Yoko's)

8th: Madeline Luu (Yoko's), Braelyn Schaffer (Yoko's)

9th: Lena Hirsch (CSPAS), Isabel Dela Cruz (Yoko's)

10th: Sasha Massaband (Yoko's)

Senior Solos:

1. Tatiana Hagee (Evolve Dance Complex)

#dance #24/7 #reno #dancer #talent

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papermoonloveslucy · 2 years ago

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MOVIES on TV!

Part 3 ~ The Movies of “Here’s Lucy”

In “Here’s Lucy,” Lucille Ball had a new character, a new family, and a new show - but one thing remained constant, her love of movies! Here are some of the movies (real and imagined) of “Here’s Lucy.”

~FACTUAL FILMS~

“Lucy and Carol Burnett” aka “The Unemployment Follies” (1971)

Carol and Lucy stage a tribute to Hollywood using unemployed actors. The films mentioned and/or feted include:

TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944)

BLUE ANGEL (1930)

CASABLANCA (1942)

42ND STREET (1933)

THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)

ROSE MARIE (1954)

The set is decorated with posters from:

HOLLYWOOD OR BUST (1956)

SAMPSON AND DELILAH (1949)

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (1952)

SHORT CUT TO HELL (1957)

GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)

UNDER TWO FLAGS (1936)

“Ginger Rogers Comes To Tea” (1971)

Ginger Rogers leaves her purse in a movie theatre where she's gone incognito to see one of her films for the first time. Lucy and Harry discover the purse and hope to get to meet the star in person by inviting her to tea. Instead of working late, Lucy tells Harry that she wants to go to a Ginger Rogers Film Festival. They are showing Tender Comrade (1943) and Flying Down To Rio (1933), two films made at RKO, which eventually became Desilu.

Rogers tells Lucy she has done 73 movies. Rattling off some of Rogers' hits, Lucy adds a sugar cube to Ginger's tea for each title: Top Hat, Roberta, Flying Down To Rio, Follow the Fleet, Shall We Dance, and The Barkleys of Broadway. When Lucy realizes she's put six lumps of sugar in Ginger's tea, Rogers says she only wanted Top Hat and Roberta (two lumps).

Trying to impugn the taste in films of the mystery woman (a disguised Ginger Rogers), Lucy tells her to try back next week and they might be showing Beach Blanket Bingo (1965). This was the fourth of the light comic films set on the California beach starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.

After dancing the Charleston with Lucy and Kim, Lucy asks Rogers to do a scene from Kitty Foyle, Ginger’s Oscar-winning role. Rogers graciously declines, asking Lucy to become a Katherine Hepburn fan instead!

“Guess Who Owes Lucy $23.50?” (1968)

Lucy loans Van Johnson money to fix his car – but the man turns out to be an impostor. This episode is written for Van Johnson to work in a not-so-subtle plug for their latest film Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) starring Henry Fonda.

VAN IMPOSTER:“I loved working with that kooky redhead.” LUCY: “Personally, I thought she was much too young for Henry Fonda.”

Lucy says she remembers Johnson from his appearance in The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947). She later tells him she saw the film 17 times! When Lucy is escorted out by the studio guards at Van’s direction, Lucy says that now she’s glad he got court martialed in The Caine Mutiny (1954).

“Lucy and Aladdin’s Lamp” (1971)

When Lucy holds a garage sale, she discovers an old lamp that she believes may be make wishes come true. Lucy pulls out a fur-lined jacket she says was worn by Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce. The 1945 film won Crawford an Academy Award. Craig says that judging by the shoulder pads she could have worn it in The Spirit of Notre Dame, a 1931 football-themed movie starring Lew Ayres.

“Lucy and Flip Go Legit” (1971)

Lucy takes a temp assignment with Flip Wilson in order to answer his fan mail. When she is caught sneaking into Wilson’s office to ask him a favor, she gets caught and fired. The favor is to appear in a community theatre production of Gone With The Wind (1939) – as Prissy. Lucy plays Scarlett O’Hara, Harry plays Rhett Butler, and Kim takes the role of Melanie Wilkes.

“Won’t You Calm Down Dan Dailey?” (1971)

Lucy gets a job working for Dan Dailey. When he starts to dictate a letter to Paul Newman at Universal Studios, Lucy says she saw Newman on the late show in Winning, a 1969 film about a race car driver.

“Lucy and Rudy Vallée” (1970)

Famous crooner Rudy Vallée is waiting tables to pass the time until his music comes back into style. Lucy convinces Kim to help update his look and sound while Harry gets him a booking at the local teen hangout. When a life-size portrait of Vallée in a raccoon coat is revealed, Vallée says he wore the coat in his first picture, Varsity Hero, a silent picture where critics raved about his singing!

In reality, Vallée’s first film (aside from two shorts playing himself) was The Vagabond Lover in 1929.

“Lucy and Chuck Connors Have a Surprise Slumber Party” (1974)

Harry rents out Lucy’s home for a movie shoot. After causing several re-takes, Lucy is banished from her own home. When she returns early, she doesn’t know that Chuck Connors is staying overnight – in her bed!

Jerry, the film’s director, tells Chuck that his film Good Morning, Miss Dove starring Jennifer Jones is on television that night. Connors says the film was one of the few times he got to nuzzle something besides a horse. Released in 1955 by 20th Century Fox, the film co-stars Mary Wickes, a frequent guest star on all of Lucille Ball’s sitcoms. It also features Jerry Paris, who directed two episodes of “Here’s Lucy” before being fired, and Robert Stack of Desilu’s “The Untouchables.” Other “Lucy” alumni in the film include Herb Vigran, Hal Taggart, and Arthur Tovey – all appearing uncredited.

“Lucy Meets the Burtons” (1972)

The hotel manager tells Burton that the back door is mobbed by the Elizabeth Taylor Fan Club – Glendale Chapter. Membership to the club requires seeing National Velvet 10 times! National Velvet (1945) was made when Taylor was just twelve years old.

“Lucy’s House Guest, Harry” (1971)

As Harry is finally is finally about to leave, Lucy has a horrible thought: what if he is like Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner and falls on his way out and must stay with them even longer? The play, by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, opened on Broadway in 1939. It starred Lucille Ball's good friend (and “Here's Lucy” performer) Mary Wickes as Nurse Preen. Wickes was one of several actors who recreated their roles in the 1942 film adaptation.

~FICTIONAL FILMS~

“Lucy, the American Mother” (1970)

Craig makes a film about Lucy, a typical American mother. During the episode, Kim does impressions of Katharine Hepburn in Stage Door (1937), a film that also featured Lucille Ball, Maurice Chevalier in Innocents of Paris (1929), and Bette Davis in The Great Lie (1941).

The title of Craig's movie will be “A Day in the Life of My Mother.” When Lucy can't seem to act natural in front of Craig's camera, she suggests he get someone else to play his mother; someone like Raquel Welch, Carol Burnett, or Don Knotts.

~FILM INSPIRATIONS~

“My Fair Buzzi” (1972)

Kim’s shy and awkward friend Annie (Ruth Buzzi) comes out of her shell in order to audition for a 1920s revue, only to find the director was looking for someone shy and awkward in the first place! The episode title and story of transformation were inspired by the 1956 Broadway musical and 1964 film My Fair Lady, which, in turn, was inspired by George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. Both are mentioned in the dialogue of the episode.

“Dirty Gertie” (1972)

Lucy gets a surprise fruit basket and heads downtown to share her good fortune with her hairdresser. On the street she is mistaken for Dirty Gertie, an apple peddler who just happens to be the good luck charm of a local gangster. This episode was inspired by the 1961 Frank Capra film Pocketful of Miracles in which Bette Davis played Apple Annie, a poor woman reduced to selling apples on the street. The film featured previous “Lucy” co-stars Edward Everett Horton, Jay Novello, Ann-Margret (film debut), Sheldon Leonard, Jerome Cowan, Fritz Feld, Ellen Corby, Benny Rubin, Hayden Rorke, Bess Flowers, Vito Scotti, Bert Stevens, Arthur Tovey, and Romo Vincent.

“Lucy Runs the Rapids” (1969)

The Carters take a road trip in a camper. The episode opens with the soundtrack playing “Breezin’ Along”, the theme song from The Long, Long Trailer (1954), a film starring Lucy and Desi as a couple honeymooning in a trailer.

~FILM FAKES~

“Lucy Cuts Vincent’s Price” (1970)

Price is filming a new horror film titled Who’s Afraid of Virginia’s Wolfman? He says it has the best title since he starred in The Giant Chihuahua That Ate Chicago.

~FILM REFERENCES~

“Lucy, the Cement Worker” (1969)

In Pierre’s the knife thrower’s studio, there is a handbill on the bulletin board for ‘Cherokee Jim’s Rodeo and Wild West Show’, which is a direct reference to the 1945 film Incendiary Blonde starring Betty Hutton as Texas Guinan. The film was directed by George Marshall for Paramount, the same director and studio producing this episode of “Here’s Lucy” 25 years later!

“Lucy in the Jungle” (1971)

When Harry sees baby chimps Fido and Rover, he reminds Lucy and Kim that King Kong started out as a baby, too! King Kong, Hollywood’s tale of a giant ape, was first filmed in 1933, then re-made in 1976 and 2005. Fay Wray, one of the stars of the original film, also made The Bowery that same year, one of Lucille Ball’s first films.

“Lucy and the Ex-Con” (1969)

Lucy and Rocky (Wally Cox) go undercover as little old ladies to catch a crook. When Lucy and Rocky pass out (as planned) one of the crooks says to the bartender “Give me a hand with arsenic and old face.” Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 film where two elderly spinsters serve lethal glasses of elderberry wine to unsuspecting older gentlemen and bury them in their basement!

“Lucy and The Generation Gap” (1969)

Lucy and Uncle Harry help Kim and Craig stage the school musical. In the first act of the musical set in ancient Rome, Lucille Ball is reading a magazine called 'Roman Scandals’. Roman Scandals is also the title of Lucille Ball’s uncredited film debut in 1933.

“Lucy and Shelley Winters” (1968)

Hired to watch over dieting movie star Shelley Summers. On the mantle of Summers' apartment is a photo of a svelte Shelley Winters from the 1950 film Frenchie. She glances guiltily at the photo when she is about to overeat.

“Lucy Carter Meets Lucille Ball” (1974)

Although Lucille Ball's dressing room wall is lined with photographs of Mame and the soundtrack plays the title tune by Jerry Herman, the name of the movie is never specifically mentioned. The film was given its world premiere on March 7, 1974 three days after this episode first aired, and released nationally three weeks later. As Mame, Lucy failed to ‘charm the husk off of the corn.’

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byneddiedingo · 2 years ago

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Tim Holt, Humphrey Bogart, and Walter Huston in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948)

Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane, Alfonso Bedoya, Arturo Soto Rangel, Manuel Dondé, Jose Torvé, Margarito Luna. Screenplay: John Huston, based on a novel by B. Traven. Cinematography: Ted D. McCord. Art direction: John Hughes. Film editing: Owen Marks. Music: Max Steiner.

It's always shocking to realize that Humphrey Bogart failed to be nominated for an Oscar for his performance as the bitter, paranoid Fred C. Dobbs, the anti-hero of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. I mean, who today remembers some of the performances that were nominated instead: Lew Ayres in Johnny Belinda (Jean Negulesco)? Dan Dailey in When My Baby Smiles at Me (Walter Lang)? Clifton Webb in Sitting Pretty (Lang)? To the Academy's credit, John Huston won as both director and screenwriter, and his father, Walter, won the supporting actor Oscar -- the first instance of someone directing his own father to an Academy Award for acting -- which his smartly delineated old coot certainly deserved. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre has a generosity of characterization in both the screenplay by John Huston from B. Traven's novel and the performances of Bogart, Walter Huston, and Tim Holt. Let's also put in a word for Holt, who had one of the odder careers of a potential Hollywood star: He gave good performances in some of the best movies to come out of the studios in the 1940s, including The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942) and My Darling Clementine (John Ford, 1946), and was a handsome and capable presence in them. But even after working for Welles, Ford, and Huston, after The Treasure of the Sierra Madre he went back to performing in B-movie Westerns, which had been the stock in trade of his father, Jack Holt (who has a small part as a flophouse bum in this film). Tim Holt's heart seemed not to be in the movie business, and he retired to his ranch, making only a few appearances after 1952. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre was mostly filmed on location -- a rarity for the time -- in the state of Durango and the town of Tampico, Mexico. (Some scenes had to be shot in the studio, of course, and it's easy to spot the artificial lighting and hear the sound stage echoes in these, which don't match up to the ones Ted McCord filmed on location.)

#The Treasure of the Sierra Madre #John Huston #Tim Holt #Humphrey Bogart #Walter Huston

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theoriesanddocuments · 2 years ago

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The wide brush marks and chunky, interlocking forms in Cali’s paintings sent me looking for other artists whose mark-making practice was similar. Ayres and Tomasko’s brushy marks seem very authentic, unpretentious, and direct.

Gillian Ayres (British 1930-2018). Mambo, date unknown. Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches. Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, U.K. Source.

Phaëthon 1990. Oil on canvas, 96 x 144 inches. Tate, London.

Popolo 1997. Oil on canvas, 96 x 120 inches. Source.

Liliane Tomasko (British, born in Switzerland in 1967). Innocent Structure 2022. Acrylic and oil stick on paper, 20 x 16 inches. Source.

#Mentored Studies W23 05 Including Unstretched Canvas

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grumpycakes · 2 years ago

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Silas uses hug on tired, sad Cien, it is very effective

Guess I needed some brain catnip and comfort, so I drew mine and @netlexia 's OCs. And as always I just wanna shower Cien w warmth and safety and peace

Kofi | twitch | insta | twitter | tiktok

#melart #my ocs #original character #gay #hug #digital art #digital artist #artists on tumblr #digital sketch #Ayres Academy #Silas #Cien Iales #cielas #Cien is a stray cat that needs a good home and I am taking him in dammit

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sonyclasica · 6 months ago

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DOROTHEE OBERLINGER Y ENSEMBLE 1700

ANDREA BERNASCONI: L'UOMO

Grabación en primicia mundial de una brillante ópera barroca a cargo de la premiada Dorothee Oberlinger con su Ensemble 1700 y un excelente elenco de solistas.

La ópera L'Huomo se estrenó en la Markgräfliche Opernhaus de Bayreuth en 1754 con motivo de la visita de Federico II; en 2023 volvió al escenario de Bayreuth. Wilhelmine de Bayreuth, hermana de Federico II de Prusia, fue la libretista de L'Huomo (ambiguamente: Hombre y el Hombre) y la tradujo al italiano para el compositor Andrea Bernasconi (1706-1784), que trabajaba en Múnich en la corte real y a quien ella encargó la composición de la música. Más de doscientos años después y tras años de exhaustiva investigación, Dorothee Oberlinger con su Ensemble 1700 y un excelente elenco de solistas grabó la obra en estreno mundial en la Markgräfliche Opernhaus de Bayreuth. Su música versátil contrasta maravillosamente elementos trágicos y humorísticos, todo ello en el estilo conmovedor y cautivador de la ópera barroca italiana.

SOBRE LOS ARTISTAS

ENSEMBLE 1700

Fundado en 2002 por Dorothee Oberlinger, el conjunto se dedica a la música de cámara europea de los siglos XVII y XVIII. Basándose en el conocimiento musicológico y la práctica interpretativa, junto con el más alto nivel de capacidad técnica, el conjunto produce variados programas de conciertos que son recibidos con entusiasmo por la prensa y el público. Actuaciones como invitado en importantes salas y festivales de música de Europa y EE.UU. han dado a conocer internacionalmente al conjunto. Para proyectos individuales, el conjunto cuenta con colaboradores destacados como Reinhard Goebel como director, el virtuoso de la flauta travesera y la musette François Lazarevitch, el gambista Vittorio Ghielmi, el contratenor Andreas Scholl y el violinista y contratenor Dmitry Sinkovsky. Como orquesta de ópera, el Ensemble 1700, bajo la dirección de Dorothee Oberlinger, ha interpretado hasta ahora Lucio Cornelio Silla de Haendel, Polifemo de Bonincini (¡OPUS Klassik 2021!) y Pastorelle en musique de Telemann.

DOROTHEE OBERLINGER

Como flautista de pico, directora de conjunto, directora de festival y profesora, Dorothee Oberlinger es una de las personalidades más influyentes de la música antigua: celebrada en todo el mundo con premios como el ECHO Klassik, el Diapason d'Or, el ICMA Award, el OPUS Klassik (Instrumentista del Año 2020) y el Premio Telemann de la Ciudad de Magdeburgo 2020. Como solista ha trabajado desde 2002 con su Ensemble 1700, así como con conjuntos barrocos como los Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca, Musica Antiqua Köln, l'arte del mondo, B'Rock, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Academy of Ancient Music, Al Ayre Españnol, L'Arte dei Suonatori, Zefiro o Concerto Köln. Desde 2004 es profesora en la Universidad Mozarteum de Salzburgo (2008-18 directora del Instituto de Música Antigua, actualmente subdirectora del Instituto de Música Nueva). Es directora artística del Festival Barroco de Bad Arolsen y, desde 2018, del Festival de Música de Potsdam Sanssouci. Ha publicado numerosas grabaciones de gran éxito y muy elogiadas como solista para Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, su álbum navideño "Pastorale" se convirtió en uno de los álbumes clásicos más vendidos en 2022 e incluso entró en las listas de los 100 mejores álbumes. Desde 2016 realiza aclamadas grabaciones de óperas barrocas poco comunes: Pastorelle en musique" de Telemann, "Polifemo" de Bonincini y en 2023 la grabación del estreno mundial de la ópera "I Portentosi Effetti Della Madre Natura" de Giuseppe Scarlatti que recibió fantásticas críticas como todos sus álbumes para DHM. "Delicadamente fundida... sorprendente e inteligente", escribió el FAZ, y “¡fulminante! Oberlinger da en la diana con este hallazgo. ¡Tres horas de éxtasis operístico! Todos los puestos del reparto son fuertes en este bello conjunto en el escenario y en la orquesta, pero juntos son irresistibles en esta velada de verano", dijo el Neue Musikzeitung.

Contenido Del Set

CD 1

Fanfare

Trema, Spirto infernal (Recitativo accompagnato)

Interludio Strumentale

Pantomime- Menuet (Balli)

Adorabil Deità (Recitativo)

Allegro assai (Interludio Strumentale)

Soffre talor del vento (Aria)

Ad istruire i mortali (Recitativo)

Caro padre (Aria)

Musette-Ballet (Balli)

Prelude-Largo assai-Presto-Gravement (Balli)

Vincemmo amici (Recitativo)

Presto-Presto (Balli)

Vivace (Interludio Strumentale)

Animia, ecco lo stral (Recitativo)

Venite, venite (Coro)

Dove son io! (Recitativo accompagnato)

Per lei mi nacque amore (Aria)

Da si dolci espressioni (Recitativo)

Che bel piacere (Aria)

Grazioso (Interludio Strumentale)

Sotto l'impero mio (Recitativo)

Cieli, che veggio! (Recitativo)

Arresta il passo (Recitativo)

Dar bando alla ragione (Aria)

CD 2

Cieli! Qual' improvviso (Recitativo)

Vani li sforzi miei (Recitativo)

Genio eterno (Aria)

D'aver resi al mio impero (Recitativo)

Se un tardo avvento (Aria)

Marcia I (Interludio Strumentale)

Monarca invitto (Coro)

Del vostro ardente zelo (Recitativo)

Tergi quei vaghi rai (Aria)

Mostro crudel (Recitativo)

Cieli! Anemone èquesti! (Recitativo)

Questi brevi momenti (Recitativo)

Sino al respiro estremo (Aria)

Ah traditor! (Recitativo)

Per ingannar più facilmente (Recitativo)

Fuggi da me t'invola (Aria)

Dove corri in felice (Recitativo)

La ragion gli affetti (Aria)

Esiti ancor? (Recitativo)

Del tuo malvagio impegno (Aria)

Possenti numi! (Recitativo)

Marcia II (Interludio Strumentale)

CD 3

Gran nume fulgido I (Coro)

Ah chiaro splendi intorrno (Cavatina)

Tu de nostri emuli (Coro)

Ecco, già manifesto (Recitativo)

O sol che venero (Cavatina)

Gran nume fulgido II (Coro)

Genio possente (Recitativo)

Prelude-Grazioso-Menuet-Allegro (Balli)

Andiamo, e si prepari (Recitativo)

Marcia III (Interludio Strumentale)

Amabile Incosia (Recitativo)

Della farfalla infida (Aria)

Del suo labbro (Recitativo)

Cieli, è qui Negiorea (Recitativo)

Ti sembro austera (Aria)

Il quale errore (Recitativo)

Disperato (Interludio Strumentale)

Cieli! M'avreste forse (Recitativo accompagnato)

Ove, ove fuggo? (Cavatina)

Si, che voglio appagarvi (Recitativo)

Ah scigurato (Recitativo)

E dunque ver (Recitativo)

Le tenebre vinte (Coro)

Allegro di molto-Presto assai (Balli)

#Dorothee Oberlinger #Ensemble 1700

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grendelwrites · 6 months ago

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The first chapter for 'Ravens Ever After' is now live. This is a crossover fanfiction of RWBY and Armored Core 6.

I hope you enjoy reading. Please let me know what you think, and feel free to post asks. I will do my best to answer them in a timely fashion.

Synopsis:

Between superhuman Huntsmen, the Grimm, and Remnant's eclectic inhabitants, 621 and Ayre struggle to reunite. Even as their very presence sets Remnant on a course of events that no one can predict...

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scotianostra · 1 year ago

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Happy Birthday Elaine Constance Smith was born on August 2nd 1958 in Baillieston.

At the age of 16 Elaine auditioned at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and enrolled on a course to become a drama teacher. As a student Elaine discovered life beyond the Argyle street department stores her mother brought her to as a child. In the smoky pubs Elaine earned a crust tending bar and singing in club bands. She credits this experience for introducing her to the Glasgow patter and helping her acquire a thick skin.

Elaine moved to Edinburgh to complete her teacher training but it was her love of theatre that would call her back to her adopted home. Wild Cat Theatre Company was established by former members of 7:84 theatre group and it focused on political subjects with musical features. It was a perfect match for Elaine, famed for her vocal prowess and never one to shy away from a political statement or two.

When Tony Roper handed Elaine his script for a play that had been rejected elsewhere, Elaine took it to the Wild Cat Theatre Company. Tony’s play The Steamie, became a great success, and still well loved today. It also gave Elaine the chance to show off her acting chops as she was cast as Dolly alongside Dorothy Paul and Katy Murphy.

Since then, Elaine has found success in the comedy scene in seminal Scottish comedy shows such as Naked Video, City Lights and Rab C Nesbitt as well as a stage career that’s taken her around the world, the most famous of which is her portrayal of fellow Scot Susan Boyle in I Dreamed A Dream, a musical about the Bathgate singers life.

I really enjoyed Elaine in her own travel series, Burdz Eye View, where she visited Scotland’s holiday destinations including the East Neuk of Fife, Ayr, Nairn, Largs and Millport, Aviemore and the island of Arran, learning about the area’s history, local delicacies and way of life. More recently she has been starring in the sitcom Two Doors Down, the cast are together filming series 7 now.

Elaine was last on our screens in the fantastic two part drama Mayflies, which had a top notch cast that included Tony Curran, Ashley Jensen and Martin Compston.

Away from our TV screens Elaine is often seen in theatres, she played the ole of Miss Hannigan in the Scottish tour of hit musical ‘Annie’.

#scotland #scottish #history #actress #television #theatre #cinema

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