George Friderich Handel, 1741,
Twists and Turns on the Achilles Myth in Handel’s ‘Deidamia’
Sunday Palate Cleanser: Deidamia
Canada’s war on freedom of speech
You, dear reader, may be thinking at this point, “so what?
That’s Canada for you, eh.”
Think again.
Read my post, Canada’s war on freedom of speech.
UPDATE
Linked to by The Pirate’s Cove. Thank you!
I’m having to finish up a few things before the holiday weekend, and may not have time to post for the rest of the day, so here’s a nice fireworks music to get you in the holiday spirit,
Tennessee bitchslaps Marxifornia
A Haunting Video From The UK – “Stiff Upper Lip”
Sunday palate cleanser: Purcell & Handel Arias
Sunday palate cleanser: Arminio
Get a Handel!
First performance (280 years ago) 12th January 1737, Covent Garden Theatre, London
Max Emanuel Cencic, Arminio
Lauren Snouffler, Tusnelda
Aleksandra Kubas-Kruk, Sigismondo
Gaia Petrone, Ramise
Juan Sancho, Varo
Owen Willetts, Tullio
Pavel Kudinov, Segeste
Armonio Atenea
George Petrou, Conductor
Sunday palate cleanser: Alcina
From the Vienna State Opera, 2011,
Part 1
Part 2
Anja Harteros: Alcina
Vesselina Kasarova: Ruggiero
Veronica Cangemi: Morgana
Kristina Hammarström: Bradamante
Alois Mühlbacher (St. Florianer Sängerknabe): Oberto
Benjamin Bruns: Oronte
Adam Plachetka: Melisso
Marc Minkowski: Conductor
Les Musiciens du Louvre – Grenoble
Adrian Noble: Stage Director
Anthony Ward: Set and Costume Designer
Wiener Staatsballett
Sunday palate cleanser: Rodelinda, regina de’ Longobardi
Sunday palate cleanser: Semele
The gods in ballgowns and tuxes,
Semele, by Georg Friedrich Handel
Chor und Orchester Opernhaus Zürich, ‘La Scintilla’, Wiliam Christie (direction)
Robert Carsen (stage direction)
Cecilia Bartoli (Semele),
Charles Workman (Jupiter),
Liliana Nikiteanu (Ino),
Birgit Remmert (Juno),
Anton Scharinger (Cadmus/Somnus),
Thomas Michael Allen (Athamas),
Isabel Rey (Iris)