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<title><![CDATA[Il Flauto di Vertebre - Majak]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Da molto che non metto qualcosa del grande poeta della Rivoluzione. Oggi mi sembra un giorno adatto ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong><span style="color:#008000;">Da molto che non metto qualcosa del grande poeta della Rivoluzione.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#008000;">Oggi mi sembra un giorno adatto per</span> <span style="color:#800000;">Il Flauto di Vertebre</span><span style="color:#008000;">,</span><span style="color:#008000;"> un poema straziante, dedicato ad un amore finito, disperato, maledetto.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#008000;">E&#8217; un lungo travaglio questo poema, ma vale la pena. </span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#008000;">Lo scritto d&#8217;amore più bello.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><img class="alignnone" title="Foto di Alexander Rodchenko" src="http://homepage.mac.com/curatorial1/Russian%20Avant%20Garde/thumbnails/thumb-21.jpg" alt="" width="282" height="399" /></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>PROLOGO</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">A voi tutte che siete piaciute o piacete,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">che conservate icone nell&#8217;antro dell&#8217;anima,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">come coppa di vino in un brindisi,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">levo il cranio ricolmo di canti.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Sempre più spesso mi chiedo</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">se non sia meglio mettere un punto</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">d&#8217;un proiettile sulla mia sorte.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Oggi darò</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">in ogni caso,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">un concerto d&#8217;addio.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Memoria!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Raduna nella sala del cervello</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">le schiere inesauribili delle amate.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Da un occhio all&#8217;altro effondi il sorriso.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">D&#8217;antiche nozze travesti la notte.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Di corpo in corpo effondete la gioia.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Che nessuno dimentichi una simile notte.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Oggi io suonerò il flauto</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">sulla mia colonna vertebrale.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;"><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.neripozza.it/_files/autori/foto/brik.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="240" /><br />
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>1.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Miglia di strade i miei passi calpestano.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Dove andrò a nascondere il mio inferno?</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Da quale Hoffmann celeste</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">sei stata concepita, maledetta?</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Sono anguste le strade per una tempesta di gioia.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Gente adorna la festa senza posa attingeva.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Penso.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">I pensieri, grumi di sangue,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">infermi e rappresi strisciano via dal cranio.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Io,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">taumaturgo di ogni tripudio,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">non ho con chi andare alla festa.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Cadrò di schianto, supino,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">sfracellandomi il cranio sulle pietre del Nevski!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Ho bestemmiato.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Ho urlato che Dio non esiste,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">e lui ha tratto dal fondo dell&#8217;inferno</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">una donna che farebbe tremare una montagna,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">e mi ha comandato:</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">amala!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Dio è soddisfatto.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Nell&#8217;erta sotto il cielo</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">un uomo tormentato s&#8217;è inselvatichito e spento.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Dio si strapiccia le mani.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Dio pensa:</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">aspetta, Vladimir!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">L&#8217;ha escogitato lui, lui,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">per non farmi scoprire il tuo mistero,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">di darti un marito vero</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">e di porre sul pianoforte note umane.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Se furtivo m&#8217;accostassi alla soglia della tua alcova,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">per far la croce sulla nostra coperta,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">lo so,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">si sentirebbe puzzo di lana bruciata</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">e fumo solfureo si leverebbe dalla carne del diavolo.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Ma invece fino all&#8217;alba</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">l&#8217;orrore che tu fossi condotta ad amare</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">m&#8217;ha sconvolto,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">e le mie grida</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">ho sfaccettato in versi,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">gioielliere già in preda alla follia.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Giocare a carte!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Sciacquare</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">nel vino la rauca gola del cuore!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Non ho bisogno di te!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Non voglio!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Non importa,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">lo so</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">che creperò fra breve.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Se è vero che esisti,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">o Dio</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">o mio Dio,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">se hai intessuto il tappeto di stelle,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">se questo tormento,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">moltiplicato ogni giorno,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">è, Signore, una prova mandata giù da te,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">indossa la toga del giudice.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Aspetta la mia visita.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Sono puntuale,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">non tarderò di un giorno.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Ascolta, altissimo inquisitore!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Serrerò la bocca.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Non udranno un grido</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">dalle labbra morse.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Legami alle comete, come alle code dei cavalli,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">trascinami,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">squarciandomi sulle punte delle stelle.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Oppure,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">quando l&#8217;anima mia sloggerà</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">per venire al tuo tribunale,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">accigliandoti ottusamente,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">come una forca</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">distendi la Via Lattea,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">e subito impiccami come un criminale.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Fa&#8217; quello che ti pare.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Squartami, se vuoi.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Io stesso, giusto, ti laverò le mani.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Però,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">ascolta!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Portati via la maledetta,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">che m&#8217;hai comandato d&#8217;amare!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Miglia di strade i miei passi calpestano.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Dove andrò a nascondere il mio inferno?</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Da quela Hoffmann celeste</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">sei stata concepita, maledetta?</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;"><img class="alignnone" src="http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd93/orangeblossomcharlie/Boxer_Lily20Brink.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="439" /><br />
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>2.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Il cielo,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">fumoso, immemore d&#8217;azzurro</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">e le nubi a brandelli come profughi</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">rischiarerò nell&#8217;alba del mio ultimo amore,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">vivido come l&#8217;incarnato di un tisico.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">La mia gioia ricoprirà il ruggito</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">dell&#8217;ammasso, dimentico</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">del tepore domestico.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Uomini,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">ascoltate!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Uscite dalle trincee.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Combatterete dopo.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Anche se dura la battaglia,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">ubrica di sangue e vacillante come Bacco,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">le parole d&#8217;amore non sono vane.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Cari tedeschi!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Io so</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">che avete sul labbro</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">la Margherita di Goethe.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Muore il francese</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">sulla baionetta sorridendo,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">cone un sorriso si schianta l&#8217;aviatore ferito,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">se ricorda</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">il bacio della tua bocca,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Traviata.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Ma a me che importa</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">della rosea polpa,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">che i secoli masticheranno?</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Oggi stendetevi ad altri piedi!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">canto te,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">imbellettata,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">fulva.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Forse di questi giorni,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">orrendi come aguzze baionette,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">quando i secoli avranno canuta la barba,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">resteremo soltanto</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">tu</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">ed io,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">che t&#8217;inseguirò di città in città.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Sarai mandata di là dal mare,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">ti celerai nel covo della notte:</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">ti bacerò attraverso la nebbia di Londra</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">con le labbra di fuoco dei lampioni.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">In lente carovane percorrerai i torrdi deserti,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">dove stanno leoni in agguato:</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">per te</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">sotto la polvere, strappata dal vento,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">sarà un Sahara la mia guancia ardente.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Con un sorriso sulle labbra guardami,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">vedrai</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">che torero che io sono!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">E d&#8217;improvviso</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">getterò sul tuo palco la mia gelosia</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">come l&#8217;occhio morente del toro.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Se portando il tuo passo distratto sul ponte,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">penserai</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">che si sta bene laggiù,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">sarò io</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">sotto il ponte la corrente della Senna,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">e ti chiamerò,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">digrignando i putridi denti.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Con un altro incendierai nel fuoco dei cavalli</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Strelka o Sokolniki.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Io starò in alto a farti soffrire</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">come un&#8217;ignuda luna in attesa.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Sono forte,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">avranno bisogno di me</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">e mi ordineranno:</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">muori in battaglia!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Il tuo nome</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">sarà l&#8217;ultimo</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">rappreso sul mio labbro lacerato dal proiettile.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Finirò sul trono?</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">o a Sant&#8217;Elena?</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Dominati i flutti tempestosi della vita,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">sarò  ugualmente candidato</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">al regno dell&#8217;universo</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">e al lavoro forzato.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Se è mio destino d&#8217;essere re,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">il tuo viso</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">ordinerò di coniare al mio popolo</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">nell&#8217;oro vivo dell mie monete!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">O laggiù,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">dove si scolora il mondo nella tundra,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">dove traffica il fiume col vento del nord,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">sul ferro graffierò il tuo nome, Lilia,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">e le catene bacerò nel buio della galera.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Ascoltate, immemori dell&#8217;azzurro cielo,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">irsuti,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">come bestie feroci.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Al mondo, forse,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">questo ultimo amore</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">è un&#8217;alba vivida come l&#8217;incarnato di un tisico.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;"><img class="alignnone" src="http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/3584/majakowskiililabrikcr0.jpg" alt="" width="387" height="263" /><br />
</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">3.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Scorderò l&#8217;anno, la data, il giorno.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Mi chiuderò solo con un foglio di carta.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Avverati, magia sovrumana,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">delle parole illuminate di pianto!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Oggi, appena entrato nella tua casa,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">mi sono sentito</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">a disagio.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Tu celavi qualcosa nell&#8217;abito di seta</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">e s&#8217;effondeva nell&#8217;aria un profumo d&#8217;incenso.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Sei felice?</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Hai risposto un freddo:</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">&#8220;Molto.&#8221;</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">L&#8217;inquietudine ha rotto l&#8217;argine della ragione.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Accumulo disperazione, nel delirio della febbre.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Ascolta,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">tannto non ci riesci</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">a celare il cadavere.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Scagliami in viso la parola terribile.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Ogni tuo muscolo urla</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">lo stesso</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">come in un megafono:</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">è morto, è morto, è morto.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">No,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">rispondi.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Non mentire!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">(Come farò a tornare indietro così?)</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Come due tombe</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">ti si scavano gli occhi nel viso.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Le due fosse si inabissano.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Non se ne vede il fondo.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Mi sembra</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">di crollare sul palco dei giorni.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Come una fune, ho teso l&#8217;anima sul precipizio</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">e vi ho fatto  l&#8217;equilibrista, giocoliere di parole.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Lo so,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">ormai l&#8217;ha consunto l&#8217;amore.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Da tanti segni indovino la noia.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Fammi tornare giovane nell&#8217;anima.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">La gioia del corpo fa&#8217; di nuovo conoscere al cuore.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Lo so,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">per una donna sempre si paga.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Non fa niente,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">se intanto,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">non ti vestirò conl&#8217;elegante abito di Parigi</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">ma soltanto col fumo della sigaretta.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Il mio amore,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">come un apostolo d&#8217;età remote,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">diffonderò per mille e mille strade.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Da secoli è pronta per te una corona,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">ove sono incastonate le mie parole:</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">arcobaleno di spasimi.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Come fecero vincere Pirro</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">gli elefanti con passi di due quintali,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">così io ho sconvolto il tuo cervello col passo del genio.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Invano.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Non potrò piegarti.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Gioisci,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">gioisci</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">d&#8217;avermi finito!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Ora è tale l&#8217;angoscia che desidero</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">soltanto fuggire al canale</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">e il capo cacciare nell&#8217;acqua digrignante.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Mi hai offerto le labbra.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Con quanta indifferenza.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Le ho sfiorate e m&#8217;hanno ghiacciato.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">M&#8217;è parso di baciare in penitenza</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">un monastero intagliato nella fredda pietra.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Hanno sbattuto</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">la porta.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">É entrato lui,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">rorido della gaiezza delle strade.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Io</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">come un gemito mi sono spezzato in due.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Gli ho gridato:</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">&#8220;Va bene!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Me ne andrò!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Va bene!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Rimarrà tua.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Ricoprila di stracci,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">le sete appesantiscono le sue timide ali.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Bada che non s&#8217;involi.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Appendile al collo</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">come una pietra collane di perle!&#8221;</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Oh, questa</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">che notte!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Ho spremuto a non finire la mia disperazione.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Al mio pianto e al mio riso</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">il muso della stanza s&#8217;è torto in una smorfia d&#8217;orrore.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">E come una visione sorse a te il tuo sembiante,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">sul suo tappeto effondevi l&#8217;aurora dei tuoi occhi,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">quasi un sogno evocasse un nuovo Bialik</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">un&#8217;abbagliantte regina ebraica di Sion.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Nel tormento ho piegato i ginocchi</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">dinanzi a colei che non è più mia.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">A mio paragone</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">re Alberto,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">arresosi con tutte le sue fortezze,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">è un festeggiato ricolmo di regali.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Indoratevi al sole, fiori ed erbe!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Dilagate in primavera, vita di tutti gli elementi!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Io un solo veleno desidero:</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">bere e bere sempre versi.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Tu che hai saccheggiato il mio cuore,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">privandolo di tutto,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">e nel delirio m&#8217;hai lacerato l&#8217;anima,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">accogli, cara, il mio dono,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">forse più nulla io potrò inventare.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Ornate a festa la data di oggi.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Avverati,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">magia simile alla passione di Cristo.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Vedete,</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">sulla carta sono trafitto</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">con i chiodi delle parole.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;"><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.wmatlan.else.com.pl/lila.jpg" alt="" width="402" height="274" /><br />
</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">(1915)</span></strong></p>
<h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#008000;"><strong><em>&#8230;non si può che amare la terra con cui hai condiviso il freddo, </em></strong></span></h2>
<h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#008000;"><strong><em>quello più intimo, il ghiaccio perenne che mi porto dentro&#8230;</em></strong></span></h2>
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<title><![CDATA[Byte. CONCERT LA CLUJ. 2009. noiembrie 12]]></title>
<link>http://clickzoombytes.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/byte-concert-la-cluj-2009-noiembrie-12/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Opera Maghiară de Stat. joi, 12 noiembrie. ora 18.30 Traviata, de Giuseppe Verdi operă în trei acte.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;"><strong><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-7773" title="Opera Maghiară de Stat Cluj" src="http://clickzoombytes.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/opera-maghiara-de-stat-cluj4.jpg?w=400" alt="Opera Maghiară de Stat Cluj" width="400" height="108" />Opera Maghiară de Stat. joi, 12 noiembrie. ora 18.30</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Traviata, de Giuseppe Verdi</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>operă în trei acte.spectacol în limba italiană</strong></p>
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<li>regia: Gy. Tatár Éva</li>
<li>dirijor: Horváth József</li>
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<p>în distribuţie: Hary Judit (Violetta Valery), Veress Orsolya (Flora Bervoix), Mányoki Mária (Annina), Pataki Adorján (Alfred Germont), Fülöp Márton (Georges Germont), Szakács Levente (vicomte Gaston),  Naphegyi Béla (baronul Douphol), Sziklavári Szilárd (marquis D’Obigny), Szilágyi János (Grenvil), Rigmányi István (Joseph)</p>
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<li>scenografia: Nagy Endre inv.</li>
<li>costume: Witlinger Margit</li>
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<title><![CDATA[Una voz inmejorable]]></title>
<link>http://canto-lirico.com/2009/11/05/una-voz-inmejorable/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Crítica La traviata En una nueva producción de Juventus Lyrica, la soprano Soledad de la Rosa compus]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Crítica La traviata En una nueva producción de Juventus Lyrica, la soprano Soledad de la Rosa compuso una memorable Violetta, dentro de un alto nivel general. </strong></p>
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<p>Es conocido el gran fracaso que fue La traviata, hoy el título más popular de Verdi, en su primera representación. Y aunque seguramente la causa principal del fiasco estuviera en la novedosa ambientación contemporánea -con su capacidad de convertir la escena en un pulido espejo en el que el público pudiera verse a sí mismo- sin duda la actuación de Fanny Salvini-Donatelli, la soprano excedida de peso que inauguró el rol, obró de catalizador.</p>
<p>Afortunadamente, la ópera ganó en cuidados de los aspectos visuales de su representación, pero esa dedicación tal vez trajo como contrapartida la indeseable consecuencia de preferir un cantante cuyo timbre no se adecue al personaje, a otro cuyas medidas -especialmente si se trata de una mujer- no coincidan con el ideal. Y en este sentido resulta reparadora la elección de Soledad de la Rosa en el trágico papel de Violetta para la nueva producción de La traviata que Juventus Lyrica subió este viernes como cierre de temporada. Sus condiciones vocales excepcionales y la naturalidad de su actuación consiguieron que la platea cambiara el frívolo comentario sobre sus dimensiones por una cerrada ovación a su talento. Soledad de la Rosa tiene un dominio técnico notable, no sólo por la naturalidad con que resuelve los pasajes de coloratura sino por la perfecta sujeción del color y volumen de su voz al ánimo del personaje.</p>
<p>Por lo demás, la representación fue pareja en todos los terrenos.</p>
<p>La escenografía de época sugiere una lectura más o menos lineal del libreto. La simetría axial no sorprende: una estructura de líneas despojadas que se reviste para enmarcar los distintos actos y un mobiliario entre cuyo inventario produce algo de extrañeza el piano de cola, demasiado moderno pero también deteriorado, que adquiere cierta relevancia durante el primer acto, el de la fiesta en la sala principal de la casa de Violetta, cuando los invitados sobreactúan un improbable acompañamiento a cuatro manos en el célebre brindis.</p>
<p>El tenor Santiago Bürgi, el Alfredo Germont del segundo elenco, tuvo que asumir el rol para este estreno, en reemplazo de Norberto Fernández. Bürgi tiene un registro desparejo: terso en el registro medio, algo destimbrado en el agudo y un poco flojo en los graves, y aunque suelto corporalmente, su juvenil Alfredo necesita ganar aplomo.</p>
<p>El barítono Enrique Gilbert Mella compone un impecable aristócrata Giorgio Germont. Es cierto que su voz registra el paso de los años y que él, un poco a la antigua, articula prolijamente y se preocupa menos por su gestualidad. Pero es en esa actitud contenida donde se manifiesta su potencia expresiva.</p>
<p>El resto del elenco mantiene el nivel. Eugenia Fuente compone una Flora con brillo propio, y María Eugenia Caretti, una más que convincente Annina. Entre los comprimarios masculinos sorprende por la profundidad y calidez vocal Alejandro Di Nardo, el doctor.</p>
<p>El coro sonó bien aunque por momentos resultaba una masa demasiado grande para un escenario tan pequeño. La orquesta, dirigida por Russo, sonó ajustada y tuvo un comienzo mágico en el agudo de las cuerdas, un sonido que antes de subir del foso parecía descender de alguna otra parte. «</p>
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<strong>FICHA:</strong></strong></p>
<p>La traviata</p>
<p>Autor: Giuseppe Verdi</p>
<p>Director: Antonio Russo; régie: Ana D&#8217;Anna. Juventus Lyrica.</p>
<p>Muy bueno</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Byte. CONCERT LA CLUJ. 2009. octombrie 28. Opera Naţională Română]]></title>
<link>http://clickzoombytes.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/byte-concert-la-cluj-2009-octombrie-28-opera-nationala-romana/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>clickzoombytes</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Opera Naţională Română MIERCURI, 28 OCTOMBRIE orele 18.30 GIUSEPPE VERDI TRAVIATA (LA TRAVIATA) ]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>MIERCURI, 28 OCTOMBRIE orele 18.30</strong></p>
<h3><strong>GIUSEPPE VERDI</strong></h3>
<h1><strong>TRAVIATA</strong></h1>
<p align="center"><strong>(LA TRAVIATA)</strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">&#8230;</span><br />
</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><span style="color:#333399;"><strong><em>Invitată </em>soprana LUCIA BULUCZ de la Academia de Muzică „Gheorghe Dima” Cluj-Napoca</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><em>Spectacol interpretat în limba italiană</em></p>
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<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>ADRIAN MORAR                             &#8211; Dirijor</strong></p>
<p><strong>EMIL STRUGARU                           &#8211; Regia artistică</strong></p>
<p><strong>CRISTINA ALBU                             &#8211; Asistent regia artistică</strong></p>
<p><strong>WITLINGER MARGIT                     &#8211; Scenograf</strong></p>
<p><strong>ADRIAN MUREŞAN                       &#8211; Coregrafia</strong></p>
<p><strong>VLADIMIR POPEAN                       &#8211; Maestru de cor</strong></p>
<p><strong>CORNELIU FELECAN                   &#8211; Asistent maestru de cor</strong></p>
<p>LUCIA BULUCZ <em>(invitată)</em> &#8211; Violetta Valéry, curtezană</p>
<p>SORIN LUPU                                     &#8211; Alfredo Germont</p>
<p>OLEG IONESE                                             &#8211; Giorgio Germont</p>
<p>ŞTEFANIA BARZ     <strong><em> </em></strong> &#8211; Flora Bervoix</p>
<p>CORINA PĂŞTEANU                                   &#8211; Annina</p>
<p>PETRU GHILEA<em> </em> &#8211; Gastone, Viconte de Letorières</p>
<p>MIRCEA MOISA                                           &#8211; Baronul Douphol</p>
<p>SIMONFI SANDOR                          &#8211; Marchizul d’Obigny</p>
<p>PETRE BURCĂ                                            &#8211; Doctorul Grenvil</p>
<p>IOAN DAVID                                                  &#8211; Giuseppe şi Servitorul Florei</p>
<p>ALIN ANCA                                                   &#8211; Un comisionar</p>
<p align="right"><em>Spectacolul se termină la ora 21.30</em></p>
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<link>http://culturaitalia.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/traviata-esempio-di-fedelta/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Danilo Ruocco</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Traviata finale Primo Tempo Ieri pomeriggio, al Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo, è stato il trionfo di T]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Ieri pomeriggio, al Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo, è stato il trionfo di <strong><em>Traviata</em></strong> di <strong>Giuseppe Verdi</strong>. Nel ruolo del titolo la strepitosa <strong>Irina Dubrovskaya</strong> della quale si dirà semplicemente che era Violetta. Nei panni di Alfredo il bravo <strong>Antonio Gandia</strong>, in quelli di Giorgio l’altrettanto bravo <strong>Giuseppe Altomare</strong>. All’altezza tutto il resto del cast (la replica vedeva in scena la seconda compagnia). Tutti cantanti (a partire dai ruoli principali, per finire con i coristi) hanno saputo unire il canto con la recitazione, creando uno spettacolo davvero emozionante.<br />
Maestro concertatore e direttore d’orchestra era <strong>Bruno Cinquegrani</strong>; regista <strong>Paolo Panizza</strong>, scenografo <strong>Italo Grassi</strong> e costumista <strong>Carmela Lacerenza</strong>. Per tutti costoro un plauso speciale. Impeccabile l’esecuzione orchestrale, bellissimi i costumi (specie quelli indossati dalla protagonista), funzionali, oltre che belle, le scene.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">L’ambientazione voluta dal regista era leggermente spostata in avanti rispetto a quella pensata da Verdi per la prima versione dell’opera (1853): la scena, infatti, ricorda gli ambienti Bella époque.<br />
Ma, al di là degli arredi, ciò che colpisce è la predominanza assoluta in scena della forma circolare. Il letto/divano/palcoscenico era a forma di cerchio, così come le porte e le finestre. Perfino le decorazioni alle parete dei vari ambienti previsti dalla pièce erano circolari.<br />
Una scelta che non può essere casuale, come non casuale il fatto che tutti gli atti terminano con Violetta “incastonata” in un cerchio (ovvero, quello creato dalla testata del letto per il Primo Tempo; quello del paravento della casa di campagna del Secondo Tempo e quello della grande vetrata dell’ultimo Tempo). Inevitabile l’associazione del cerchio all’anello nuziale, la fede. Ecco, allora, che la lettura registica dell’opera rimanda prepotentemente al cambiamento di vita operato da Violetta: da Traviata, da mantenuta d’alto bordo, Violetta si trasforma in fedele compagna di Alfredo, capace, per amore, di sacrificare la propria gioia per il bene sociale del proprio compagno. Una lettura forte e del tutto aderente alle intenzioni dell’autore che si rifiutò di intitolare l’opera Violetta a favore del più crudo Traviata, proprio in quanto era sua intenzione evidenziare come una prostituta potesse fare emergere l’inconsistenza e la pericolosità della morale borghese.<br />
Meritata ovazione al calar della tela.<br />
Spettacolo da non mancare.</p>
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<link>http://kavole.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/%e2%80%9etraviata%e2%80%9c-paklydeles-sugrizimai/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kavole</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kavole.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/%e2%80%9etraviata%e2%80%9c-paklydeles-sugrizimai/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Šveicarija, Ciuricho centrinė geležinkelio stotis, 2008 metų spalio 30-oji, antradienis. Piko valand]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CAO La Traviata]]></title>
<link>http://tonycasas.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/cao-la-traviata/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tonycasas</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tonycasas.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/cao-la-traviata/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Up next for review is the long-awaited La Traviata by CAO. CAO La Traviata Jon Huber, Director of Li]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Up next for review is the long-awaited La Traviata by CAO.</p>
<div id="attachment_204" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><img class="size-full wp-image-204" title="la_trav_1" src="http://tonycasas.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/la_trav_1.jpg" alt="CAO La Traviata" width="480" height="640" /><p class="wp-caption-text">CAO La Traviata</p></div>
<p>Jon Huber, Director of Lifestyle Marketing for CAO cigars in Nashville TN, sponsors tons of contests almost daily from his twitter account (@caocigars). I was fortunate enough to have won a contest and have a few of these pop up on my door step. If you&#8217;re on twitter, and aren&#8217;t following him, I suggest you jump on the ball. Not only will you be able to capture great  CAO news, but if you&#8217;re lucky you may be able to grab a few sticks before they even hit stores.</p>
<p><strong>The Good Stuff:</strong> &#8220;La Traviata&#8221; is a brand that originated in Cuba over a hundred years ago at the Tabacalera Cubana, Agramonte no. 106 in Havana. CAO basically took this appeal and created am incredible cigar alike closely resembling &#8220;La Traviata&#8217;s&#8221; taste, construction, and Cuban roots.</p>
<p>As stated before La Traviata is just now barely hitting stores. The cigar itself was announced by CAO at this year&#8217;s International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association Trade Show in New Orleans. The CAO La Traviata is a full bodied cigar constructed of two different ligero fillers, one from the Domincan Republic and the other from the Pueblo Nuevo farm in Nicaragua. La Trivata uses a Cameroon binder and is then tightly wrapped with an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Size</strong>:  5 x 50  -  <strong>Wrapper: </strong>Ecuadorian Habano  - <strong> Binder:</strong> Cameroon  -  <strong>Filler: </strong>Nicaragua/Dominican Republic Ligero</p></blockquote>
<div id="attachment_205" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><img class="size-full wp-image-205" title="la_trav_2" src="http://tonycasas.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/la_trav_2.jpg" alt="CAO La Traviata" width="480" height="640" /><p class="wp-caption-text">CAO La Traviata</p></div>
<p><strong>Prelight: </strong>La Traviata is a very toothy, darkly wrapped cigar. The habano wrapper is actually quite darker than most habanos that I have seen. Following CAO standards there are absolutely no blemishes, soft spots, or wrapper misconstruction. In fact, this cigar is very tightly pressed and hard to the touch. La Traviata divino sports a very round cap, and the foot gives off a pre-light aroma of cocoa, and cashew. There were a few noticable veins, but nothing that will affect the overall smoke. The band itself differs quite a bit from what you normally see out of the CAO factory. Strong, romanesque marr0on and gold, with a very powerful font, and texture. I think they were hinting on to something.</p>
<div id="attachment_206" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><img class="size-full wp-image-206" title="la_trav_3" src="http://tonycasas.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/la_trav_3.jpg" alt="CAO La Traviata" width="480" height="640" /><p class="wp-caption-text">CAO La Traviata</p></div>
<p><strong>First Smoke:</strong> As usual, the Ligero in the Traviata took quite sometime to light. The first draws were extremely tight, and I was forced to hit the crap out of the cigar before actually getting a decent draw. The first tastes were very smooth cocoa mixed with maple syrup and subtle grassy nutty flavors. La Traviata starts off very smooth, not boasting the outrageous strength and spice that ligero usually gives off. The burn is pretty even, there is a small trouble spot following one of the veins but I suspect this won&#8217;t be a problem. La Traviata is very tightly packed, and is giving me slight complications trying to get the massive draw that I am looking for at first. Withing about five minutes the cigar finally starts giving off a good smoke, and I&#8217;m extremely pleased. I really hoped the draw wasn&#8217;t going to ruin it for me. I got almost an inch and 3/4 off La Traviata before it gave way.</p>
<div id="attachment_207" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><img class="size-full wp-image-207" title="la_trav_4" src="http://tonycasas.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/la_trav_4.jpg" alt="CAO La Traviata" width="480" height="360" /><p class="wp-caption-text">CAO La Traviata</p></div>
<p><strong>Halfway There: </strong>At the halfway point La Traviata is producing massive amounts of thick smoke, in an almost perfect draw. The flavors are extremely subtle, and well balanced. I&#8217;ve noticed a lot of that cocoa flavor has tapered off and its more of a leathery, walnut, syrup, cedar, smooth tobacco taste. Although La Traviata is full-bodied and packed full of ligero, it isn&#8217;t quite giving me the shakes you&#8217;d expect. It&#8217;s a much more enjoyable experience. Don&#8217;t be fooled by the size of this CAO, this cigar is burning incredibly slow, this may be an all nighter. The burn is dead on and I have yet to have to relight, or touch up.</p>
<p><strong>Finish:</strong> Overall La Traviata Divino took well over 2 hours to smoke, which, for its small size, completely caught me off guard. There was no harshness at all towards the end of this cigar. I did however, notice a slight increase in strength, but nothing overwhelming. The flavors finished just as complex as they started with just a tad more raw tobacco flavor. The burn? Amazing. No relights, no touch ups. That&#8217;s incredible for ligero.</p>
<div id="attachment_208" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><img class="size-full wp-image-208" title="la_trav_5" src="http://tonycasas.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/la_trav_5.jpg" alt="CAO La Traviata" width="480" height="360" /><p class="wp-caption-text">CAO La Traviata</p></div>
<p><strong>Overview: </strong>This is an incredible cigar. Needless to say I will buy it again, I will recommend it, and I will recommend it to anyone from novice to the most experienced cigar smoker. The rich tobacco, smooth smokability, and creamy flavors make a perfect mixture. And one last thing. Rumor has it these cigars will be priced in ranges from $4.95 to $6.00. How incredible is that. This means they will be about $13.oo at my local shop, if they even get them. But I am just happy I had a chance to have just one.</p>
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<link>http://madeleinemiranda.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/lazy-week-end/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>madeleinemiranda</dc:creator>
<guid>http://madeleinemiranda.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/lazy-week-end/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hello Kittens! Enfin un week-end qui s&#8217;est déroulé à peu près sans stresse et sans obligations]]></description>
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<p>Enfin un week-end qui s&#8217;est déroulé à peu près sans stresse et sans obligations. Du coup j&#8217;en ai profité pour faire plusieurs petites choses pour moi:</p>
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<li>J&#8217;ai pu prendre un long bain aux plantes tout en écoutant Tchaikovsky.</li>
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<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://spartans.sstx.org/~wgoodman/20sbath.jpg" alt="" width="380" height="519" /></p>
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<li>J&#8217;ai réécouté <em>La Traviata</em> de Verdi. Il y a quatre ans je revenais juste de mes vacances à Prague où j&#8217;ai eu le plaisir de voir <em>La Traviata</em> au théâtre <em>Vinohrady.</em> Je m&#8217;en souviens encore comme si c&#8217;était hier&#8230; Le temps passe vite!</li>
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<p>Voilà une photo du théâtre <em>Vinohrady</em>, prise donc il y a quatre ans:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2391" title="M." src="http://madeleinemiranda.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/m.jpg" alt="M." width="550" height="413" /></p>
<p>Du coup, j&#8217;ai passé un peu de temps à regarder les photos de Prague, la ville est tellement merveilleuse, j&#8217;aimerais vraiment y retourner dès que je peux. Je garde de très bons souvenirs de ces vacances, même si aujourd&#8217;hui les photos me rappellent le fait que suis à présent seule, sans la personne avec qui j&#8217;avais fait ce merveilleux voyage. C&#8217;est d&#8217;ailleurs étrange de voir comment les choses peuvent évoluer, d&#8217;un sens ou de l&#8217;autre, sans forcément que l&#8217;on se rende compte avant qu&#8217;il ne soit trop tard. Néanmoins, je suis heureuse de garder tous ces bons souvenirs, je crois que j&#8217;ai beaucoup de chance en ce sens là, car ça ne me dérange pas du tout de regarder ces &#8216;vieilles&#8217; photographies.</p>
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<li>J&#8217;ai également pris le temps de cuisiner un petit peu. Hier soir un risotto aux champignons et aux légumes! J&#8217;ai également fait quelque chose de tout simple, des cookies au chocolat au lait pour le goûter.</li>
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<li>J&#8217;ai regardé les deux premiers épisodes de la saison 3 de <em>Gossip Girl</em>! Oui, oui il m&#8217;arrive de regarder des séries de temps en temps&#8230;! (Et de baver sur Chuck, parfaitement!)</li>
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<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.radiolaguy.com/images/GE806tvAd.jpg" alt="" width="463" height="345" /></p>
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<li>J&#8217;ai dormi. Quel bonheur de pouvoir se coucher tard et se lever à midi!</li>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><span style="color:#e7174d;">Je vous souhaite un bon début de semaine, à très bientôt! </span></strong></em></p>
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<link>http://sangerica.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/prima-oara-in-grup/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sangerica</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sangerica.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/prima-oara-in-grup/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Aseară am fost la tenis. Pentru prima oară în vieţile mele, că nici în alea anterioare nu am apucat ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Aseară am fost la tenis. Pentru prima oară în vieţile mele, că nici în alea anterioare nu am apucat să joc tenis. Că nu se inventase. Aşadar, fusei la tenis. Împreună cu <a href="http://georgatoss.wordpress.com/">cei</a> <a href="http://mari0gg.wordpress.com/">3</a> <a href="http://valorica.wordpress.com/">crai(nici)</a>. Totu&#8217; a început pe la ora 15 când am fost contactat de Vali în legătură cu tenisu&#8217;. Am zis ok cu juma de gură, că mâncam cu cealaltă jumate şi am aşteptat ca din minut în minut să ma sune şi să&#8217;mi zică_că nu mergem. Că terenurile îs ocupate şi noi n&#8217;avem rezervare. Da&#8217; nu m&#8217;a sunat, aşa că (oare al câtelea CĂ e ăsta?) la 19 fără 15 eram în Studenţesc înţolit de tenis &#8211; adică adidaşi, şort şi trico. Fără rachetă, că de când cu incidentul cu cornetele NASA nu mă mai lasă să lansez obiecte în spaţiul locativ al vecinilor.</p>
<p>Şi după 10 minute de aşteptare apar şi băeţii. Ne cercetăm din cap până&#8217;n picioare şi purcedem către terenuri. Primele ocupate. La ultimele găsim un loc liber, că ăia de aveau rezervare de la 19 nu apăruseră. Aşa că ne băgăm noi şi cerem cu tupeu: 1 oră de tenis, 1 bucată teren de tenis, 3 bucăţi rachete de tenis &#8211; că doar Georgică era posedat de una, posedat că la cum dădea racheta cu el după mingi nu pot să zic că el o mânuia &#8211; şi 6 mingi. Câte una pentru fiecare si doo de rezervă în caz că le spargem sau le dăm în bălării. Intrăm pe teren, inspirăm:</p>
<p>- Bă, aci miroase a râme&#8230;nu vi se pare?</p>
<p>Toarşu Ghiţă apare după 2 minute de la intrarea jucătorilor pe teren cu 2 energizante în mână, unu&#8217; pentru el, unu&#8217; pentru mine. Apropos, bă îmi eşti dator că îţi plătii io berea. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />  Şi începem să jucăm, la dublu. Pe măsură ce jucăm ne dumirim: era prima oară pentru toţi. Deci am făcut&#8217;o pentru prima oară în grup. Şi fuse distractiv. Tenisu&#8217;, că prostii nu am făcut că nu suntem atât de apropiaţi.</p>
<p>Şi cum vă spuneam, jucăm la dublu. Echipa mea a luat bătaie de fiecare dată. Grav, nu aşa. 6-2, 6-1. Pe urmă am băut energizantele. N&#8217;avea rost să ne chinuim aşa pe uscat. Eh da&#8217; nu vă zisei ce e frumos. Lângă terenuri, o terasă. Terasa cam plină. De oameni iniţial iar după 15 minute de joc şi de râsete. Râsete cauzate de noi 4. Eram atât de graţioşi că puteam fi luaţi cu uşurinţă la baletu&#8217; rusesc: io în Lacul Lebedelor că am tras la fund echipa, Vali în Carmen că falsa jocu&#8217; cu o lejeritate incredibilă &#8211; juram că s&#8217;a născut cu racheta de tenis în mână dând doar în fileu -, Georgică în Spartacus că l&#8217;a spart racheta de câteva ori şi toarşu&#8217; Ghiţă în Spărgătoru&#8217; de nuci pentru că avea o faţă de &#8220;care dă as îl las fără oo&#8221;.</p>
<p>Şi astfel, după o oră de reprezentaţie artistico-culturală am plecat acasă. Io cu durere de umăr drept, ăştia cu maşinile. Da&#8217; am zis că ne facem abonament şi ne uităm la dolce la Federer şi Nadal.</p>
<p>Cam atât&#8230;a numărat cineva câţi de CĂ am folosit? Că azi e ziua că-ului.</p>
<p>Vă pupai!</p>
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<link>http://edoardobaraldi.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/rivisitazione/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Edoardo Baraldi</dc:creator>
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<link>http://theerrantaesthete.com/2009/08/17/galavanting-gossips/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Errant Aesthete</dc:creator>
<guid>http://theerrantaesthete.com/2009/08/17/galavanting-gossips/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Diana Vreeland It is always so wonderfully interesting to hear first-hand accounts of people who hav]]></description>
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size:xx-small;">Diana Vreeland</span></p>
<blockquote><p>It is always so wonderfully interesting to hear first-hand accounts of people who have crossed paths with royalty, celebrity, power, fame, privilege, even infamy. It&#8217;s not that we expect perfection or demand performance from those who occupy loftier positions than our own; what we&#8217;re usually after is the discovery, or even the hope, of imperfections, foibles, flaws, the unrevealed, or little known secrets, that make them more like us.</p>
<p>Even if, we, ourselves, don&#8217;t enjoy the entitlement of moving in the coveted spheres of the privileged, we can still witness from afar through the glimpses and impressions of those who do, or did; those charitable purveyors of tattle and tidbits who had the good fortune through ability, birthright, marriage, acquaintance or ingenuous skullduggery to secure a sought-after invitation, a private audience or an arranged assignation through highly-placed friends. And make no mistake. Many of those who moved in said circles were, oftentimes, themselves, legends in their own right.</p>
<p>What made them so exceptional as guests and gossipers were not only their reputations, but their keenly acute observational skills, social dexterity, villainous wit, disarming candor and their gift for storytelling. History and high society is filled with some of the greatest galavanting gossips of their day, like Cecil Beaton, Truman Capote, Kenneth Tynan, or raconteur extraordinaire &#8212; Diana Vreeland who had the God-given knack for turning the ordinary anecdote into something approximating an award-winning screenplay.</p>
<p>Following is one such story taken from the archives of the divine Miss &#8220;V&#8221; on the legendary, but highly temperamental, and excruciatingly troubled, Maria Callas, scorned flame of Aristotle Onassis and one of the most renowned operatic singers of the 20th century.</p></blockquote>
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size:xx-small;">Maria Callas, 1958. Anonymous.</span></p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;For years, I couldn&#8217;t get over [Maria] Callas. This is a paparazzi picture of her I had tacked up on my bulletin board in my office. It&#8217;s a killer-diller! This, to me, <em>is</em> Callas.</p>
<p>I knew her&#8211;just. One Thanksgiving, I had five or six people in for lunch, people who had no other place to go&#8211;Europeans and so forth. A friend called.</p>
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size:large;">&#8220;She was </p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-size:large;">as common</p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-size:large;">as mud.&#8221;</p>
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<blockquote><p>&#8220;Diane, chére,&#8221; he said, &#8220;may I bring Maria? I think you two should meet. I know she has nothing to do, and as her oldest friend, I don&#8217;t think I should leave her alone on Thanksgiving. Would it be all right if I brought her?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Listen,&#8221; I said, &#8220;can a duck swim?&#8221;</p>
<p>So she arrived&#8211;the greatest actress in the wold. She wore black Milanese clothes; her hair, which she wore in a pony-tail, was literally <em>this</em> thick; her manners were beautiful; she was very, very sustained emotionally; she made things very <em>clear </em>emotionally&#8211;she was everything you would expect of Callas. We sat down at the table. Then, suddenly&#8230;the veil dropped. She was as common as mud. I didn&#8217;t know anyone could be that <em>ordinaire </em>and still know how to use a knife and fork.</p>
<p>Yet on stage, she was the most extraordinary performer I have ever seen in my life&#8211;<em>ever</em>. Once we went to see her in <em>Traviata</em>. We were in the second row. I remember the boulevards and the tablecloths and the crowds going by and the men and the women having something to say to each other and the men talking to each other about business and the women talking to each other about mmm&#8230;clothes&#8211;and however else the chorus starts. </p>
<p><em>Then</em>&#8230;there&#8217;s a break in the crowd and you see a man and a woman sitting at a table talking and she looks at the audience and a note comes out.</p>
<p>She <em>just</em> opened her throat. But I want to tell you that a tenth of a second later I was totally drenched, I mean <em>totally</em>&#8211;it had nothing to do with crying or weeping. It was shock. It was total electricity. I had been prepared to hear the most dramatic singer in the world, but <em>this</em>&#8230;and by God, when she died, was she <em>dead</em>. I&#8217;ve never seen such a death scene. On stage she didn&#8217;t have a gauche thing about her. She was unique. That&#8217;s a word I use sparingly.</p>
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<p align="right">Diana Vreeland<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Allure-Diana-Vreeland/dp/0821227890/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1249501607&#38;sr=1-2&#38;tag=theerrantae0c-20">Allure</a><br />
Doubleday &#38; Company, Inc. 1980</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[Plastilina]]></title>
<link>http://zinian.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/plastilina/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>zinian</dc:creator>
<guid>http://zinian.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/plastilina/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[No podía dejar de lado un arte que muchos de nosotros nos ha acompañado muchas veces siendo crios. P]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Programma estate castellammarese: dalla Butterfly alla Traviata ]]></title>
<link>http://diarioelettorale.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/programma-estate-castellammarese-dalla-butterfly-alla-traviata/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>diarioelettorale</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[O da Puccini a Verdi, fate voi &#8230; O da Puccini a Verdi, fate voi &#8230; Anna Netrebko e Roland]]></description>
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<p>O da Puccini a Verdi, fate voi &#8230;</p>
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<div style="text-align:left;">Anna Netrebko e Rolando Villazón ne La Traviata di Verdi al Festival di Salisburgo nel 2007, direttore Carlo Rizzi, regia di Willy Decker.</div>
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<link>http://ilnuovomondodigalatea.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/un-palco-allopera/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ilmondodigalatea</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Marianna deve andare all&#8217;opera. Dico deve, perché i suoi genitori hanno deciso di acculturarla]]></description>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Marianna deve andare all&#8217;opera. Dico deve, perché i suoi genitori hanno deciso di acculturarla, preoccupati a vederla sempre con nelle orecchie le cuffie dell&#8217;ipod e giù di Britney Spears. Gliel&#8217;hanno detto, che ci deve andare, come le dicono che deve andare dal dentista a mettersi l&#8217;apparecchio, e lei con lo stesso spirito ci si appresta: con l&#8217;entusiasmo di chi va al patibolo, o per lo meno ad una seduta in sala torture. Così passa da me, dalla zia putativa, con un muso lungo che tocca i ginocchi.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">“<span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Mi portano a vedere <em>Rigoletto</em>.” dice depressa, incrocia le braccia sotto il mento e con lo sguardo, in giro, bazzica la mia collezione di cd di melodramma, occhiandoli come se ogni dischetto fosse un suo nemico personale. Quando viene da me, di solito, si frega mp3 di Madonna e George Michael, Christina Aguillera, Duffy, gli Articolo31. Non capisce proprio come possa piacere l&#8217;opera ad una che, per il resto, dimostra, in fatto di musica, ottimi gusti.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Se c&#8217;è qualcosa che apprezzo della mia infanzia è il fatto che i miei genitori non hanno fatto niente perché diventassi colta. Mi hanno lasciato razzolare per casa così, come capita capita, senza curarsene troppo o darsi degli obiettivi. C&#8217;erano i libri, lasciati a portata di mano senza controllo alcuno, c&#8217;erano le conversazioni, orecchiabili liberamente; ecco, di dischi ce n&#8217;erano pochini, ai miei la musica non piace granché: più che altro venivo lasciata parcheggiata davanti alla tv, se volevo ascoltare qualcosa, e il qualcosa era il più delle volte lo <em>Zecchino d&#8217;Oro. </em><span style="font-style:normal;">Musica classica, a casa mia, non se ne ascoltava: i miei erano stati tirati su in famiglie che gliela avevano imposta come parte doverosa dell&#8217;educazione, con il bel risultato che al sentire il trillo di un soprano tutt&#8217;oggi gli si intorcola lo stomaco: le sanno tutte a memoria, le arie, con le parole giuste e nota per nota, ma al solo intuirne accennare una scappano via. Per cui la musica è stata una scoperta tutta mia. </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-style:normal;">Me la ricordo ancora, perfettamente, la prima volta che ho sentito cantare l&#8217;opera. Avrò avuto cinque anni, se li avevo: era una domenica pomeriggio, lo so perché guardavamo </span><em>Domenica In.</em><span style="font-style:normal;"> Ad un certo punto Pippo Baudo ha annunciato che sarebbe andato in onda un film, credo di Zeffirelli, </span><em>La Traviata. </em><span style="font-style:normal;">Mia zia, lesta lesta, si è avvicinata allo schermo – non c&#8217;erano i telecomandi al tempo – per spegnerlo, perché allora c&#8217;era credo un canale solo, quindi cambiare non era possibile. </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;font-style:normal;" align="justify">“<span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Nooo! Ci sono i bei vestiti!” ho detto io, perché la prima immagine era una signora mora con addosso una meravigliosa crinolina blu, tutta a balze.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;font-style:normal;" align="justify">“<span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Ma guarda che è noioso, cantano!” ha replicato la zia, preoccupata.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;font-style:normal;" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Niente da fare: “Voglio vederlo!” ho quasi gridato, e mi sono piazzata di fronte alla tv, con le sopracciglia aggrottate e un broncio combattivo che non lasciava presagire nulla di buono, come a dire: “Provatici a schiodarmi da qui, se credi!”.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;font-style:normal;" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Zia non ha fatto neanche l&#8217;atto di tentare, conoscendo il mio caratterino e convinta com&#8217;era che, al primo entro dell&#8217;orchestra, me la sarei data a gambe per conto mio. Invece no, sono rimasta ipnotizzata, manco mi avessero tolto il fiato di botto. Di quello che cantavano non capivo una cippa, è ovvio, ma la musica, la musica, era una cosa che non potevi smettere di ascoltare: era bella, bella, bella, ma proprio bella, come la signora che cantava, e io una voce così non l&#8217;avevo sentita mai: pareva venire giù direttamente dal Paradiso, perfetta, eppure anche così calda: anche se non si capiva cosa dicesse, ero in grado di intuire subito quando era felice, e quando triste, e che quel Germont lì doveva mica essere simpatico, se la trattava male così.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;font-style:normal;" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Non sono mai diventata una melomane, e nemmeno una esperta d&#8217;opera, me ne mancano le conoscenze tecniche: non ho studiato musica seriamente, so leggere a stento un pentagramma, non so di preciso cosa sia una coloritura, un fraseggio; quando sento chi ne sa confrontare le varie versioni di un&#8217;aria, discettare con competenza sui pregi dell&#8217;interpretazione ed individuarne i difetti sto in silenzio e non metto bocca, perché non è roba mia. Ascolto l&#8217;opera come altri possono andare al cinema o al Luna Park, cioè per divertimento puro, che non vuol dire per ridere, ma per essere travolti da quello che cantano. Ecco, forse il termine giusto è che io l&#8217;opera non la ascolto, la sento, come qualcosa che vibra dentro anche se non sai esattamente spiegare dove, o perché.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-style:normal;">Quando Violetta Valery canta </span><em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI3tZgFz8RE" target="_blank">Libiamo</a>, </em><span style="font-style:normal;">brindo con lei, e quando poi la sento singhiozzare disperata sull&#8217;ultima lettera del mancato suocero: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOUs0y_QpAE">“</a></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOUs0y_QpAE" target="_blank"><em>E&#8217; tardi, è tardi</em></a><span style="font-style:normal;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOUs0y_QpAE">!”,</a> be&#8217; io sono lì che a momenti piango io pure, e l&#8217;istinto sarebbe montare sul palco e prendere Alfredo a calci in culo, ma non per salvarle la vita, eh, solo per chiarirgli quanto è cretino. Se Leonora intona </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8eAKlh8ago&#38;feature=related" target="_blank"><em>Tacea la notte placida</em></a><span style="font-style:normal;"> mi sdilinquo, non parliamo poi di </span><em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOuri0VY74s&#38;feature=related" target="_blank">o mio Babbino</a> Caro </em><span style="font-style:normal;">del </span><em>Gianni Schicchi</em><span style="font-style:normal;">, la cosa più bella che abbiano mai composto, a parer mio; tifo per Tosca smaccatamente, ché quando zompa da Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo quasi quasi mi vien da dire: “Tiè!” ai Gendarmi, e a tutto il Potere Costituito, anche se proprio non capisco mai cosa ci trovasse in quel Cavaradossi lì, che come pittore m&#8217;è sempre sembrato una ciofeca, e come eroe un mona, si fa sgamare in un un niente, quasi quasi è meglio Scarpia, che ha il fascino del Male e poi, come baritono, di solito è pure meno cicciotello&#8230;</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-style:normal;">Ma adoro anche le smagate protagoniste mozartiane, le Zerbine che son le uniche a pigliar per il sedere persino i Don Giovanni, perché, da furbe contadinotte, san bene che un amante nobile passa, ma l&#8217;importante è tenersi poi sempre di riserva un <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AE6aO1VrTo" target="_blank">marito bifolco</a>; le Susanne fedeli ma non stupidotte, degne mogli dei Figaro; le Fiordiligi e le Dorabelle che si scambiano i morosi, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PXz3ilXrxs" target="_blank">seguendo i consigli di una servetta scaltra</a>, perché apprendono che, al di là di tutte le pretese virtù, in fin dei conti sia gli uomini che le donne son poi tutti uguali, e uno vale l&#8217;altro, via. E mi piacciono, sì, mi piacciono alla follia gli spadoni di cartapesta del </span><em>Trovatore</em><span style="font-style:normal;">, che per essere maneggiati da Manrico devono essere smaccatamente falsi, patacconi da scena sventolati come nei vecchi film di cappa e spada, perché il </span><em>Trovatore</em><span style="font-style:normal;"> è così, un giocattolone in cui il coro si muove come la cavalleria negli western, e a Manrico gli perdoni persino la congenita monaggine e il preoccupante mammismo perché ti rendi conto che è un personaggio romantico fatto e finito, compiutamente popolare e, grazie a Dio, pensato per aver in sottofondo una bella orchestra piena, non Edipo ed il suo complesso. Mi piacciono, uh se mi piacciono, i Rigoletti e le Gilde, anche se non riesco mai a trovare alla fin fine antipatico il povero Duca di Mantova, perché a me gli impenitenti mascalzoni han sempre fatto sangue, persino quando non sono più scattanti </span><em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vioJ97SsT_Q&#38;feature=related" target="_blank">paggi del duca di Norfòlk</a> </em><span style="font-style:normal;">ma</span><em>, </em><span style="font-style:normal;">appesantitisi per l&#8217;età, come Falstaff non possono far altro che rammentare con grazia la smilza giovinezza gaudente. Mi piace Verdi, che è come la pastasciutta: semplice ma allo stesso tempo incredibilmente raffinata, tanto che la puoi servire dove ti pare, in versione extralusso da ristorante chic o nello stand gastronomico della fiera di paese, ed è sempre buona. Ma poi perdo la testa per Puccini, e Leoncavallo, e Bizet; e se Wagner, lo confesso, invece mi lascia freddina, mi faccio proprio prendere dall&#8217;entusiasmo per Gluck, e ancor meglio per Haendel, il cui </span><em>Aci e Galatea</em><span style="font-style:normal;"> è persino all&#8217;origine del mio nick.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-style:normal;">Cerco di spiegargliela così, a Marianna, l&#8217;opera, come un film in tecnicolor, come un grande gioco per tutti, non una esangue ed intellettuale messa in scena per colti e raffinati esperti dal sorriso congelato in smorfia di sufficienza. Sì, lo so, sbaglio, non le faccio cogliere magari le finezze, taglio via con l&#8217;accetta, farei inorridire i veri intenditori. Ma i Micheli non sono a portata d&#8217;orecchio, stanno dando pareri sulla tecnica per le cabalette altrove, o decodificano bicchieri di whiskey, e se io svacco anche un po&#8217; nessuno mi sgrida. Così, invece di presentargliela come una penitenza o un dovuto ma forzoso omaggio alla cultura che si deve immagazzinare per far figura in società, gliela racconto come pare a me, l&#8217;opera, e mentre le spiego la trama e illustro l&#8217;evolversi della complicata vicenda fra Gilda, Maddalena, la contessa di Ceprano e i vari cornuti che il Duca dissemina allegramente nel corso di tre atti, le faccio sentire i mozziconi d&#8217;arie, il </span><em>Ca-ro-no-me-chel-mio-còr </em><span style="font-style:normal;">che cambia come una cartina di tornasole a seconda di chi lo intona, perché con la <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh0jOiz7pXk" target="_blank">Sutherland</a> è proprio il sospiro di una sedicenne persa nel primo amore, trillante e zuccheroso, e cantato dalla <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9HEMyUjtgg&#38;feature=related" target="_blank">Callas</a> è invece una cosa che già senti piena di passione pericolosa, un </span><em>t&#8217;amo e sono capace di ammazzarmi, </em><span style="font-style:normal;">che, per quanto dolce, avverti un brivido e capisci già che va a finir male.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;font-style:normal;" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Marianna ascolta, ed è già tanto. Il broncio non sparisce, ma almeno diventa più dubitoso. Alla fine mi chiede, molto perplessa ma possibilista: “Ma tu dici che mi diverto, anche?”</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;font-style:normal;" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Sì, Marianna. Anche sì.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-style:normal;">PS: Quasi quasi, dopo il successo con la nipotina, inauguro una sezione di </span><em>Badilate di Cultura </em><span style="font-style:normal;">dedicata all&#8217;opera. Non da esperta, eh. Diciamo “</span><em>Opera for dummies</em><span style="font-style:normal;">”. I veri esperti non mi massacrino: sono invitati a collaborare, ovviamente. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></span></span></p>
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<link>http://rannemarie.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/la-traviata/</link>
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<p>Mise en scène de Frédéric Bélier-Garcia, interprété par l&#8217;Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France sous la direction de Myung-Whun Chung . Avec Patrizia Ciofi (Violetta), Vittorio Grigolo (Alfredo), Marzio Giossi (Germont).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.arts-spectacles.com/Choregies-d-Orange-Verdi-La-Traviata-Mise-en-scene,-Frederic-Belier-Garcia_a1727.html">http://www.arts-spectacles.com/Choregies-d-Orange-Verdi-La-Traviata-Mise-en-scene,-Frederic-Belier-Garcia_a1727.html</a></p>
<p><a href="http://membres.lycos.fr/andros/o/travi.htm">http://membres.lycos.fr/andros/o/travi.htm</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1mh2i_ouverture-de-la-traviata_music">http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1mh2i_ouverture-de-la-traviata_music</a></p>
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<link>http://pytania.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/przewodnik-operowy-dla-gluchych-i-leniwych-1/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>telemach</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Nikt nie chce uchodzić za chama albo, co gorzej, prostaka. Nawet autor niniejszego bloga. Znajomość ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Nikt nie chce uchodzić za chama albo, co gorzej, prostaka. Nawet autor niniejszego bloga. Znajomość oper uchodzi (w pewnych kręgach przynajmniej) nadal za probierz kulturalnego wyrobienia. W przypadku dzieł literackich można przeczytać bryk lub streszczenie i od biedy uchodzić za znawcę. Z operą jest trudniej. Bryków nie ma. Wychodząc naprzeciw ogólnemu zapotrzebowaniu, postanowiliśmy zamknąć tę dotkliwą lukę. </p>
<p>Dzisiaj:<br />
<strong>Józef Verdi. La Traviata. </strong></p>
<p>Na początku należy zaznaczyć, że chodzi o kobiety podejrzanego autoramentu, alkohol i życie towarzyskie. Czyli nic dla dziatek i osób z kręgosłupem moralnym. Pozostałe osoby prosimy o pozostanie na sali. Będzie miło. </p>
<p><strong>Tytuł</strong><br />
La Traviata znaczy „ta, która pobłądziła, zboczyła z drogi”. Jest to eufemizm, chodzi o kobietę upadłą, co też jest eufemizmem ponieważ chodzi o kurtyzanę. Co zresztą też jest eufemizmem, bo wiemy dobrze o kogo chodzi. Ponieważ rzecz dzieje się w czasach politycznej poprawności zwanej wówczas jeszcze moralnością mieszczańską, Verdi nie mógł prosto z mostu. Może tak i lepiej. </p>
<p><strong>Pomysł</strong>.<br />
Libretto napisał niejaki Francesco Maria Piave. Piave był zdolnym i pracowitym wyrobnikiem. Verdi zamawiał, Piave dostarczał. W sumie dostarczył dziewięć razy. W nagrodę Verdi traktował go nie najlepiej. Piave nie wymyślał, Piave był rzemieślnikiem i pracował zgodnie z instrukcjami mistrza. Akurat święciła triumfy Dama Kameliowa, nie tylko jako powieść lecz przede wszystkim jako sztuka teatralna. Mistrz pozazdrościł synowi Aleksandra Dumasa sławy i zamówił u Piavego „coś podobnego, najlepiej też o kobiecie lekkich obyczajów, ma się dziać w Paryżu i skończyć smutno” Piave nie dyskutował lecz usiadł i napisał libretto do Traviaty.</p>
<p><strong>Historia</strong><br />
<em>Akt I</em><br />
Paryż, połowa XIX wieku Salon niejakiej Violetty Valéry, jeszcze się dowiemy co to za jedna. Wszyscy się pysznie bawią. Gospodyni też. Akurat przedstawiono jej niejakiego Alfredo Germont. Młodzieniec wydaje się być poczciwszy niż jej aktualny amant, baron (przepraszamy za słowo) Douphol. Baron wznosi toast za miłość. Toast przechodzi mu w dłuższą arię.<br />
Violetta dostaje ataku uporczywego kaszlu i już wiemy, że broń, która pokazana została w pierwszym akcie musi nieuchronnie wystrzelić w ostatnim. W przerwie pomiędzy ponawiającymi się atakami kaszlu, Alfredo (poczciwiec) wyznaje jej swą miłość. Najpóźniej w tym momencie nawet najbardziej nierozgarnięty widz powinien móc przewidzieć jak to się skończy. Violetta próbuje ostudzić zapały młodzieńca, ten nie daje za wygraną. Ponieważ lowelas-poczciwina nie chce się odczepić, pożycza mu kwiat Kamelii, prosząc aby zwrócił nazajutrz. Naprawdę. Po wyjściu gości gospodyni spekuluje czystym sopranem na temat ewentualnych uczuć. W końcu jednak przychyla się do poglądu, że skromne radości dnia codziennego i udogodnienia wynikające z dobrodziejstw profesji też są w końcu coś warte. <em>Kurtyna</em>.</p>
<p><em>AktII</em><br />
<em>Odsłona pierwsza</em><br />
Trzy miesiące później. Alfredo i Violetta żyją sobie szczęśliwie w małym domku na prowincji. Sielankę finansuje chwilowo ustatkowana oblubienica z potajemnej sprzedaży majątku ruchomego. Alfredo, wiedziony ambicją, udaje się do Paryża w celu zdobycia środków do życia. Pod jego nieobecność pojawia się tatuś ambitnego młodzieńca. Starszy pan Germont, kierując się troską o dobre imię rodziny, nakłania Violettę do porzucenia kochanka i powrotu do nierządu. Violetta, wychodząc ze słusznego założenia że jej koniec jest bliski, z bólem serca przystaje.<br />
Violetta wyjeżdża, Alfred powraca. Violetta powiadomiła go listownie o swej decyzji. Rozpacz. Ponownie pojawia się tatuś i wzywa marnotrawnego syna do powrotu. Ten jednak odnajduje zaproszenie na party u niejakiej Flory Bervoix i postanawia jednak podążyć do Paryża śladami ukochanej. Nie podda się tak łatwo. Taki on. Kurtyna.</p>
<p><em>Odsłona druga</em><br />
Violetta, w towarzystwie nieodłącznego Barona (przepraszamy) Duphol na balu u Flory B. Goście przebrani za torreadorów i cyganki. Tańce i napoje wyskokowe. Pojawia się Alfredo i siada do karcianego stolika. Licytację przerywa kąśliwymi uwagami pod adresem byłej kochanki. Baron gotuje się wewnętrznie. Ku ogólnemu zdziwieniu Alfredo wygrywa i postanawia opuścić bal zabierając ze sobą Violettę. Ta, mimo gorących próśb kochanka, odmawia. Alfredo podejrzewa romans z (przepraszamy) Dupholem. W ataku zazdrości rzuca naszej biednej (i chorej) heroinie pieniądze w twarz, dając przy tym towarzystwu do zrozumienia, że jest to opłata za coś zupełnie innego, powszechnie wiadomo za co mężczyzna płaci kobiecie nie będącą jego żoną. Przynajmniej wówczas wszyscy wiedzieli. Violetta mdleje, Baron wyzywa, tatuś zazdrośnika pojawia się nie wiadomo skąd i znów wtrąca swe trzy grosze. <em>Kurtyna</em>.</p>
<p><em>Akt III</em><br />
Luty, czas karnawału. Violetta na łożu boleści. Wcale nie czuje się dobrze, co jest w końcowym stadium suchot zrozumiałe. Z listu starszego pana Garmont dowiaduje się, że zraniony w pojedynku baron wraca do sił, Alfredo zaś musiał opuścić kraj. Nie ma to jak dobre wieści.<br />
Alfredo, uświadomiony przez nękanego uzasadnioonymi wyrzutami sumienia ojca, pojawia się w sypialni umierającej i zaczyna w swej naiwności snuć plany wspólnego szczęścia. Pojawia się ojczulek Garmont i korzystając ze swych uprawnień rodzicielskich błogosławi rozkwitające uczucie. Violetta zaklina oblubieńca aby poszukał sobie innego obiektu zainteresowań ponieważ ma zamiar za chwilę skonać. Alfredo prosi aby nie umierała. Violetta chciałaby ale nie może. Szlochy publiczności. <em>Kurtyna</em>. </p>
<p><strong>Uwagi, które należy rzucić od niechcenia po zakończeniu spektaklu</strong>.</p>
<p>1. No, Callas to jednak całkiem inna klasa (na temat odtwórczyni roli tytułowej).</p>
<p>2. Gdzież mu tam do Placido Domingo (na temat odtwórcy roli Alfreda).</p>
<p>3. No, Zefirelli to z niego raczej nie jest (na temat jakości pracy reżysera).</p>
<p>4. Pamiętam, w 2005 roku w Salzburgu, gdy śpiewali Netrebko i Villazon! Nie-za-po-mnia-ne!!!  (tak ogólnie)</p>
<p><strong>Obsada </strong>(w skrócie):<br />
Violetta Valéry (sopran)<br />
Flora Bervoix (mezzosopran)<br />
Alfredo Germont (tenor)<br />
Baron (przepraszamy) Duphol (baryton)<br />
Tatuś Germont (baryton)</p>
<p><strong>Ważniejsze arie </strong>(również duety):<br />
1.	Libiamo ne lieti calici (Alfredo, Violetta, Chór)<br />
2.	Un di, felice, eterea (Alfredo, Violetta)<br />
3.	Ah, fors&#8217;è lu (Violetta)<br />
4.	Sempre libera (Violetta)<br />
5.	De miei bollenti spiriti (Alfredo)<br />
6.	Addio del passato (Violetta)<br />
7.	Gran Dio! morir si giovane (Alfredo, Violetta)</p>
<p><strong>Trivia</strong>:<br />
Opera miała być początkowo zatytułowana „Kamelia”. Stanęło jednak na tym, że będzie to Traviata. Prapremiera odbyła się 6 marca 1853 w Teatro La Fenice w Wenecji. Publiczność wygwizdała „za pokazywanie dziwek na scenie” a recenzenci zjechali niemiłosiernie. Verdi załamał się, zmienił tytuł opery na Violetta a Piave przeniósł akcję na dwór Ludwika XIV. Co się spodobało. Pierwotna wersja wróciła do łask w czasach późniejszych. </p>
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<link>http://linearisholidayhouse.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/la-traviata-pisa-1112-july-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<link>http://oliviagiovetti.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/pride-and-prejudice/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cultureonthecheap</dc:creator>
<guid>http://oliviagiovetti.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/pride-and-prejudice/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Moe and Curly: Hikari Mitsushima and Stephanie in Pride Thanks to end-of-the-month deadlines, I mana]]></description>
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<p>Thanks to end-of-the-month deadlines, I managed to miss the Gay Pride Parade on Sunday; however I wasn&#8217;t able to avoid the 3:20 screening of Shusuke Kaneko&#8217;s Pride at the IFC center (as part of the NY Asian Film Festival).  What was billed as bitchy backstage comedy with two rival opera singers continually kneeing each other on the way to the top fell flat, but still provided some interesting fodder for my Japanese-fluent boyfriend and I over okonomiyaki post-screening.</p>
<p>Hikari Mitsushima plays Moe, an aspiring opera singer from the wrong side of the tracks (&#8220;Senju.  Not the best,&#8221; sniffs one diva, which apparently sets Moe off Single White Female-style).  In contrast to her over-the-top-attempted-matricide-bubbly-geisha Eve Harrington is J-Pop princess Stephanie&#8217;s Shio, whose own world comes crashing down when endowed-daddy loses his company (and fortune).  Both enter a record label-sponsored vocal competition with the top prize a study in Italy&#8211;Moe as a means of clawing herself to the top, Shio in hopes of regaining a part of what she once had.  When Moe makes a dig about Stephanie&#8217;s dead mother, the claws come out and Stephanie collapses before performing &#8220;Casta Diva.&#8221;  The rest of the plot takes about 90 minutes to accomplish what a strong hour could easily encompass, ending in a Chicago-type fashion where (surprise!) the girls sing a duo before (spoiler alert!) going their own separate ways.  Of course, there&#8217;s a good amount of drama in between that would make even Puccini or Verdi double over from melodrama overdose.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s clear that the author of the manga (on which the movie is based) or Kaneko&#8211;it&#8217;s unclear which as I&#8217;ve yet to find the manga in English&#8211;knew their opera.  The plot in and of itself seems an homage to Mozart&#8217;s Der Schauspieldirektor&#8211;fighting divas each hoping to be the prima donna, the record label executive character Jirro the impresario.  Shio&#8217;s father mentions proposing to her mother (herself a former diva called the Asian Canary) on the Ponte Vecchio&#8211;a phrase reverberated in Moe&#8217;s performance of &#8220;O Mio Babbino Caro&#8221; (right before she makes the REAL &#8220;o snap!&#8221; mother comment).  The geisha (Madama Butterfly) club that both girls work for is called Prima Donna, another cafe is called Figaro.  Shio, herself a Traviata-like character, wears a ridiculously fantastic pink dress&#8211;replete with <em>mille feuille</em> skirt&#8211;and, upon her collapse, falls like Violetta in the third act, looking like a wilted camillia.</p>
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<p>The Italian sensibility, on par with a bel canto plot, seems to work well with the Japanese sense&#8211;at times almost kabukian in the drama.  My boyfriend often notes similarity in the cadence between his fluent Japanese and my near-fluent (and Roman accented) Italian; which made these two worlds seem to collide rather nicely on screen.  I had only wished opera was carried further out as a central theme to the movie&#8211;though with two pop stars they did need to lapse into that genre for an all-out show-stopping 11 o&#8217;clock number that reeked of Chicago &#8220;I hate you but we&#8217;re performing together&#8221; schtick.  Moe&#8217;s character&#8211;a character that seems to collapse after the first snide remark about her less-prestigious school&#8211;is a testament to opera&#8217;s hard-to-shake elitist stereotype.  Herself a voice student, she still says &#8220;I&#8217;ve only seen it on TV.  The opera&#8217;s too expensive.&#8221;  Later, in the Cardiff or Met Council-like audition, the audience is sparse with one person per every three or four empty seats.  Looking around the IFC theatre, there was a similar spread.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s hope it was because Pride had its own, eponymous, competition going on right outside.</p>
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<link>http://pormeterse.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/opera-la-traviata/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lainon</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pormeterse.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/opera-la-traviata/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Aunque algo tarde (mardito trabajo), os comento lo que fue mi asistencia a la representación de La T]]></description>
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<p>En la Italia de los años 1840-50 (más o menos), Violetta da una fiesta para sus amigos y allí le presentan a Alfredo, un joven apuesto que cae inmediatamente rendido a sus pies tras unos coqueteos. Ambos terminan enamorándose pero Violetta se resiste a ligarse a Alfredo ya que se considera una mujer libre y no entra en su pensamiento en esos momentos comprometerse con otra persona (muy adelantado para la época). Tras la fiesta Alfredo y Violetta hablan de amor y Violetta lo despide, en realidad ansiosa por el encuentro.</p>
<p>Tras la escena de la fiesta (el primer acto), vemos a Violetta y Alfredo juntos en su casa de París. Ha pasado ya un tiempo y viven juntos, pese a lo que parecía un rechazo inicial en la fiesta en que se conocieron. Alfredo se muestra feliz de vivir con su amada y no duda en manifestarlo a los cuatro vientos. Después, mientras Violetta se encuentra sola escribiendo unas cartas, aparece Don Giorgio Germont (padre de Alfredo) exigiendole que deje a Alfredo, ya que su fama como cortesana puede ensuciar el futuro compromiso de su hija, al estar relacionada con Alfredo. Ella, que intenta resistirse a las palabras del padre, al final se rinde, y escribe una carta a Alfredo diciendole que le abandona, ya que quiere volver a su antigua vida de cortesana. Alfredo recibe la carta de Annina, la doncella de Violetta, y antes de abrirla ya intuye lo que dice ya que no ve a Violetta por ninguna parte. Al leer la carta, le parte el corazón, y aunque su padre, intentando mitigar el dolor de su hijo inútilmente.</p>
<p>Algún tiempo más tarde, Alfredo y Violetta vuelven a encontrarse en otra fiesta, pero esta vez Alfredo la denigra y la pone en evidencia delante de sus amigos, tirándole dinero a la cara &#8220;en pago por los servicios prestados&#8221; (incidiendo en su condición de cortesana). Ella, avergonzada, sigue negando su amor, pero a sabiendas de que el padre de Alfredo está por allí y no dejará que vuelvan a juntarse.</p>
<p>En el tercer y último acto, Violetta yace en cama consumida por una grave enfermedad. Se lamenta de lo vivido y de no haber sido valiente para manifestar su amor por Alfredo. El médico le tranquiliza recomendándole reposo, pero en un aparte le confiesa a Annina que le quedan pocas horas de vida. De fondo se escucha el carnaval, representando el renacimiento tras la caída. Al tiempo llega Alfredo, que va en su busca ya que su padre, arrepentido, le ha confesado la verdad. Intenta reconciliarse con Violetta y juntos hacen planes para que ella se cure y puedan vivir felices. Sin embargo, Violetta vacila, la enfermedad la consume y tras declararse amor eterno, ella cae muerta, consumando la tragedia de los dos enamorados.</p>
<p>Una obra maestra de la música, con momentos realmente memorables (sobre todo en el primer acto hay partes orquestales antológicas), que dispuso en escena hasta 250 participantes (entre actores y coros), aunque tengo que decir que no fue tan bien como debería haber sido. Vamos por partes. La soprano Minerva Moliner (Violetta) estuvo correcta, aunque no derrochó interpretación por los cuatro costados. Mucho menos afortunado estuvo Gastón Rivero (Alfredo), que no sacó ningún partido al personaje, y se le vio la mayor parte del tiempo demasiado hierático, muy poco expresivo. Caso aparte es el de Toni Marsol (Don Giorgio), que fue probablemente el mejor del grupo con una actuación con partes realmente muy buenas que dejaban el corazón en un puño. En ese sentido se puede decir que sin duda fue el mejor de la noche. En cuanto al resto de personajes, en realidad son pura comparsa en esta obra, ya que como mucho el papel más largo podía ser de 5 minutos. En cualquier caso fueron correctos y los coros hicieron efectivamente su trabajo, y como deben ser los coros: transparentes, ni se notaba que estaban allí (realmente no se les veía, ya que estaban tras un telón). La parte de vestuario y escenografía fue tal vez la peor de todas, ya que prácticamente no hubo variedad en los trajes y vestidos (el único que destacaba era el de Don Giorgio), y en cuanto al mobiliario y la puesta en escena, nada del otro mundo, y podría decirse que hasta muy austera. De todas formas el escenario de la sala Mozart del auditorio tampoco es para lanzar cohetes, así que mucho partido no se le podía sacar.</p>
<p>A pesar de los puntos negativos fue una buena velada, muy recomendable y aunque la ópera no sea mi fuerte, siempre se disfruta con los toques maestros del señor Verdi. Ah, y un punto para la orquesta, defendida con gallardía por el director Juan Luis Martínez.</p>
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<link>http://musicstall.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/giuseppe-verdi-e-strano/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 04:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Stampfli &amp; Turci</dc:creator>
<guid>http://musicstall.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/giuseppe-verdi-e-strano/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) La Traviata E Strano Extract from the Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon ]]></description>
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Extract from the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Anna Netrebko</span> and Rolando Villazon recital in Paris, March 2007<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Concerts in Venice: Music at the Palace]]></title>
<link>http://romanticatours.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/concerts-in-venice-music-at-palace/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>romanticatours</dc:creator>
<guid>http://romanticatours.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/concerts-in-venice-music-at-palace/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Musica a Palazzo (Music at the Palace) wants to recreate teh magic of the &#8216;Salotto Musicale]]></description>
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<p>Musica a Palazzo (Music at the Palace) wants to recreate teh magic of the &#8216;Salotto Musicale&#8217; or &#8216;Mucial Parlour&#8217;: a piano, a few instruments and one or two singers who gave life to memorable evenings.</p>
<p><strong>LA TRAVIATA</strong><br />
Tuesday &#8211; Thursday &#8211; Sunday<br />
8.30PM &#8211; 2 hours<br />
Act I: Salone delle Feste / Act II: Sala Tiepolo / Act III: Camera con Alcova Reale<br />
Progressive opera: every act is in a different room</p>
<p>The Traviata is bases on the novel &#8216;La Dame aux Camelias&#8217; by Alexandre Duma fils, published in 1848 telling the story of Marie Duplessis, a noted courtesan an idol of the 1840s&#8217; Parisian society.<br />
With La Traviata, Verdi created history&#8217;s first major opera dealing with a contemporary social theme. This was only one of the work&#8217;s several aspects that proved unpalatable for the audience at its premiere in Venice, in 1853: beyond that, the audience was similarly shocked by the principal part being assigned to a courtesan, and that moreover, she was portrayed as a heroine.<br />
The premiere ended consequently by a fiasco, nonetheless, soon thereafter, Verdi&#8217;s La Traviata scored its first triumphsm, and ever since then has remained a hugely loved repertoire staple.<br />
This production with its refined costumes offers exquisite moments of involvement with the viewing public while walking through the rooms and the &#8217;stanze di Traviata&#8217;.</p>
<p><strong>DUETTI d&#8217;AMORE &#8211; LOVE DUETS</strong><br />
Monday -Friday<br />
8.30PM &#8211; 1.5 hours<br />
Act I: Sala Tiepolo / Act II: Camera con Alcova Reale<br />
Progressive opera: every act is in a different room</p>
<p>Among the most beautiful voices in Italy interpret La Boheme, manon Lescaut, La Traviata and Cavallera Rusticana<br />
Languid love and burning passion in the duets taken from Italian melodramas are exalted by the magnificient colours of the Tiepolo frescoes.<br />
&#8216;Intermezzo&#8217; &#8211; Cavalleria Rusticana di Pietro Mascagni<br />
&#8216;Quando men vo&#8217; &#8211; La Boheme di Giacomo Puccini<br />
&#8216;Liebesleid&#8217; di Fritz Kreisler<br />
&#8216;Le Cygne&#8217; di Camille Saint-Saens<br />
&#8216;Intermezzo&#8217; &#8211; Manon Lescaut di Giacomo Puccini<br />
&#8216;Tace il labbro&#8217; &#8211; La Vedova Allegra di Franz Lehar<br />
&#8216;Musica Proibita&#8217; di Stanislao Gastaldon<br />
&#8216;Madamigella Valery&#8217; &#8211; La Traviata di Giuseppe Verdi<br />
&#8216;Meditation&#8217; &#8211; Thais di Jules Massenet<br />
&#8216;La ci darem la mano&#8217; &#8211; Don Giovanni di W.A. Mozart</p>
<p><strong>IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA</strong><br />
Wednesday &#8211; Saturday<br />
8.30PM &#8211; 2.15 hours</p>
<p>Who hasn&#8217;t yet heard of Figaro, the famous barber of Seville?<br />
When young Count Almaviva leaves Madrid for Seville to pursue the call of his heart, he not only leaves the court and his family but also the arranged marriage they would make for him. He woos his beloved in disguise to insure that if she will have him it will not be for his title or money, but because she loves him for himself.<br />
By portraying the count&#8217;s title and wealth as an impediment to be disguised, Beaumarchais gave voice to the rising revolutionary tide of the 1780s which would soon swamp the once thriumphant Enlightenment and its decaving aristocracy. Similtaneously, his play heralded the beginning of the Romantic era and the rise of democracy.<br />
His portrayal of the Count&#8217;s and Rosina&#8217;s happy union attacks the aristocracy by endorsing the idea that feelings not property are the desirable basis for marriage. It affirms that in feelings, particularly in love, we are all equal.<br />
Staged amid the exquisite setting of paintings, furnishings and architectural details of the splendid Palazza Barbarigo-Monotto.<br />
Extraordinary voices of virtuoso singers in an evening of sparkling gaiety.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Flora ]]></title>
<link>http://oberonbg.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/flora/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>oberonbg</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[No, not Bervoix. A couple days ago, I went to the Flora, the XXVI annual flower exhibit in Burgas. I]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>No, not Bervoix. A couple days ago, I went to the <a href="http://zeleno.bg/bg/news/83-flora-burgas-2009.html">Flora</a>, the XXVI annual flower exhibit in Burgas. I had fun, but it was a bit disappointing. There were some pretty flowers, but not really many exotic ones. Perhaps the most exotic ones were the birds of paradise, which the Scarrans would kill for. Most of it seemed to be advertising displays for various nurseries. I did see some lovely plum colored tulips outside, and some interesting tulips with fringed petals. I&#8217;ve inserted the pictures after the fold.</p>
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<div id="attachment_301" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://oberonbg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b5003.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-301" title="d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b5003" src="http://oberonbg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b5003.jpg?w=225" alt="birds of paradise" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">birds of paradise</p></div>
<div id="attachment_303" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://oberonbg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b5009.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-303" title="d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b5009" src="http://oberonbg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b5009.jpg?w=225" alt="I covet this" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I covet this</p></div>
<div id="attachment_305" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://oberonbg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b50111.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-305" title="d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b50111" src="http://oberonbg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b50111.jpg?w=225" alt="Who's going to buy me this?" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Who&#39;s going to buy me this?</p></div>
<div id="attachment_307" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://oberonbg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b50121.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-307" title="d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b50121" src="http://oberonbg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b50121.jpg?w=300" alt="I want it all! I want it now! I'm a Material Boy!" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I want it all! I want it now! I&#39;m a Material Boy!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_308" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://oberonbg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b5016.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-308" title="d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b5016" src="http://oberonbg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b5016.jpg?w=225" alt="flowers at the flora" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">flowers at the flora</p></div>
<div id="attachment_309" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://oberonbg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b5025.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-309" title="d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b5025" src="http://oberonbg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b5025.jpg?w=225" alt="orchid" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">orchid</p></div>
<div id="attachment_310" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://oberonbg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b5038.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-310" title="d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b5038" src="http://oberonbg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b5038.jpg?w=225" alt="fringed tulips" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">fringed tulips</p></div>
<div id="attachment_311" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://oberonbg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b5042.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-311" title="d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b5042" src="http://oberonbg.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/d0b8d0b7d0bed0b1d180d0b0d0b6d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b5042.jpg?w=225" alt="plum colored tulips" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">plum colored tulips</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[New customer testimonial by Lemarco: Vlerick Management School]]></title>
<link>http://lemarco.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/new-customer-testimonial-by-lemarco-vlerick-management-school/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Patrick Dalle</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lemarco.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/new-customer-testimonial-by-lemarco-vlerick-management-school/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In the past past two months we realized tons of customer testimonials;  among them a great customer ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a rel="attachment wp-att-358" href="http://lemarco.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/new-customer-testimonial-by-lemarco-vlerick-management-school/vlerick-logo/"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-358" title="vlerick-logo" src="http://lemarco.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/vlerick-logo.gif?w=128" alt="vlerick-logo" width="128" height="41" /></a>In the past past two months we realized tons of customer testimonials;  among them a great customer testimonial about the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics CRM at Vlerick Management School by ICT partner Traviata. This case also fits un the Ultimate KMO Makeover campaign of Microsoft Belgium.</p>
<p>We did a nice interview with Patrick De Greve, director of Vlerick. He explained how  Vlerick addressed Microsoft parrtner <a href="www.traviata.be" target="_blank">www.traviata.be</a> for the development of a brand new enterprise application platform based on Microsoft Dynamics CRM.  We enjoyed realizing that case, we hope you enjoy reading is just as much. You can downhload here in <a href="http://www.lemarco.be/cms/uploads/Vlerick-NL.pdf" target="_blank">Dutch</a> and in <a href="http://www.lemarco.be/cms/uploads/Vlerick-FR.pdf" target="_blank">French</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Traviata, l'intelligenza del cuore]]></title>
<link>http://silvanascricci.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/traviata-lintelligenza-del-cuore/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>silvanascricci</dc:creator>
<guid>http://silvanascricci.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/traviata-lintelligenza-del-cuore/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;del mondo antico e del mondo futuro era rimasta solo la bellezza. E tu, povera sorellina mino]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>&#8220;del mondo antico e del mondo futuro era rimasta solo la bellezza. E tu, povera sorellina minore, quella che corre dietro ai fratelli più grandi, piange e ride con loro per imitarli e si mette addosso le loro scarpette, tocca, non vista, i loro libri i loro coltellini. Tu sorellina più piccola quella bellezza ce l&#8217;avevi addosso umilmente e la tua anima di figlia di piccola gente non ha mai saputo di averla perchè, altrimenti, non sarebbe stata bellezza. Sparì come un pulviscolo d&#8217;oro, il mondo te l&#8217;ha insegnata così, la tua bellezza diventò sua. Ma tu continuavi ad essere bambina, sciocca come l&#8217;antichità e crudele come il futuro, e tra te e la tua bellezza posseduta dal potere si mise tutta la stupidità e la crudeltà del presente. Te la portavi sempre dietro come un sorriso tra le lacrime, impudica per passività, indecente per obbedienza; l&#8217;obbedienza richiede molte lacrime inghiottite e darsi agli altri troppo allegri sguardi che chiedono la loro pietà. E pensare che, invece, sono così belli quanto sono belli gli sguardi degli uomini ogni volta che si posano sulle donne non per corrompere ma per salvare e per raccontare&#8221;</p>
<p>Prima parte</p>
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<p>Seconda parte</p>
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<p>Terza parte</p>
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<p>Quarta parte</p>
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<p>Quinta parte</p>
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<p>Sesta parte</p>
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<p>Settima parte</p>
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<p>Ottava parte</p>
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<p>Nona parte</p>
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