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<title><![CDATA[Rápidas... Paris...]]></title>
<link>http://alerib.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/rapidas-paris-2/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[As imperdíveis do momento, aqui em Paris: Dançantes: Para quem estiver por aqui no começo de dezembr]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 activities in Paris!]]></title>
<link>http://9hotelparis.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/top-10-activities-in-paris/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Grupo Regina Hoteles want to recommend 10 different things to do in Paris!  1.The Eiffel Tower –]]></description>
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<p><strong><a href="http://planetagadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/eiffel-tower.jpg"><img style="float:left;border:0 initial initial;" title="eiffel-tower" src="http://hotelpulitzerparis.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/eiffel-tower.jpg?w=240" alt="eiffel-tower" width="240" height="300" /></a> 1.The Eiffel Tower</strong> – No list concerning Paris would be complete without a mention of The Eiffel Tower, and this holds true for a list of cultural activities, as well. Not only can you take a tour of the historic monument, but there are numerous other events held here as well.</p>
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<p><strong><img style="float:left;border:0 initial initial;" title="tour-de-france" src="http://hotelpulitzerparis.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/tour-de-france.jpg?w=300" alt="tour-de-france" width="300" height="195" />3.Tour de France</strong> – Although the starting point of the 3,500 kilometre race varies each year, and the race actually goes through several countries that border France, the ending point of the final stage is always in Paris; making this race one of the most popular activities in Parisian culture to date.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gomery/Palais%20Garnier%202002.jpg"><img style="float:left;border:0 initial initial;" src="http://hotelpulitzerparis.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/palais-garnier-2002.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="210" /></a>4.Palais Garnier</strong> – Parisians have always loved their opera and theatre, and they still do. And with the Palais Garnier, also known as the Opera de Paris, theatre patrons can enjoy classic ballets and opera performances in a historic, 2,200 seat venue that dates all the way back to 1875.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://www.embafrancia.com.sv/local/cache-vignettes/L360xH245/13_Joachim_BertrandDDSC_7-570ba.jpg"><img style="float:left;border:0 initial initial;" src="http://hotelpulitzerparis.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/stade.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="204" /></a>5.Stade de France</strong> – Every culture enjoys sporting events and activities, and Paris is no exception. The 80,000 seat venue was originally built in anticipation for the 1998 FIFA World Cup; and when France defeated Brazil to win the cup, France’s national stadium was instantly thrust into the spotlight as one of Paris’ most beloved attractions.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://mikebm.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/opera-bastille.jpg"><img style="float:left;border:0 initial initial;" title="opera-bastille" src="http://hotelpulitzerparis.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/opera-bastille.jpg?w=300" alt="opera-bastille" width="300" height="277" /></a>6.Opera Bastille</strong> – Originally designed to replace the Palais Garnier, which never came to fruition, the Opera Bastille has found its niche hosting shows and events with a more “modern” feel. And with 2,723 there is plenty of room for those who want to enjoy the cultural activities that are held here.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://www.wayfaring.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/louvre-museum-picture.jpg"><img style="float:left;border:0 initial initial;" title="louvre-museum-picture" src="http://hotelpulitzerparis.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/louvre-museum-picture.jpg?w=300" alt="louvre-museum-picture" width="300" height="192" /></a>7.The Louvre</strong> – The national museum of France, The Louvre is a significant landmark as it holds some of France’s most prolific pieces of history, including the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo statue. Because of this, touring The Louvre is one of the most popular cultural activities that the city of France has to offer.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://www.parisapartments.me/images/rock-en-seine-paris.jpg"><img style="float:left;border:0 initial initial;" title="rock-en-seine-paris" src="http://hotelpulitzerparis.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/rock-en-seine-paris1.jpg?w=300" alt="rock-en-seine-paris" width="300" height="199" /></a>8.Rock en Seine</strong> – Parisians like their live rock music, too – proof of this can be seen in the success of Rock en Seine, one of the many annual music festivals held in Paris, France. Since 2003 the multi-day festival has hosted many bands and concert-goers alike, quickly becoming one of the most popular cultural activities in the city.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://www.gardenvisit.com/assets/madge/disneyland_paris_france/original/disneyland_paris_france_original.jpg"><img style="float:left;border:0 initial initial;" title="disneyland_paris_france_original" src="http://hotelpulitzerparis.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/disneyland_paris_france_original.jpg?w=225" alt="disneyland_paris_france_original" width="225" height="300" /></a>9.Disneyland Resort Paris</strong> – Disneyland wasn’t always a cultural attraction in Paris, but it certainly is now. In the Eastern suburbs of France, Disneyland Resort Paris has been operating since 1992 and it has remained one of Europe’s top tourist attractions ever since.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://www.musewiki.org/images/1S7000275.JPG"><img style="float:left;border:0 initial initial;" title="zenith" src="http://hotelpulitzerparis.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/zenith.jpg?w=300" alt="zenith" width="300" height="225" /></a>10.Le Zenith</strong> – Another testament for their love of live music, Le Zenith is a shared name given to 15 venues located around France, the original of which was founded in Paris in 1983. Ever since then it has remained one of the most enjoyed cultural activities in Paris.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.iexplore.com/articles/2009/08/top-10-things-to-do-in-paris.jhtml">http://www.iexplore.com/articles/2009/08/top-10-things-to-do-in-paris.jhtml</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Balades à Paris ...]]></title>
<link>http://annabogen.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/balades-a-paris/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Anna Bogen</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8230; voici en photos les derniers endroits parisien par lesquels je suis passés dernièrement. Dés]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;">&#8230; voici en photos les derniers endroits parisien par lesquels je suis passés dernièrement.<br />
Désolé mais cette fois ci ça sera des photos prisent avec le portable, premièrement car à Babès je n&#8217; ai pas osé sortir mon appareil photo numérique de mon sac ^^ <em>(ça fait peut être cliché mais j&#8217; étais moyennement rassurée toute seule dans ce quartier &#8230;)</em> et deuxièmement car pour Bastille j&#8217; avais laissé mon apn à la maison <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  .</p>
<p><em>Donc voilà Barbès et ces mythiques Tati géants, par curiosité je suis rentrée dedans et je n&#8217;ai jamais vu un magazin aussi bordélique loool. J&#8217; ai traversé tout le boulevard et quelques rues du &#8220;quartier arabe&#8221;, je suis un peu déçu, je pensais y voir plus de magazins interessants et y trouver des costumes de danse orientale mais franchement il n&#8217; y a rien, sauf si vous avez envie de vous faire tresser la tête ou d&#8217; acheter un portable à 40euros alors là y&#8217;a tout ce qui faut !!<br />
Je n&#8217;ai pas vraiment apprécié ce quartier, à chaque mètre on est abordé par des vendeurs à la sauvette &#8220;cigarettes? maïs? lunettes? sacs?&#8221; et lourdement draguer :/ mais bon c&#8217;est ce qui fait aussi le &#8220;charme&#8221; du quartier. Un magasin a retenu mon attention, on pouvait y trouver accessoires pour cheveux, postiches, tout ça à côté de matériel vaudou et mystique ^^ .</em></p>
<p>Voilà mon peu de photos :</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-949" title="DSC00961" src="http://annabogen.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/dsc00961.jpg" alt="DSC00961" width="497" height="372" /></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;">Et voilà Bastille, avec son Opéra <em>(assez spectaculaire une fois à l&#8217; intérieur, j&#8217;y ai vu &#8220;La Bayadère&#8221; il y a deux ans)</em> et sa place de La Bastille <em>(of course).</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Opera monstruosa*]]></title>
<link>http://sebika.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/opera-monstruosa/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 18:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sebika</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sebika.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/opera-monstruosa/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;INDUSTRIE BASTILLE Attention, ceci est un billet illustré par de nombreuses images de très m]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[โรงเรียนโนดาเมะ]]></title>
<link>http://deedeelam.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/%e0%b9%82%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%87%e0%b9%80%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b5%e0%b8%a2%e0%b8%99%e0%b9%82%e0%b8%99%e0%b8%94%e0%b8%b2%e0%b9%80%e0%b8%a1%e0%b8%b0/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>DeeDee</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[ค่อยเอาของเก่ามาขายนะฮะ ตอนอยู่ปารีส เราก็คิดได้ว่า เอ๊ะ น่าจะไปดูหน้าตา Conservatoire de Paris ของ ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>ค่อยเอาของเก่ามาขายนะฮะ ตอนอยู่ปารีส เราก็คิดได้ว่า เอ๊ะ น่าจะไปดูหน้าตา Conservatoire de Paris ของ <a href="http://deedeelam.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/nodame-cantabile-sp/" target="_self">โนดาเมะ</a> ซะหน่อย ขณะกำลังคิดๆอยู่ คุณแม่เจ้าของบ้านดันไปติดต่อให้เราได้ไปดูคอนเสิร์ตที่นี่เฉยเลย</p>
<p><!--more-->เป็นคอนเสิร์ตนัดบอดมาก กับคุณป้าที่ไม่เคยเจอกันมาก่อน และพูดอังกิดไม่ได้ ต้องไปตามหาคุณป้าที่ใส่โค้ทมีปกเป็นเฟอร์ ซึ่งมีอย่างนี้มากมาย ยืนรออยู่ชาติกว่า ปกิสว่า คุณป้าเอาเฟอร์มาคล้องที่แขน หนูเลยไม่รี้ หลังจากเจอกันก็คุยไม่รู้เรื่องอยู่ดี จิงๆคนที่เค้าติดต่อให้มาเจอจะเป็นคุณครูด้านดนตรี อายุพอๆกับเรา แต่ดันเปื่อย ก็ไม่เป็นไรค่ะ เป็นคอนเสิร์ตบราหมส์ แต่มันเป็นเพลงร้องๆหมดเรยอ่ะ บางอันก็คิดว่าตัดจากโอเปร่ามาร้อง คือเราไม่ชอบร้องง่ะ เลยไม่ค่อยเอนจอยเท่าไหร่ ในฮอลตกแต่งซะโมเดินมาก แต่เค้าไม่ให้ถ่ายรูป</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3310/3296370449_3313e1a3f3.jpg" alt="Cité de la musique ดูคอนเสิร์ตในนี้ เล็กๆ แต่ตกแต่งประหลาดดี" width="500" height="375" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Cité de la musique ดูคอนเสิร์ตในนี้ เล็กๆ แต่ตกแต่งประหลาดดี</p></div>
<p>ฮอลที่เราไปดูคอนเสิร์ตเรียกว่า Cité de la musique ซึ่งก็เป็นส่วนนึงของคอนแซวาตัวเหมือนกัน เราก็รีบวิ่งไปถ่ายรูปตึกด้านหน้า ที่คุ้นๆว่าอยู่ในฉากโนดาเมะ ที่โนดาเมะต้องวิ่งเข้าไปเรียนทุกเช้า แต่หนูไปตอนเย็นแล้วอ่ะ เลยได้รูปไม่ชัดเท่าไหร่ รีบกดด้วยเพราะต้องรีบไปดูคอนเสิต แต่ดีใจที่ได้มาดูโรงเรียนเป็นๆ อิอิ</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3601/3296370437_67058efa59.jpg" alt="ตึกนี้ ที่โนดาเมะกระหืดกระหอบมาเรียน" width="500" height="375" /><p class="wp-caption-text">ตึกนี้ ที่โนดาเมะกระหืดกระหอบมาเรียน</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 385px"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3319/3296370441_777b06a3c4.jpg" alt="พยายามคิดซะว่าเป็นกลางวันนะจ๊ะ วิ่งเข้าทางนี้แหละจ้ะ" width="375" height="500" /><p class="wp-caption-text">พยายามคิดซะว่าเป็นกลางวันนะจ๊ะ วิ่งเข้าทางนี้แหละจ้ะ</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3415/3296370445_1b8c0d2943.jpg" alt="ซูมป้ายด้านบน ว่ามาไม่ผิดที่" width="500" height="375" /><p class="wp-caption-text">ซูมป้ายด้านบน ว่ามาไม่ผิดที่</p></div>
<p>อีกวันนึงก็ได้ไปดูโอเปร่าเรื่อง มาดามบัตเตอร์ฟลาย ที่ Opera Bastille แถวบ้านหนูเอง เดินไปนิดเดียวเอง ไปต่อแถวซื้อตั๋ว 25 บาทแบบลาสท์มินนิท ซึ่งก็จะได้ที่นั่งพวกร้อยกว่าบาทในราคาถูก ซึ่งหนูกัวไมไ่ด้ เลยคว้าตั๋ว 9 บาทที่คนแถวนั้นมาขายต่อไปก่อน แต่รู้สึกว่าคิดถูกแล้ว เพราะไม่ประทับใจเท่าไหร่ เนื่องจากทำฉาก เสื้อผ้า โมเดินเกิน พอกลับไปเล่าให้คุณแม่ท่ีบ้านฟัง เค้าบอกว่าเค้าชอบของ Met Opera ที่นิวยอคมาเรยนะ กิโมโนกิ๊บเก๋ โจโจ้กางร่มเดินไปมา เราก็แบบ เอ๊ะ ร่ม ร่ม ร่ม ไม่เห็นมีที่บาสตีย์เรย เรื่องนี้โลโก้ต้องเป็นโจโจ้ซังถือร่มนี่นา เอาออกไปได้ยังไง โกด และน่าเบื่อมากอ่ะ คงไม่แนะนำให้ใครดู</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Architecture for Music: Opera Bastille]]></title>
<link>http://mikebm.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/architecture-for-music-opera-bastille/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mikebm</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This is the Sunday Series, a peek of things in the art music world. Music has a close bound with arc]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>Music has a close bound with architecture for quite some time. Concert halls and opera houses are also the ones which effects the music and also effected by music. These structures are devoted to music, from within them we witness the grow of musical arts.<br />
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<p><em>This series presents the beauty of the structure, in which music creativity flows abundantly.</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Bastille Opera or <em>L’Opéra de la Bastille</em> is located in the heart of Paris, at the former location of the historic Bastille Prison which is holds an important role in the rise of modern democracy.<!--more--></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">The place was picked because of the original idea about this theater was about establishing a people&#8217;s theater, an idea by composer Pierre Boulez, Maurice Béjart, along with Jean Vilar. This house is intended to complement Opera Garnier in the Parisian artistic scene.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">The construction took 5 years time, from 1984-1989. It began with the deconstruction of Bastille Train Station and the inauguration took place in July 13th, 1989 as a 2 centuries of Bastille incident at the same day.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Located at the Place de la Bastille, in the <span class="mw-redirect">12th arrondissement</span>, the house was designed with 2,723 seats, every one of which has an unrestricted view of the stage. The theatre, was “surmounted by the opaque cube of the stage building and wrapped in gridded walls of glass&#8230;&#8230; the Opera stands sociably open to the world outside, whereas the foyers, with their broad overview of the city, have the slick, impersonal look of an airport lounge”<sup class="reference"></sup>. Beauvert also describes the theatre&#8217;s backstage facilities as being extremely modern, allowing for nine times the volume of the stage and the ability to roll entire sets off and on intact. However, compared to other world-class opera houses, the acoustics have been described as disappointing at best.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1669" title="amphitheatre-bastille" src="http://mikebm.wordpress.com/files/2009/02/amphitheatre-bastille.jpg" alt="amphitheatre-bastille" width="344" height="251" /></p>
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<p>This are the performing space in Bastille Opera House:  (in French)</p>
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<li>Grande salle de 2 723 places</li>
<li>Salle LIEBERMANN. Cette salle prévue modulable de 300 à 1 200 places, notamment pour la création d&#8217;œuvres contemporaines, n&#8217;a jamais été réalisée. L&#8217;espace prévu a été transformé en 2005 en salle de répétition pour l&#8217;orchestre.</li>
<li>Amphithéâtre de 500 places</li>
<li>Studio de 250 places</li>
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<p>Pictures:</p>
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<li><a href="http://en.sylvainkalache.com/opera_bastille_vue_scene.jpg">http://en.sylvainkalache.com/opera_bastille_vue_scene.jpg</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.france-hotel-guide.com/images2/opera-bastille.jpg">http://www.france-hotel-guide.com/images2/opera-bastille.jpg</a></li>
<li><a href="http://photos-libres.fr/wp-content/uploads/blogger/_8UpG9PF094k/RdGfRueYLwI/AAAAAAAAAO8/edgB3SZ5KUU/s400/L-opera-bastille-a-paris-018.jpg">http://photos-libres.fr/wp-content/uploads/blogger/..B3SZ5KUU/s400/L-opera-bastille-a-paris-018.jpg</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.worldwideticketing.com/images/opera/Amphitheatre-Bastille.jpg">http://www.worldwideticketing.com/images/opera/Amphitheatre-Bastille.jpg</a></li>
<li><a href="http://gallery.photo.net/photo/3809102-lg.jpg">http://gallery.photo.net/photo/3809102-lg.jpg</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cityzeum.com/mmedia/get.php?pid=100028661&#38;format=graphic&#38;ms=400">http://www.cityzeum.com/mmedia/get.php?pid=100028661&#38;format=graphic&#38;ms=400</a></li>
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<title><![CDATA[ROMEO E GIULIETTA di Prokofiev: DVD in edicola]]></title>
<link>http://musicofilia.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/romeo-e-giulietta-di-prokofiev-dvd-in-edicola/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Roberto Mastrosimone</dc:creator>
<guid>http://musicofilia.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/romeo-e-giulietta-di-prokofiev-dvd-in-edicola/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Terzo numero della collana &#8220;Invito al balletto&#8221; della De Agostini, l&#8217;edizione del ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Terzo numero della collana &#8220;Invito al balletto&#8221; della De Agostini, l&#8217;edizione del <em>Romeo e Giulietta </em>di Sergei Prokofiev con la coreografia di Rudolf Nureiev, registrata all&#8217;Opéra-Bastille nel luglio 1995.</p>
<p>La coreografia di Nureiev è dominata dall&#8217;idea della morte fin dalla prima scena, in cui a mo&#8217; di introduzione si vede un carro che trasporta i morti delle contese tra Capuleti e Montecchi. Storia più di morte che d&#8217;amore questo <em>Romeo e Giulietta</em> secondo il grande Rudolf, ambientata in una Verona violenta e spietata.</p>
<p>Costumi sontuosi, vera gioia per gli occhi, scene sfarzose (adeguate al megapalcoscenico dell&#8217;Opéra Bastille) poco aderenti comunque alla Verona quattrocentesca che vorrebbero riprodurre, solisti (Monique Loudières e Manuel Legris) davvero superlativi: queste le carte vincenti della produzione. Le nuoce, secondo me, una ridondanza (troppi personaggi in scena, troppi movimenti, troppo &#8230; di tutto) che a lungo andare stanca, soprattutto in una visione tv. Versione più che integrale (alcuni numeri della partitura sono reiterati per esigenza coreografica), con buona esecuzione orchestrale affidata alla esperta direzione di Vello Pahn. Eccellenti immagini video e sound ottimo nel Dolby Digital 5.1, meno nel Dolby Digital 2.0 <em>(faccio però riferimento all&#8217;originale Warner Music, non garantisco per le copie distribuite in edicola).</em></p>
<p>E&#8217; un peccato, secondo me, che la De Agostini non abbia optato per l&#8217;edizione del Royal Ballet con la coreografia di Kenneth Mac Millan e la stratosferica Giulietta di una giovanissima Alessandra Ferri, presente nello stesso catalogo Warner. Versione questa davvero unica, di una fluidità narrativa quanto mai coinvolgente, ambientata in una sorta di teatro elisabettiano, è teatro alla massima potenza. Forse la ripresa video-audio più datata, ma pur sempre comunque dignitosa, hanno determinato la scelta per il prodotto più recente, che se pur bello non regge però a mio giudizio il confronto con la versione capolavoro. Peccato!</p>
<p>Un momento della versione in subject: la celeberrima Danza dei Cavalieri</p>
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<title><![CDATA[I Concerti di Capodanno....]]></title>
<link>http://musicofilia.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/concerti-di-capodanno-qualche-breve-considerazione/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Roberto Mastrosimone</dc:creator>
<guid>http://musicofilia.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/concerti-di-capodanno-qualche-breve-considerazione/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Do la precedenza alla più bella: Elina Garanca ha accompagnato musicalmente queste feste allietandol]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Do la precedenza alla più bella:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-353" src="http://musicofilia.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/garanca.jpg?w=179" alt="" width="179" height="300" /></p>
<p>Elina Garanca ha accompagnato musicalmente queste feste allietandole con la voce e la sua bellezza. L&#8217;interesse del<strong> Galakonzert da Baden Baden </strong>si esauriva nella di lei presenza: brani dalla Carmen, dal Don Carlo, da alcune zarzuelas. In parte già ascoltati ad Amsterdam nel concerto di Natale. Comunque un modo davvero piacevolissimo di inziare il 2009!</p>
<p>Il<strong> Silvesterkonzert dei Berliner</strong> diretti da Sir Simon Rattle, con Thomas Quasthoff e Pauline Malefane è stato dedicato agli USA.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-354" title="rattle-und-bpo" src="http://musicofilia.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/rattle-und-bpo.jpg?w=300" alt="rattle-und-bpo" width="300" height="199" /></p>
<p>Gershwin, Copland, Barber, Adams, Kern&#8230; Sir Simon è a suo agio in questo repertorio, Quasthoff , nonostante la sua splendida voce e una vertiginosa intelligenza interpretativa, forse un po&#8217; meno: la sua pronuncia sa troppo di tedesco per render bene questi songs: il suo <em>Old Man River</em> faceva più pensare al Reno che al Mississippi.</p>
<p>Il <strong>Réveillon dall&#8217;Opéra-Bastille</strong> ha avuto qualche problema nella telediffusione.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-355" title="operabastille" src="http://musicofilia.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/operabastille.jpg?w=300" alt="operabastille" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p>Ha riproposto alcune coreografie di Béjart (tra cui il celeberrimo Bolero) e alcuni brani di compositori cechi (Smetana e Dvorak).</p>
<p>Il <strong>Concerto della Fenice</strong> ha rivisto il grande e inossidabile Georges Pretre alla guida dei complessi del teatro veneziano.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-356" title="Pretre" src="http://musicofilia.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/gp.jpg?w=300" alt="Pretre" width="300" height="219" /></p>
<p>L&#8217;interesse  si esauriva nella sua presenza e nelle riprese tv del più bel teatro del mondo. La Devia e Pisapia non mi sono sembrati in gran forma.</p>
<p>Ho lasciato per ultimo il<strong> Neujahrskonzert da Vienna</strong> quest&#8217;anno affidato a Daniel Barenboim.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-357" title="db" src="http://musicofilia.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/db.jpg?w=300" alt="db" width="300" height="202" /></p>
<p>Il Maestro israeliano è  tra i direttori più affermati del momento ed era inevitabile che prima o poi dovesse dirigere quest&#8217;evento di grandissima valenza mediatica. Sinceramente non ero molto convinto di questa scelta e devo dire che l&#8217;ascolto ha confermato le mie perplessità. Naturalmente siamo ad altissimi livelli, d&#8217;altronde i Wiener in queste pagine sono insuperabili, mancava però quel brio, quella gioia, quella spinta a danzare che è nel DNA di questi brani. Tutto procedeva con molta musicalità, ma a passo pesante tanto che pareva quasi di ascoltar poemi sinfonici e non brani nati per le sale da ballo. Insomma il pezzo più riuscito secondo me era il IV movimento della Sinfonia Hob I: n.°45 di Haydn, dove Barenboim mi è sembrato finalmente a suo agio.</p>
<p>A tutti &#8220;Prosit Neujahr!!!&#8221;</p>
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<link>http://sebika.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/sacre-bastille/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sebika</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sebika.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/sacre-bastille/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[HOMMAGE A MAURICE BEJART, 2008 Le Sacre du printemps d&#39;Heddy Maalem, AFP/Getty Image, 2008. Il e]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New York City Ballet à Paris]]></title>
<link>http://parisbali.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/new-york-city-ballet-a-paris/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>celine79</dc:creator>
<guid>http://parisbali.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/new-york-city-ballet-a-paris/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[La semaine dernière, j&#8217;ai eu la chance d&#8217;assister à la représentation du New York City B]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wozzeck à l'Opéra-Bastille]]></title>
<link>http://rienquedelareglisse.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/wozzeck-a-lopera-bastille/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rienquedelamusique</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rienquedelareglisse.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/wozzeck-a-lopera-bastille/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Je n’irai pas voir le Wozzek d’Alban Berg, interprété en ce moment même à l’opéra Bastille. Je n’éco]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"> <font face="Georgia" size="3"> Je n’irai pas voir le<i> Wozzek </i>d’Alban Berg, interprété en ce moment même à l’opéra Bastille. Je n’écouterai pas le texte de Georges Büchner. J’ai raté la répétition générale qui avait lieu jeudi 27 mars !!! C’est terrible ! Et ce n’est même pas la première fois. L’opéra avait été joué il y a de ça je crois 5 ans et la répétition n’était pas publique. J’avais pourtant supplié les gardiens de me laisser entrer mais ils avaient refusé !!! Les chiens… Me faire ça… A moi ! Alors, certes oui, si j’aime cet opéra, je pourrais tout de même ne pas trop compter sur les invitations etc… Mais je dois remplacer mon vieux PC amorphe et sénile (si, si !) par un jeune et fringuant Mac tout neuf et tout blanc!</font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Georgia" size="3"> Je ne résiste toutefois pas à l’envie de vous parler de cet opéra auquel je n’ai donc jamais pu assister mais que j’ai, je vous rassure, de nombreuses fois écouté (sans quoi c’eût été difficile d’en faire mon opéra préféré). </font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Georgia" size="3"> Pour ce faire, je vais m’appuyer sur la chronique du <a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2008/03/31/opera-un-wozzeck-d-anthologie_1029291_3246.html">Monde</a> (facile !!!!!) ainsi que les observations abrégées de mon poussif compagnon de beuverie, j’ai nommé Nicolas Charron, contrebassiste à l’opéra bastille et musicien-interprète du dit opéra (plus dur !). </font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Georgia" size="3">C’est Sylvain Cambreling, qui est le chef de cette nouvelle production de <i>Wozzeck</i> (1925), « incroyablement à l&#8217;aise, souple et précis dans une partition qu&#8217;il semble connaître comme sa poche, la tir[ant] tantôt vers l&#8217;expressionnisme le plus vif, tantôt vers les raffinements de la musique de chambre. La beauté de l&#8217;orchestration de Berg et sa palette expressive ont rarement été restituées si subtilement. ». Enfin ça je pouvais l’écrire toute seule en m’appuyant sur les dires de mon compagnon d’arme Monsieur Charron : « Z’est vraiment zénial ! (hic !) Moi z’ai zamais rien entendu d’aussi beau ! (hic !) Z’ai des places, tu viens ? »</font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Georgia" size="3">Rien qu’en lisant l’article paru dans Le Monde, je m’imagine la scène finale d’un Wozzek fou de désespoir après avoir tué sa femme Marie. J’imagine la scène de l’opéra, pure, abstraite. La lune ensanglantée dans laquelle Wozzek se noie et qui rend la mer couleur rouge sang est-elle seulement là ? « Marthaler a trouvé une parade extraordinaire : il fait se dissoudre Wozzeck dans le noir qui envahit le plateau. Idée lumineuse, pour le coup. » Et ces enfants qui viennent se moquer de l’orphelin dans la scène finale, ont-ils cette espèce d’innocence carnassière, vorace et brutale que je m’imagine quand j’écoute l’opéra ? « Et il y a cette fin, si irréelle et si vraie dans sa lumière de morgue, ces enfants qui, dans leur inconsciente cruauté, disent au petit que sa mère, Marie, est morte. On pense alors aux derniers mots de <i>Pelléas et Mélisande</i>, qu&#8217;on a envie d&#8217;ainsi parodier : <i>&#8220;Et maintenant, c&#8217;est au tour des pauvres petits.&#8221;</i></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Georgia" size="3">Voilà, je lis Le Monde et il m’appartient en un tour de main ! <i> </i></font></p>
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<link>http://claudesdailysnap.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/hay-on-stage/</link>
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<dc:creator>Claude</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Paris: Opera National de Paris]]></title>
<link>http://cultureonthecheap.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/paris-opera-national-de-paris/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cultureonthecheap</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cultureonthecheap.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/paris-opera-national-de-paris/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My love for Opera National de Paris really knows no bounds, and hopefully having a cheap tour of it ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>My love for Opera National de Paris really knows no bounds, and hopefully having <a href="http://cultureonthecheap.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/paris-opera-garnier-and-beyond/">a cheap tour of it</a> will make you want to spend more than an hour there&#8211;say, three perhaps?  As I mentioned last week, Charles Garnier envisioned the opera house being a portal to another world.  In the 21st Century, however, the opera experience begins far beyond the box office and Grand Staircase.  Fortunately, <a title="Opera de Paris on the Web" href="http://www.operadeparis.fr/">there&#8217;s a website for that</a>.  In one of the best assembled sites for an opera company I&#8217;ve seen, the language barrier is properly dissolved by sumptuous photographs and keen sound-clips (chances are, you&#8217;ve heard the music somewhere before as well, like <em>Lakme</em> on a <a title="British Airways ad with Lakme @ the End" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wwedauu6Ao">British Airways commercial</a> or <em>Tannhauser </em>and<em> The Ring Cycle</em> in a <a title="Who doesn't love the wabbit?" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEhHroh2r4w">Bugs Bunny cartoon</a>).</p>
<p>A bit of clarification about the Paris Opera, first.  There are two houses: the Garnier (as I wrote up last week) at the Place de l&#8217;Opera, and the Bastille (located in, you guessed it, the Bastille district).  Nowadays, most operas will be at the Bastille and most ballets at the Garnier, although they have been known to switch it up (those French and their whims).  Either way, you&#8217;re guaranteed a good show and, if you&#8217;re as whimsical as the French can be, a well-priced ticket.  Students, those under 25, and seniors over 65 can all queue up at the box office 15 minutes prior to curtain to get hefty discounts on the remaining seats.  I&#8217;ve always found with this situation that the best thing to do is to grab dinner at a nearby cafe.  There are some great rustic places near the Bastille (whose names you&#8217;ll just as quickly forget&#8230;blame the copious amounts of cheap and good Beaujolais), and if you&#8217;re looking for a culinary splurge, you can&#8217;t go wrong with <a title="Le Grand Cafe" href="http://www.legrandcafe.com/en/index.html">Le Grand Cafe</a> near the Opera, though there are also some great cheap eats, including a <a title="Cafe Indiana" href="http://www.cafeindiana.com/">Cafe Indiana</a> (something about margaritas and Mozart just sounds so right).  You can generally gauge how sold out the performance will be by how hectic its surrounding area&#8211;and restaurants&#8211;are.  At an hour prior to curtain (45 minutes until the tickets go on sale), head over to either the Bastille or Garnier and hope for the best.</p>
<p>Or, you can get amazingly cheap seats  (like 5 to 15 Euro cheap) in higher up sections.   You&#8217;ll be with a nice mix of people, from students, international travelers, and die-hard opera/ballet fans who are there.  Every.  Single.  Night.  Those are by far the most fun&#8211;though slightly batty&#8211;people to hang out with as they can give you the real dirt on who&#8217;s who and what&#8217;s what with this production.  On the website, simply click on which performance you want (they&#8217;re subdivided into Operas, Ballets, and Concerts) and then click &#8220;Reserver On-Line.&#8221;  From there, you&#8217;ll have the option of purchasing in English.</p>
<p>You may also want to consider the opera studio productions&#8211;the Hors le Murs&#8211;which cap off at 25 Euro and are more intimate affairs.  They&#8217;re also great opportunities to see young and exciting singers.  This season, the productions are Cosi fan Tutte and Le Nozze di Figaro, both by Mozart and both fabulous.  Otherwise this year, the schedule includes Tannhauser (Wagner), Alcina (Handel), Wozzeck (Berg), Luisa Miller (Verdi), and The Rake&#8217;s Progress (Stravinsky).  Ballets on the menu are The Nutcracker, Caligula, and Orphee et Eurydice.  <em>Comme c&#8217;est genial</em>!</p>
<p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/115/293647597_9d9d2f9b18.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="375" /><br />
Thanks, <a title="Poom247 on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poom247/">Poom247</a>!</p>
<p>Opera Bastille:<br />
Place de la Bastille, 75012<br />
Metro to Bastille<br />
01-44-73-13-00</p>
<p>Opera Garnier:<br />
Place de l&#8217;Opéra, 75009<br />
Metro to Opéra<br />
01-40-01-23-34<br />
http://www.opera-de-paris.fr</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Paris, Window Shopping, Eating, Walking, ]]></title>
<link>http://theseventhplanet.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/paris-window-shopping-eating-walking/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Today we headed to the ritziest part of town.  I put my best, Chanel shod foot forward onto Rue Faub]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Today we headed to the ritziest part of town.  I put my best, Chanel shod foot forward onto Rue Fauburg St Honore – the fanciest shopping street in Paris.</p>
<p>In today’s day and age,  actually,  globalization took some fun out of shopping.  No matter where you go, the shops are mostly the same.   There are some gems, however, like the famous Collette, an institution more than a shop.  The clothes here are presented on mannequins rather than the racks.  Almost no racks are to be found – just the artfully  outfitted mannequins.  The featured designers that attracted my attention were Comme des Garcons, ever avant-garde,  and very cool outfits by YSL , which warrants a trip to Woodbury Commons.</p>
<p>Another highlight was a visit to a miniature mall featuring meticulously restored antiques from the Louis XIX period through Art Nouveau and Art Deco – my personal favorites.   This place was like a museum of decorative arts, only everything was for sale.  That made it more exciting than a museum – the fact that all those treasures could be had if you had enough money.</p>
<p>Well, the antiques were out of our price range, so we walked to Fouchon  where I bought and consumed a piece of art of a cake whose  taste matched its looks.  It consisted of a caramel and meringue heart surrounded by a perfect semi-globe of chocolate sprinkled with some gold powder for the full measure.</p>
<p>From there we walked to Le Marais for another falafel and, I couldn’t resist, some Middle Eastern type of sugar-covered zeppole that called my name out of another amazing pastry shop painted with frescoes.</p>
<p>But enough said of the gluttonous delights.  My soul needed some nourishment too.  That was provided by a visit to the Opera Bastille for the performance of L; Elixir d’Amour with the glorious Anna Netrebko in title role.   Her tenor-counterpart,  however, was not on par.  He screwed up Una Furtima Lacrima, not hitting any of the high C’s and even, to my ear, taking a wrong note.  But everyone else was wonderful, the production was very nice, rivaling that at the Met in the inclusion of moving vehicles and one live dog.  The opera house is modern, minimalist, even austere, but pleasantly unobtrusive, and the acoustics was superb.  Even in our nosebleed section, third row from the back,  the sound was perfect and the view unobstructed.</p>
<p>Another great day in this great city.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Vykort från Paris (2)]]></title>
<link>http://erikssonskultursidor.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/vykort-fran-paris-2/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Vykortsfoto: Bengt Eriksson Promenad längs Rue de l&#8217;Ouest (bakom Montparnassetornet). Första h]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3003" title="Paris Chartier" src="http://erikssonskultursidor.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/paris-chartier.jpg" alt="Paris Chartier" width="324" height="432" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Vykortsfoto: Bengt Eriksson</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Promenad längs Rue de l&#8217;Ouest (bakom Montparnassetornet). Första huset: fortfarande beboeligt (urinvånare, äldre arbetare). Andra huset: fallfärdigt ruckel (asiatiska invandrare). Tredje, fjärde, femte osv: det internationella, postmodernistiska yuppiehuset. Det nya(ste) Paris är inte La Villette, nya Triumfbågen och Opera Bastille utan Plaisance (?), som den här stadsdelen heter. Klassmedveten graffiti i Metron: endast förstaklassvagnen bombad med &#8220;tags&#8221; (två tåg i rad). Fransk dag-TV: &#8220;Boulevard des Clips&#8221; (= rockvideo). Ingen presentatör, bara text: artist, titel, kompositör. Musikpaviljongen i Luxembourgträdgården (igår kväll): träxylofoner, trummor och slagverk, koror, &#8220;fiol&#8221; och harpa; afrikanskt runda men oj! så gymnastiska sångerskor/dansöser. Dirigent: Mory Kante. Guineas filharmoniska orkester höll konsert. Skrivet på Café Belfort (där Lenin planerade revolutionen)</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><em>(Expressen 1990)</em></p>
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