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<title><![CDATA[i senzatetto (e gli altri chissene)]]></title>
<link>http://annachef.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/i-senzatetto-e-gli-altri-chissene/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>annachef</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[leggo stamattina sul corriere della sera (http://www.corriere.it/esteri/09_ottobre_31/abramovich-sup]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>leggo stamattina sul corriere della sera (http://www.corriere.it/esteri/09_ottobre_31/abramovich-super-conto-ristorante-new-york_796fdab4-c663-11de-a5d7-00144f02aabc.shtml) il resoconto di un pranzo newyorkese di roman abramovich al ristorante nello&#8217;s che sarebbe costato 52.000 dollari, tra pasta al tartufo e i borgogna più famosi del mondo, per dieci fortunate persone. l&#8217;articolo peraltro cita come fonte il giornale di gossip americano (http://www.tmz.com/ ci ho dato un occhio, una vera porcheria) che ha dato la notizia per primo (complimentoni!) e che l&#8217;aveva oltretutto corredata della scansione della ricevuta (che eleganza, ragazzi&#8230;)</p>
<p>ora, premesso che sono dell&#8217;idea che qualsiasi cosa uno intenda comprare, di qualsiasi tipo di servizio intenda avvalersi, dovrebbe esserci un tetto &#8220;morale&#8221; di spesa, oltre il quale si deve fare un passo indietro. e questa riflessione la faccio soprattutto come predicozzo a me stessa.</p>
<p>bene, premesso questo&#8230;alzi la mano chi trova la notizia interessante. il fatto che ci siano persone che non hanno limiti di budget nella vita e che si comportano di conseguenza ci scandalizza, ci affascina? a me nessuna delle due. mi lascia totalmente indifferente. mi affascina l&#8217;idea che esista qualcuno che in effetti è interessato: vorrei capire perchè. mi scandalizza il fatto che il corriere della sera pubblichi una notizia di questo tipo, che, se ci poteva stare sulle pagine di quella spazzatura gossippara americana, non dovrebbe trovare però collocazione su quelle di uno dei più diffusi quotidiani nazionali del nostro paese.</p>
<p>d&#8217;altro canto non più tardi di ieri, sulle pagine, anzi, sulla prima pagina dello stesso quotidiano il soprano angela gheorghiu annunciava al mondo intero di aver chiuso definitivamente col tenore roberto alagna, a causa della di lui gelosia. epperò, lui la rivuole indietro, si è anche preoccupata di aggiungere. non sia mai che qualcuno pensi che si trova sprovvista di corteggiatori.</p>
<p>ok, qui non si tratta più di gente senza un tetto alle uscite mensili, ma un bel chissene, anche alla signora georghiu non glielo vuole dire proprio nessuno?</p>
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<div id="attachment_107" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 209px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-107" title="nello_nello_s_restaurant_new_york_city" src="http://annachef.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/nello_nello_s_restaurant_new_york_city1.jpg?w=199" alt="nello's restaurant" width="199" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">nello&#39;s restaurant</p></div>
<div id="attachment_108" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 221px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-108" title="news-graphics-2006-_632328a" src="http://annachef.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/news-graphics-2006-_632328a.jpg?w=211" alt="la gheorghiu e alagna nei giorni felici :-) , suppongo..." width="211" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">la gheorghiu e alagna nei giorni felici <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  ...suppongo...</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[Despre KD Group]]></title>
<link>http://corinaconsulting.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/despre-kd-group/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Corina Gheorghiu</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[KD este un grup de afaceri international prezent, atat in Europa cat si in America si Asia. Are 2000]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>KD este un grup de afaceri international prezent, atat in Europa cat si in America si Asia. Are 2000 de angajati in 12 tari. S-a dezvoltat in Lubliana, capitala Sloveniei si are 14 ani de experienta. Este o prezenta activa pe piata si este in faza de crestere.</p>
<p>Ca activitate principala, KD are ca specific administrarea investitiilor financiare si are un capital social de 1,5 miliarde euro.<br />
Domeniul in care exceleaza il reprezinta fondurile de investitii &#8211; Galileo, Rastko, KD Bonds, Victoria, Orbis, Avala, KD Pelikan. Timp de 14 ani a luat de opt ori locul 1 in fondurile de investitii.</p>
<p>KD Investment are trei fonduri de investitii: KD Optimus, KD Maximus si KD Multifond.<br />
Asigurarile de viata au aparut in anul 2006 &#8211; KD Life, iar in 6 luni a fost lider pe piata in Slovenia.<br />
In 2007 intra pe piata din Ungaria, Ucraina, urmand Slovacia si Rusia.</p>
<p>Domenii in care KD Group a investit:</p>
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<li> Are 2 ziare electronice;</li>
<li> Firma de echipamente sportive &#8211; ELAN;</li>
<li> Distribuitoare de energie electrica;</li>
<li> Multiplex centru de distractii;</li>
<li> Proiecteaza si executa ambarcatiuni;</li>
<li> Are prima universitate de afaceri &#8211; GIA College &#8211; forma de invatamant gratuita despre afaceri;</li>
<li> In viitor se vor deschide bancile KD.</li>
<li> Piete de capital &#8211; burse in Europa, Asia, SUA si Canada.</li>
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<title><![CDATA[The Fabulous 20th Century: Some Photos]]></title>
<link>http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/the-fabulous-20th-century-some-photos/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nezhmet</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The News from All Over Department In an attempt to get our minds off the nauseating lawsuits of USCF]]></description>
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<p>In an attempt to get our minds off the nauseating lawsuits of USCF politics, let&#8217;s see some mirthful photos from days of yore.</p>
<div id="attachment_2064" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 460px"><img class="size-full wp-image-2064" title="lenk" src="http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/lenk.jpg" alt="Lenk, Switzerland 2000" width="450" height="285" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Lenk, Switzerland 2000</p></div>
<p>On board one in the background we have Romanian GM Florin Gheorghiu (partially obscured) on the left playing GM Vladimir Tukmakov.</p>
<p>On board two it is GM Andrei Sokolov on the left playing, I believe, GM Lothar Vogt.</p>
<p>On board three it&#8217;s WGM Kachiani. <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">a lady GM, I forget her name&#8230; readers?</span></p>
<p>I played in this event (Lenk 2000) also, so did Hungarian GM Attila Grozpeter and others. What a fun time!  How to get there from Basel?   Transfer in Zurich for a slow-moving train through the Alps to arrive at the fairy-tale town!</p>
<div id="attachment_2073" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2073" title="lenk_scenery" src="http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/lenk_scenery1.jpg?w=300" alt="The Alpine Village of Lenk &#62; Philly World Open" width="300" height="194" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The Alpine Village of Lenk &#62; Philly World Open</p></div>
<p>Moving back to 1985, here is a typical (for that time) World Open tableau.</p>
<div id="attachment_2068" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 460px"><img class="size-full wp-image-2068" title="wo85" src="http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/wo85.jpg" alt="World Open Tableau" width="450" height="225" /><p class="wp-caption-text">World Open Tableau</p></div>
<p>From left to right, future US Champion and future GM Michael Wilder, New Jersey personality Steve Anderson (aka Henderson), Canadian stalwart Ian Findlay, an anonymous semi-naked individual, and IM Vince McCambridge.</p>
<p>Zooming back to the early 2000s, here is GM Tal Shaked with California chess enthusiast Simone Sobel.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2074" title="shaked" src="http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/shaked.jpg" alt="shaked" width="450" height="358" /></p>
<p>Nudging the clock back two years to 1999, here I am demonstrating the religion menu on display in Angel Island, California (a massive Japanese displacement/internment camp during World War II).</p>
<div id="attachment_2075" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 460px"><img class="size-full wp-image-2075" title="angelisland" src="http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/angelisland.jpg" alt="Where's Marxist, Buddhist, Shinto, etc.?" width="450" height="329" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Where&#39;s Marxist, Buddhist, Shinto, etc.?</p></div>
<p>And now going waaay back (OK not so far back) to the early 1990s, here is a snapshot from the Nigel Short-Garry Kasparov World Championship match in London with what appears to be a very severe arbiter in the middle. I don&#8217;t know who took this photo.</p>
<div id="attachment_2076" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 460px"><img class="size-full wp-image-2076" title="shortkaspy" src="http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/shortkaspy.jpg" alt="The Royal Rumble in London" width="450" height="305" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The Royal Rumble in London</p></div>
<p>Now moving up again to the year 2000, this author at the famous site of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics" target="_blank">1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany </a>where <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens" target="_blank">American athlete Jesse Owens</a> shocked the Aryans with numerous track and field gold medals.  In a very sporting move, the stadium&#8217;s street is now called &#8220;Jesse Owens Allee!&#8221;</p>
<div id="attachment_2077" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 460px"><img class="size-full wp-image-2077" title="germanstadium" src="http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/germanstadium.jpg" alt="Jesse Owens got a Street!" width="450" height="642" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Jesse Owens got a Street!</p></div>
<p>And in the grand tradition of ending an article with Yet Another Unrelated Photo, here is an artistic photograph of Claire Lev at Paige Stockley&#8217;s wedding in the pleasant nature state of Washington.  This was also from the early 2000s timeframe.  Either the official wedding photographer or I took that photo. It looks too artistic to be me, but stranger things have happened.</p>
<div id="attachment_2079" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2079" title="lev" src="http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/lev.jpg?w=300" alt="Everybody Likes a Wedding" width="300" height="199" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Everybody Likes a Wedding</p></div>
<h2>Afterthought on USCF Politics and Dante&#8217;s Inferno</h2>
<p>Any USCF board member committing the absurd act of suing the USCF should be automatically relegated to the &#8220;Legal Committee&#8221;, a thinly veiled reference to Dante&#8217;s Purgatory.  If he or she does not retract the lawsuit within 24 hours (give them time to come off their &#8220;bad high&#8221;), they are then relegated to a new Federation, name of their choosing, where they run the show and are the only members (can offer a fill in the blank option here, only caveat is that the new name must be completely original &#8211; I don&#8217;t want to see NewCF because New contains the &#8220;U&#8221; sound).  Since the new Federation does not allow membership in other Federations, we are rid of the blight. This is a thinly veiled reference to Dante&#8217;s Hell.</p>
<h2>Can Wealthy People Rescue the USCF?</h2>
<p>This just in from media maven John Henderson in one of his daily e-mail blasts (over a billion served if you multiply the # of sends by the # of recipients):</p>
<p><em>&#8220;<span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',helvetica,hirakakupro-w3,osaka,'ms pgothic',sans-serif;color:#333333;font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:13px;line-height:16px;"><strong>Going, Going, Gone To Rex Sinquefield!</strong></span></span></em></p>
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<div><em><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span style="font-size:medium;">I</span>t was all over in seconds. Bobby Fischer’s library filled three glass cases in on the Mezzanine level of <a href="http://www.bonhams.com/" target="_blank">Bonhams nd Butterfields</a>auction house on Madison Avenue in New York. The hundreds of chess books in various languages, issues of chess-related periodicals, proofs for Fischer’s My 60 Memorable Games, and assorted notes and other miscellanea were sold in one lot for a “hammer price” of USD $50,000, plus a $21,000 Bonhams commission&#8230;</p>
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<div><em><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The collection was bought by the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis founder and 2009 US Championship sponsor, Rex Sinquefield, and announced today in a <a href="http://saintlouischessclub.org/News">press release</a> (entitled &#8220;Sinquefields Purchase Bobby Fischer&#8217;s Chess Collection&#8221;) from the group.  ICC Chess.FM has exclusive video coverage of the auction now at <a href="https://webcast.chessclub.com/blog/2009/06/11/sold-fischers-library/">www.Chess.fm/blog</a>&#8220;</span></em></div>
<div><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some comments:  A)  Quite the racket Bonhams is in, a $21,000 commission on a $50,000 bid?  That&#8217;s ridiculous!   Work out the percentage at home, readers.  I don&#8217;t think John Bonham, sadly deceased Led Zeppelin drummer, would have approved.    Wait&#8230; this just in&#8230;. correction from John H: <span style="color:#3366ff;"> &#8220;</span></span><span style="color:#3366ff;">FYI&#8230;<br />
It was $11,000 in Bonhams&#8217; commission, NOT $21,000 as original stated.&#8221;.</span> Well it&#8217;s still high, but OK I an accept that number better!  The one guy who is spinning in his grave is Fischer.  He hated third parties profiting on his name. I would suggest that &#8220;Bonhams&#8221; contribute some of their commission to a charity of one of Fischer&#8217;s living relative&#8217;s choosing.  Is that likely to happen?  Actually, the entire sale is fairly dubious &#8211; why not bestow it to a mobile Fischer exhibit, for example.  Who had the right to sell his stuff?   <span style="font-family:Helvetica,Helvetica,sans-serif;">B) The name &#8220;Rex Sinquefield&#8221; sounds completely made up, but I have to give kudos for this cool &#8220;secret agent&#8221; name.   Actually it&#8217;s an interesting phenomenon that wealthy people often pop up in out of the way places then become gigantic benefactors to a forlorn cause.  For example, the Hartz Flea Collar baron donated a lot of money to NYU and got an entire business school named after him.  C) Can  wonder-bidder &#8220;Rex&#8221; rescue the USCF?  Maybe he can issue a cease and desist order to all the lawsuit-happy individuals backed up by his good name and fortune.   Somehow I think quite a few of these lawsuit-prone individuals would sit very straight up in their chair and respect an edict if it stems from money.  They are not listening to good sense since lawsuits cause absurd legal expenses, weakening the poor non-profit&#8217;s capital position every day the lawsuits exist.  The only winners are the lawyers in Fake Sam Sloan cases, as lurid as they might be.<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Gheorghiu y Madama Butterfly]]></title>
<link>http://rodiazsa.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/gheorghiu-y-madama-butterfly/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 13:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rodiazsa</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[En el mes de marzo salió al mercado la n-ésima grabación de la tragedia pucciniana Madama Butterfly,]]></description>
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<p>En el mes de marzo salió al mercado la n-ésima grabación de la tragedia pucciniana Madama Butterfly, que como alicientes principales presenta a la diva Angela Gheorghiu en el papel de la adolescente nipona, y al macizo Jonas Kaufmann como al despreciable marine americano B.F. Pinkerton.</p>
<p>Estamos en lo mismo que con La Boheme de hace unos posts: ¿era necesaria? No porque hay grabaciones referenciales de sobra, ¿se justifica? Sí, porque los cantantes y directores actuales también tienen derecho a dejar su huella en el gran repertorio.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbAIzv9YB-M"><span style="color:#000080;"> Video promocional</span></a></p>
<p>Respecto a la Cio Cio San de la Gheorghiu en primer lugar hay que decir que la soprano se encuentra en muy buena forma. No descubrimos ahora que la soprano rumana tiene una voz privilegiada, muy flexible, que sabe manejarla a su antojo y, además, que canta con muchísimo gusto. Otra cosa es la visión que tiene ella del personaje. Parece que la Gheorghiu se ha decantado por una Cio Cio San de carácter menos aniñado e ingenuo que el de otras colegas suyas. Ya en el maravilloso dúo de amor que cierra el primer acto tiene frases donde enfatiza la desconfianza “<em>Le sa. Forse dirle non vuole per tema d&#8217;averne a morir, per tema d&#8217;averne a morir</em>!”, después de que Pinkerton le recrimine que todavía no le ha dicho que lo ama, o “<em>Dicon che oltre mare se cade in man dell&#8217;uom, ogni farfalla da uno spillo è trafitta ed in travola infitta!</em>”, después de llamarla “tenue mariposa”. En el segundo acto se va creciendo, y la celebérrima “<em>Un bel di vedremo</em>” más que un canto de esperanza, se convierte en un canto desesperado, para terminar en una escena final con una Cio Cio San que ya es una mujer madura, con un “<em>Tu? Piccolo Iddio</em>” enérgico y lleno de amargura. Una gran interpretación más cercana a las visiones más dramáticas del personaje a lo Callas o Scotto, que a las más humanas de Victoria de los Ángeles o Freni. En el debe, sólo mencionar que la soprano tiende a exagerar en las notas graves, como palanca para resaltar su idea más trágica del personaje, quedando a veces extraño, con lo que la línea se resiente. De todas maneras, la Gheorghiu se ha apuntado un buen tanto con su Butterfly.</p>
<p>El Pinkerton de Jonas Kaufmann a mí no me ha dicho nada, el papel es bastante plano y sus intervenciones se limitan al primer acto, especialmente el dúo, y la breve aria del final “<em>Addio fiorito asil</em>”, más teniendo en cuenta la competencia que existe en disco con di Stefano, Tucker o Pavarotti, con voces solares y penetrantes. La voz de Kauffman es bastante oscura y no luce ni en el dúo, donde empequeñece ante los hermosos sonidos de la soprano, ni en el aria. Pinkerton no es un papel a lo macho (por eso Corelli no lo cantó) y por el tipo de voz (lírica-spinto tirando a dramática) ni por afinidad es un personaje para él.</p>
<p>A mi personalmente Kaufmann me recuerda mucho a Jon Vickers, pero con una voz un poco más bella, y me parece que si sigue la línea del tenor canadiense es por donde puede marcar realmente la diferencia, es decir, papeles más dramáticos y Wagner.</p>
<p>El Sharpples de Capitanucci y la suziki de Shkosa son correctos, pero quedan lejos de grandes monstruos como la Ludwig, la Cossotto, o Panerai, Wixell o Pons.</p>
<p>Por el contrario, la dirección de Pappano está entre las más inspiradas, a la vez que contundentes del mercado, no quedando atrás respecto a karajan o Barbirolli, y extrayendo un sonido nítido y homogéneo de una Academia de Santa Cecilia muy en forma.</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly</span> (<a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/209542371/M.BUTTERFLY-Gheorghiu_kaufmann_Pappano__Cd_1.rar">CD1</a>, <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/209589864/M.BUTTERFLY-Gheorghiu_kaufmann_Pappano__Cd_2.rar">CD2</a>)</p>
<p>Angela Gheorghiu (sop), Cio Cio San</p>
<p>Jonas Kaufmann (ten), B.F. Pinkerton</p>
<p>Enkelejda Shkosa (mez), Suzuki</p>
<p>Fabio Capitanucci (bar), Sharpples</p>
<p>Orchestra e coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia</p>
<p>Director: Antonio Pappano</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kulturforbrugsnyt]]></title>
<link>http://gorzelak.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/kulturforbrugsnyt/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gorzelak</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[En måned i Grønland på en streng diæt af intet andet end Joyce, KNR og Discovery Channel &#8212; og ]]></description>
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<p>En måned i Grønland på en streng diæt af intet andet end Joyce, <a href="http://www.knr.gl/" target="_blank">KNR</a> og Discovery Channel &#8212; og så har man jo noget at indhente. Eller udfylde.</p>
<p>Siden jeg kom hjem har jeg 1) set 3 film, 2) og købt 2 bøger og 3) en opera. På CD. Og renset et afløb. Filmene: &#8220;X-Files &#8211; I Want to Believe&#8221; (som jeg ikke orkede at se færdig, selv om jeg kun manglede 10 minutter), &#8220;Iron Man&#8221; (som var ok morsom og hermed anbefales) og &#8220;<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0880578/" target="_blank">Untraceable</a>&#8221; (som vores lokale videobiks-indehaver sagde, jeg skulle se). Bøgerne, som jeg købte i en genbrugsbutik: Henry James&#8217; &#8220;The Aspen Papers&#8221; og &#8220;The Turn of the Screw&#8221;. Og operaen: En ny udgave af &#8220;Madame Butterfly&#8221; &#8212; med stjernesopranen <a href="http://www.angelagheorghiu.com/" target="_blank">Angela Gheorghiu</a>. Indspilningen har fået fantastisk flotte anmeldelser &#8212; og pludselig stod jeg med den i hånden. CDen. I Fona i Ringsted. Deres tre hylder med klassiske CDer (d.v.s. opsamlinger med Andrea Bocelli, slap-af-med-Mozart og Pavarotti på tilbud) er lige neden under hylderne med heavy. Der er klistret et skilt på reolen, &#8220;Den tunge afdeling&#8221;.</p>
<p>Jon Tolansky skriver om min nye CD:</p>
<p>&#8220;Like many people of my generation, for many decades I have highly prized my classic recordings of Maria Callas, Renato Scotto and Mirella Freni singing this exceedingly demanding part. And now, for me, this new recording from Angela Gheorghiu is a tremendous triumph: a tour de force performance of vivid characterisation and immense mental power that I find the most convincing, moving and musically perfect reading I have ever heard. Together with the magnificent and meticulous conducting of Antonio Pappano, I believe Angela Gheorghiu realises the full and complete extent of Puccini’s creation – and as such it is an overwhelming experience to listen to.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mere <a href="http://www.romanianculturalcentre.org.uk/announcements/romanian-culture-in-the-uk/2009/03/cd-madama-butterfly-angela-gheorghiu/" target="_blank">her</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Gheorghiu aplaza su concierto del Palau]]></title>
<link>http://gtltornt.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/%c2%bfgheorghiu-cancela-su-concierto-del-palau/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Los rumores dicen que la soprano rumana Angela Gheorghiu ha cancelado su concierto en el Palau de la]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Los rumores dicen que la soprano rumana <strong>Angela Gheorghiu</strong> ha cancelado su concierto en el <strong>Palau de la Música, </strong>previsto para el próximo martes 27.</p>
<p>En la <a href="http://wwww.palaumusica.org/index.jsp?seccion=216">web del <strong>Palau de la Música</strong> todavía aparece anunciado el concierto en la programación</a>, lo mismo ocurre en la <a href="http://www.angelagheorghiu.com/appearances/">web de la cantante</a>.</p>
<p>Habrá que ver si el lunes aparece algún cambio en la programación de la web del <strong>Palau de la Música</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Actualización</strong>: La web del <a href="http://wwww.palaumusica.org/Detallenoticia/seccion=443&#38;idioma=es_ES&#38;activo=8&#38;id=2009012413110001.do"><strong>Palau</strong> anuncia el aplazamiento, por enfermedad, del concierto sin concretar la fecha del nuevo concierto</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[LA RONDINE di Puccini in diretta dal Met su Arté]]></title>
<link>http://musicofilia.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/la-rondine-di-puccini-in-diretta-dal-met-su-arte/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Roberto Mastrosimone</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Arté ha trasmesso in diretta il 10 gennaio dal Metropolitan di New York La Rondine di Puccini. Alles]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Arté ha trasmesso in diretta il 10 gennaio dal Metropolitan di New York <em>La Rondine</em> di Puccini. Allestimento con la regia di Nicholas Joel e la direzione di Marco Armiliato. Protagonista, nel ruolo di Magda, Angela Gheorghiu</p>
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<p>Al suo fianco Roberto Alagna (Ruggero), Lisette Oropesa (Lisetta), Marius Berciu (Prunier), Samuel Ramey (Rambaldo).</p>
<p>Opera poco fortunata, un po&#8217; irrisolta, con un finale poco convincente (Puccini stesso ne compose altri due), è stata oggetto di attenzione in questo ultimo anno, grazie alle celebrazioni del 150enario. Opera che io amo in modo particolare e che trovo ingiustamente negletta. Veramente ho un *debole* per il Puccini successivo alla <em>Butterfly</em>, specialmente per <em>Il Trittico </em>e <em>La Fanciulla del West</em>. L&#8217;opera in subject sarebbe dovuta nascere come operetta, ma Puccini capì che tal genere non era nelle sue corde e finì col farne una <em>commedia lirica</em>, uno strano ibrido in cui si può individuare un po&#8217; di <em>Bohème</em>, un po&#8217; di <em>Fledermaus</em>, ma anche un po&#8217; di <em>Traviata</em>. Quindi non facile da interpretare: secondo me la miglior riuscita fu in disco nel 1966, sotto la direzione di un impareggiabile Molinari Pradelli e con un cast vocale irripetibile (la Moffo, che cantò anche operetta e musical, fu la Magda ideale, per non parlare di De Palma e Sciutti come Prunier e Lisetta). Le successive realizzazioni discografiche non centrarono a mio parere il bersaglio o per un verso o per un altro. E francamente anche questa rappresentazione del Met se riesce bene nei passi melodrammatici (quindi un buon terzo atto e parte del secondo), fa un po&#8217; cilecca nei passi più <em>leggeri</em>, quelli dove prevale l&#8217;aspetto che potrei definire da operetta. Tutti cantano bene (tranne Ramey che a circa 67 anni è vocalmente l&#8217;ombra di se stesso), ma a parte Alagna, la cui parte è quella che più resta nei binari del melodramma, gli altri sembrano spesso un po&#8217;  a disagio come interpreti. Vale anche per la Gheorghiu, che canta Magda pensando un po&#8217; a Violetta. Il primo atto è quello che procede in modo più stentato, nel secondo si comincia a prender quota per volare nel terzo.</p>
<p>Voglio proporvi un confronto, forse interessante, tra il finale che solitamente si ascolta, con la lettura della lettera di mammà da parte di Ruggero e Magda che si allontana da lui, disperato, non ritenendosi degna di diventar sua moglie e il finale &#8220;rivisto&#8221; in cui Ruggero viene a scoprire tramite lettera anonima il passato di Magda e la abbandona in malo modo.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/rW3fovIY-A8&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/rW3fovIY-A8&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span><em></em></p>
<p><em>(il video è tratto dalla rappresentazione in subject)</em></p>
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<p><em><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/PnQJaeEaEiY&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/PnQJaeEaEiY&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></em></p>
<p><em>(cantano Ainoha Arteta e Marcus Haddock)</em></p>
<p>Mah, il secondo finale è forse teatralmente più credibile ed efficace.</p>
<p>In ogni caso nessuna preoccupazione: Magda sia nel primo che nel secondo caso torna all&#8217;amante facoltoso di prima, pronto ad accoglierla.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna in L'elisir d'Amore]]></title>
<link>http://buffo.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/angela-gheorghiu-and-roberto-alagna-in-lelisir-damore/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Borislav</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Gaetano Donizetti L&#8217;elisir d&#8217;amore Comic opera in two acts after the comedy Le Philtre b]]></description>
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<h1 style="text-align:center;"><span> <em><strong>L&#8217;elisir d&#8217;amore</strong></em></span></h1>
<h3 style="text-align:center;"><span> <em>Comic opera in two acts after the comedy Le Philtre by Eugene Scribe</em></span></h3>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span> Orchestre et Choeur de l&#8217;opera de Lyon<br />
Conducted by Evelino Pido<br />
Nemorino &#8211; Roberto Alagna<br />
Adina &#8211; Angela Gheorghiu<br />
Belcore &#8211; Roberto Scaltriti<br />
Dulcamara &#8211; Somine Alaimo<br />
Madame Dulcamara &#8211; Luce Bekistan<br />
Giannetta &#8211; Elena Dan </span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Shopping med Brian og tur med Kurt og Dracula]]></title>
<link>http://gorzelak.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/shopping-med-brian-og-tur-med-kurt-og-dracula/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 16:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gorzelak</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I går var Brian og jeg på shoppingtur i Ringsted downtown. Læs en udførlig beretning derom her. Jeg ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I går var Brian og jeg på shoppingtur i Ringsted downtown. Læs en udførlig beretning derom <a href="http://brisser.blogspot.com/2008/05/en-kop-kaffe.html" target="_blank">her</a>. Jeg købte &#8220;La Bohème&#8221;, ja, i <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Puccini-Boh%C3%A8me-Giacomo/dp/B00001IVPD/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&#38;s=music&#38;qid=1210436213&#38;sr=1-18" target="_blank">denne udgave</a> med Angela Gheorghiu og Roberto Alagna &#8212; og filmene, jeg erhvervede mig i Blockbuster, var hhv. &#8220;<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0415167/" target="_blank">Mortuary</a>&#8221;  og &#8220;<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0331468/" target="_blank">Cold Creek Manor</a>&#8220;. Jeg får dem sikkert aldrig set &#8212; men i så fald (og under alle omstændigheder) kostede de kun kr. 19,95 pr. stk. Tak til Brian for en meget hyggelig eftermiddag.</p>
<p>Og i dag har Ane og jeg været på tur med Kurt: I Fona, på loppemarked og på planteskole. Ane købte en favnfuld planter, og jeg købte mig en ny scanner/printer/kopimaskine, <a href="http://www.fona.dk/default.aspx?m=2&#38;i=81&#38;itemnumber=4306123070" target="_blank">denne model</a>. Og en pokal til kr. 10,-</p>
<p>Dagens musik er operaen &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_finta_giardiniera" target="_blank">Den falske gartner</a>&#8220;, som Mozart skrev, da han var &#8211; kun &#8211; 18 år gammel. Har læst de første 200 sider, cirka, af Elizabeth Kostovas &#8220;<a href="http://www.bogguide.dk/find_boeger_bog.asp?_UNR=1356287&#38;brug=" target="_blank">Historikeren</a>&#8220;. En roman om nogle historikeres jagt på <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_Tepes" target="_blank">Dracula</a> &#8212; og omvendt.</p>
<p>Stay in the light.</p>
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<link>http://opusoperis.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/angela-cantara-para-zeffirelli/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tarquinius</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Opera Omnia recuerda los intensos momentos que se vivieron en Roma cuando Angela Gheorghiu dejó plan]]></description>
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<p>Opera Omnia recuerda los intensos momentos que se vivieron en Roma cuando Angela Gheorghiu dejó plantado a Franco Zeffirelli en <span style="font-style:italic;" class="Apple-style-span">La Traviata</span> de Roma del año pasado. Y nuestros lectores, ¿se acuerdan? La cosa fue un bombazo absoluto de Opera Chic, y <a href="http://operachic.typepad.com/opera_chic/2007/04/this_morning_op.html" target="_blank">allí </a>remitimos directamente.</p>
<p>Pues bien, el Met homenajeará el día 31 de marzo al famoso director de escena en su 73º <a href="http://www.metoperafamily.org/guild/calendar/detail.aspx?id=2289" target="_blank">Annual Guild&#8217;s luncheon</a> (algo así como la Comida de los Amigos del Met).  En el almuerzo Angela Gheorghiu correrá a cargo del  Musical Tribute. Esperemos que  entienda que no es la diva del acto y que no se enfade si aplauden más a Franco que a  ella.</p>
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<link>http://gorzelak.wordpress.com/2007/12/18/air-mail/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gorzelak</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Endnu en dag med TOTALT, KUNSTNERISK OVERLOAD. Peter Nielsen har super-venligt sendt Ane og mig et e]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Endnu en dag med TOTALT, KUNSTNERISK OVERLOAD. <a href="http://home20.inet.tele.dk/gorzelak/peter_nielsen.html" target="_blank">Peter Nielsen</a> har super-venligt sendt Ane og mig et eksemplar af &#8220;<a href="http://www.forlaget-arena.dk/vis_bog.asp?id=177" target="_blank">Air Mail</a>&#8220;:</p>
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<p>&#8211; en brevveksling mellem digterne Tomas Tranströmer og Robert Bly, oversat af Nielsen og Karsten Sand Iversen og netop udkommet på forlaget Arena. Tak, Peter. Jeg glæder mig voldsomt meget til at læse den. Det var &#8211; igen &#8211; pænt af dig.</p>
<p>Og: Efter arbejde var jeg på biblioteket for at hente nogle bøger og andet &#8212; og jeg kom hjem med &#8211; bl.a. &#8211; den Magdalena Kožená-CD, jeg <a href="http://gorzelak.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/magdalena-kozena/" target="_blank">forleden</a> viste her i bloggen, og &#8220;Enchantment&#8221;, en CD med Angela Gheorghiu og en CD med <a href="http://elinagaranca.com/" target="_blank">Elina Garanca</a> &#8212; og &#8220;L&#8217;Amour de loin&#8221;. På DVD. Anbefalet af <a href="http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2007/12/top-20-favourite-operas.html" target="_blank">Mostly Opera</a> &#8212; og med Dawn Upshaw.</p>
<p>Og apropos hende: Nu har jeg hørt <a href="http://gorzelak.smartlog.dk/melanie-diener-og-sp-rgsm-let-om-teknik-post124446" target="_blank">min nye Upshaw-CD</a> ti eller elleve gange, og jeg har fået nogle af de dér Messiaen-sange på hjernen. Hvilket er vejen til bimshed. Jeg tror, jeg vil overveje at lægge noget andet musik på min mp3-afspiller.</p>
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<link>http://parterre.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/bizarre-and-nondescript-characters-corralled-from-every-stratum-of-society/</link>
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<dc:creator>lacieca</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[La Cieca thanks the visiting Enzo Bordello for pointing out to her some recent updates to the indisp]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>La Cieca thanks the visiting <strong>Enzo Bordello</strong> for pointing out to her some recent updates to the indispensable <a href="http://www.metmaniac.com/future.html">Met Futures Page</a> so painstakingly maintained by <strong>Bradley Wilber</strong>.  Most of it sound plausible enough, but every now and then a piece of casting leaves La Cieca so stunned she hardly manage to quote a <strong><a href="http://www.filmsite.org/laur.html">Waldo Lydecker</a></strong> quip. Such is the case with a projected 2009 revival of <em>Adriana Lecouvreur</em> with <strong>Maria Guleghina</strong> and <strong>Jonas Kaufmann</strong>. </p>
<p>That show at least seems possible actually to transpire, unlike the new <em>Carmen</em> in 2010. The announced team for the Bizet, which includes <strong>Matthew Bourne</strong>, <strong>Richard Eyre</strong>, <strong>Angela Gheorghiu</strong>, <strong>Roberto Alagna</strong>, <strong>Barbara Fritolli</strong> and <strong>James Levine</strong>, surely adds up to ten pounds of diva in a five pound bag!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Elaine Álvarez sustituye a la Gheorghiu en Chicago]]></title>
<link>http://gtltornt.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/elaine-alvarez-sustituye-a-la-gheorghiu-en-chicago/</link>
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<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Elaine Álvarez sustituye a Angela Gheorghiu (despedida por incumplimiento de contrato) en las funcio]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.cami.com/?webid=1739"><strong>Elaine Álvarez</strong></a> sustituye a <strong>Angela Gheorghiu</strong> (<a href="http://www.lasprovincias.es/alicante/prensa/20070930/cultura/soprano-angela-gheorghiu-despedida_20070930.html" target="_blank">despedida por incumplimiento de contrato</a>) en las funciones de <a href="http://www.lyricopera.org/productions.aspx?arrRef=20081" target="_blank"><strong>La Bohème</strong></a> de la <strong>Lyric Opera de Chicago </strong>(<strong>LOC</strong>), cuya dirección de escena corre a cargo de <strong>Renata Scotto</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Elaine Álvarez</strong> es cubanoamericana, nacida en <strong>Miami</strong> de padres cubanos (su madre es profesora de música). Sus estudios musicales la llevaron hasta <strong>Nueva York</strong>. Allí estudió en la <strong>Manhattan School of Music</strong> donde acabó sus estudios en el 2004.</p>
<p>La temporada pasada realizó su debut europeo en la <strong>Oper Leipzig</strong> a donde volverá de nuevo, una vez finalizadas las representaciones de La Bohème en la <strong>LOC</strong>, para interpretar a Violetta, Mimí y Corinna (<strong>Viaggio a Reims</strong>).</p>
<p>Se pueden escuchar distintos <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&#38;friendid=33961243" target="_blank">audio clips de la joven soprano en su área de <strong>MySpace</strong></a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>Ver <a href="http://operachic.typepad.com/opera_chic/2007/09/opera-chic-ex-1.html" target="_blank">entrevista a <strong>Elaine Álvarez</strong></a> en <strong>Opera Chic</strong>.</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[Angela Gheorghiu debuta en el Teatro Real]]></title>
<link>http://gtltornt.wordpress.com/2007/05/20/angela-gheorghiu-debuta-en-el-teatro-real/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 00:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hoy la soprano rumana Angela Gheorghiu debuta en el TR con un concierto lírico que combina el repert]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Hoy la soprano rumana <a href="http://www.angelagheorghiu.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Angela Gheorghiu</strong></a> debuta en el <strong>TR</strong> con un <a href="http://www.teatro-real.com/Programaci%F3n/Detalle/?posicion101=573" target="_blank">concierto lírico</a> que combina el repertorio francés e italiano e incluye arias de <strong>Bizet</strong> (<strong>Carmen</strong>), <strong>Gounod</strong> (<strong>Faust</strong>), <strong>Massenet</strong> (<strong>Le Cid</strong> y <strong>Manon</strong>) y <strong>Puccini</strong> (<strong>La rondine</strong>, <strong>Manon Lescaut</strong> y <strong>Madama Butterfly</strong>), la dirección de la <strong>Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid</strong> corre a cargo de <strong>Jesús López Cobos</strong>.</p>
<p>Habrá que ver la reacción del público después de la cancelación de su Violeta en la <strong>Traviata</strong> de la inauguración de la temporada 2003-2004, también bajo la dirección de <strong>Jesús López Cobos</strong>.<strong> </strong></p>
<p>Escuchemos a la <strong>Gheorghiu</strong> cantando <strong>É strano!</strong> de la <strong>Traviata</strong> en la producción de la <strong>ROH</strong> del 1994, bajo la dirección de <strong>Solti</strong>, que la lanzó al estrellato operísitico.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Angela Gheorghiu será Mimí en el GTL]]></title>
<link>http://gtltornt.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/angela-gheorghiu-sera-mimi-en-el-gtl/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2007 16:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[En una entrevista, en el suplemento cultural de El País de hoy, Angela Gheorghiu confirma que tiene ]]></description>
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<p>En una <a href="http://www.elpais.com/articulo/arte/voz/excepcional/fisico/importa/elpepuculbab/20070519elpbabart_16/Tes" target="_blank">entrevista</a>, en el suplemento cultural de <em>El País</em> de hoy, <strong>Angela Gheorghiu </strong>confirma que tiene firmado un contrato para interpretar en el 2009 <strong>La Bohème</strong> en el <strong>GTL</strong>. Habrá que ver quién hará el papel de Rodolfo&#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Elena Mosuc, soprano]]></title>
<link>http://gtltornt.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/elena-mosuc-soprano/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 00:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
<guid>http://gtltornt.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/elena-mosuc-soprano/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[La soprano rumana Elena Mosuc tiene casi todos los números para sustituir a la Gheorghiu en las Trav]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>La soprano rumana <a href="http://www.mosuc.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Elena Mosuc</strong></a> tiene casi todos los números para sustituir a la <a href="http://www.angelagheorghiu.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Gheorghiu</strong></a> en las <strong>Traviata</strong> de <strong>La Scala</strong> de este verano.</p>
<p>La verdad es que <a href="/2007/04/26/myrto-papatanasiu-soprano/">las espantadas de la <strong>Gheorghiu</strong></a>, a la que reconocemos como una gran artista, pueden empezar a pasarle factura. Hoy en día hay más sopranos que pueden substituirla sin problemas, la <strong>Mosuc</strong> está entre ellas.</p>
<p>A falta de tener algún vídeo de la <strong>Mosuc</strong> en <strong>La Traviata</strong>, os dejo con <strong>Caro nome</strong> de <strong>Rigoletto</strong> de la <strong>OHZ</strong> del año pasado, en la que compartía cartel con <a href="/2007/03/22/piotr-beczala-tenor/"><strong>Beczala</strong></a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Un Requiem de Verdi del siglo XXI]]></title>
<link>http://gtltornt.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/un-requiem-de-verdi-del-siglo-xxi/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[En uno de los foros operísiticos por los que me paso de vez en cuando, se discutía sobre cuál era la]]></description>
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<p>En uno de los foros operísiticos por los que me paso de vez en cuando, se discutía sobre cuál era la mejor versión del <strong>Requiem</strong> de <strong>Verdi</strong>. Yo sugerí, después de no ver ninguna versión de este siglo, la de <strong>Abbado</strong> del 2001 (en conmemoración de la muerte de <strong>Verdi</strong>) con <a href="http://www.gheorghiu.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Gheorghiu</strong></a>, <a href="http://danielabarcellona.it/" target="_blank"><strong>Barcellona</strong></a>, <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Alagna" target="_blank"><strong>Alagna</strong></a> y <a href="http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/opera/OFB/stars/kon03.htm" target="_blank"><strong>Konstantinov</strong></a>. Hubo quien dijo  que esa versión le parecía &#8220;puro ruido&#8221;&#8230; pues no sé cómo entre tanto ruido se pueden oír esos <em>pianos</em>.</p>
<p>Como me parece que la interpretación de la <strong>Gheorghiu</strong>, en especial, es de impresión os dejo el <strong>Libera me </strong>que hay que ver en dos trozos por gracia del YouTube.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Bel canto lushinghier]]></title>
<link>http://parterre.wordpress.com/2006/12/28/bel-canto-lushinghier/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[La Cieca thought that now that Puritani has opened at the Met, it&#8217;s as good a time as any to r]]></description>
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<div>La Cieca thought that now that <em>Puritani</em> has opened at the Met, it&#8217;s as good a time as any to review the company&#8217;s (rumored) bel canto plans for the next five years or so. Remember, everything in this life is uncertain, so please regard these &#8220;predictions&#8221; as the gossip they are.</div>
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<div>Anyway, La Cieca hopes you&#8217;ll find plenty of fodder for discussion in the following grafs.</p>
<p>Next season (as you all know) opening night will be a new production of <em>Lucia di Lammermoor </em>starring <strong>Natalie Dessay</strong>. Sharing the role of Edgardo will be a trio of toothsome tenors: <strong>Marcello Giordani</strong>, <strong>Marcelo Alvarez</strong> and <strong>Giuseppe Filianoti</strong>. Further upping the hunk quotient will be <strong>Mariusz Kwiecien</strong> and<strong> John Relyea</strong>. The <strong>Mary Zimmerman</strong> production will be led (on opening night at least) by <strong>James Levine</strong>.</div>
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<div>Per La Cieca&#8217;s sources, Mad Lucy will pay a couple of return visits in following seasons, first with <strong>Anna Netrebko</strong> and <strong>Rolando Villazon</strong> in the fall of &#8216;08, and then with Mlle. Dessay again sometime in 2010. Ze French diva gets the unusual honor of opening two new productions next season, the <em>Lucia</em>, of course, and then a new <em>Fille du Regiment</em> opposite puppylicious <strong>Juan Diego Florez</strong>. </div>
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<div>JDF and Dessay reunite in the fall of 2008 for a new <em>Sonnambula.</em> The tenor will reprise his Tonio during the 2009-2010 season, this time with <strong>Diana Damrau</strong> as Marie. And <em>that</em> pairing will be repeated in the Met premiere of Rossini&#8217;s <em>Le Comte Ory</em> the following season.</div>
<div>Now, jumping back to 2009 again, that&#8217;s when the new production of Rossini&#8217;s <em>Armida</em> is skedded, featuring of course <strong>Renee Fleming</strong> and (among other tenors) <strong>Eric Cutler</strong>.</div>
<div>And then comes 2012, aka &#8220;The Year of the Jackpot,&#8221; when just possibly we will hear the Tudor Trifecta (Fleming, Netrebko and <strong>Angela Gheorghiu</strong>) as well as a new <em>Giulliame Tell</em> (presumably for Giordani) plus revivals of <em>L&#8217;elisir </em>(Netrebko, Florez, Kwiecien), <em>L&#8217;italiana</em> and <em>Semiramide.</em></div>
<div>Oh, and for Druid fanciers, the outlook is not <em>quite</em> so rosy: a single revival of <em>Norma</em> next season with <strong>Dolora Zajick</strong>, <strong>Maria Guleghina</strong> and <strong>Franco Farina</strong> &#8212; or, as <strong>Mme. Vera Galupe-Borzkh</strong> might sum it up: &#8220;Can Belto, Can&#8217;t Belto and Can&#8217;t Canto.&#8221;</div>
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<title><![CDATA[Soon and later]]></title>
<link>http://parterre.wordpress.com/2006/12/26/soon-and-later/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Gregory Kunde is now listed on the Met&#8217;s site for the prima of Puritani. La Cieca hear]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">UPDATE:</span> Gregory Kunde is now <a href="http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/season/single/reserve.aspx?perf=8721">listed</a> on the Met&#8217;s site for the prima of <span style="font-style:italic;">Puritani</span>.</p>
<p>La Cieca hears that <span style="font-weight:bold;">Eric Cutler</span> did not sing the dress rehearsal of <span style="font-style:italic;">Puritani </span>(anyone there to confirm/deny?) and, though his name&#8217;s still on the <a href="http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/season/single/reserve.aspx?perf=8721">Met&#8217;s site</a>, he won&#8217;t go on for the prima Wednesday. Thoughts?</p>
<p>And the tittle-tattle about (of all things) the 2012 Met season continues to filter in. The latest: the Donizetti &#8220;Tudor cycle&#8221; shared amongst <span style="font-weight:bold;">Angela Gheorghiu</span> (<span style="font-style:italic;">Anna Bolena</span>), <span style="font-weight:bold;">Anna Netrebko</span> (<span style="font-style:italic;">Maria Stuarda</span>) and <span style="font-weight:bold;">Renee Fleming</span> (<span style="font-style:italic;">Roberto Devereux</span> [??!!]). All that, plus new productions of <span style="font-style:italic;">Guilliame Tell</span> and <span style="font-style:italic;">Rienzi</span>.  Or, on the other hand, Earth may collide with a giant comet, so hold off on locking in the dates quite yet.</p>
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