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Friday, June 29, 2018

La Traviata: Michael Mayer, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

La Traviata
Michael Mayer, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and Diana Damrau
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Watch a preview of Tony Award–winning director Michael Mayer’s new production of Verdi’s “La Traviata,” starring Diana Damrau and conducted by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Opens December 4, 2018.
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin
On Becoming Music Director
The dynamic maestro speaks with Met General Manager Peter Gelb about taking the musical reigns of the Metropolitan Opera.

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Metropolitan Opera's

Canadian Conductor
Montreal-born Yannick Nézet-Seguin has recently taken on the prestigious role as musical director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City

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What Happens Just Before Show Time
At the Met Opera
The New York Times
We walked through the Met with a steadicam on the busiest week of the year. Featuring: Misty Copeland, Toscanini’s head, wigs, harps and a snow yak.

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Thursday, June 28, 2018

Gorillas

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Heart-warming moment
Damian Aspinall's wife Victoria
Is accepted by Wild Gorillas
In June 2017 our Chairman, Damian Aspinall and his wife, Victoria, made a special trip to our project in Gabon to oversee the transfer of a young gorilla group from the sanctuary where they met, to our Gorilla Protection Project in the Batéké Plateau National Park. During their trip, Damian and Victoria met up with Djalta and Ima; two male gorillas from Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent, who made the journey back to the wild in 2003.

To find out more about our gorilla reintroduction projects and to support The Aspinall Foundation’s vital conservation work please visit:



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 Young Orphaned Gorillas:
See Their Adorable Bond With Park Rangers
National Geographic

At the Senkwekwe Center for mountain gorilla orphans in Congo, a handful of Virunga National Park rangers live around the clock with four juveniles whose parents were killed. The rangers see their families only every few weeks and are very close to their charges. Chief caretaker André Bauma along with his team have hand-raised the gorillas since they were first brought to the center. The first gorilla, Ndakasi, was found when she was just two months old, near the body of her murdered mother. Bauma cared for her like a human child—letting her sleep on his chest for warmth and bottle-feeding her to help build her strength. After that, three more orphaned gorillas joined "the family" at the center. Since no mountain gorilla orphan has ever been successfully returned to the wild, they will always depend on humans. To find out more about the heroic efforts to save the mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park, tune in to Explorer: Battle for Virunga, June 26 8/7c on National Geographic Channel.
Learn more about Virunga National Park and the rangers fighting to end illegal wildlife trafficking there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB7wHDHtr9M.
Video produced and edited by Kathryn Carlson 


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Internet falls in Loves
With Smartphone-Loving Gorilla

Jelani, a silver-back gorilla at the Louisville Zoo's Gorilla Forest exhibit, has grown in popularity over the years for his fascination with smartphones. And he's already accomplished something many millennials dream of - going viral.

 
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Nino Ferrer 🎼 L' Année Mozart 😀

Nino Ferrer
L'Année Mozart
La Marche Turque

Il n'y a rien à faire, il est bien trop tard, je n'aurai jamais le temps de déchiffrer Mozart.
Et pourtant c'est si charmant ces petites notes et ces accents.
On croirait qu'on monte un escalier, du sous-sol jusqu'au dernier grenier,
Pom pom pom ....... Tip tip tip ........

Il n'y a rien à faire, il est bien trop tard, et pourtant voilà c'est justement l'Année Mozart

C'est ce soir, le concert, entrée gratuite aux militaires.
C'est ce soir,  le concert,  on est tous derrière nos pianos.

Est-ce que par hasard quelqu'un n'aurait pas vu Mozart ou son grand-père ou sa belle-soeur ou son chauffeur ou sa soupière, est-ce qu'il n'aurait pas pris le train pour Saint Germain qui partdemain, demain matin, vous me faites le plein et toujours en alexandrins ?

Chacun sait que Mozart habitait l'Irlande et qu'il prenait un bol de bière avant son petit déjeuner, qu'il faisait de la course à pied et puis qu'il aimait bien le Rock n' Roll surtout s'il y avait des bémols et des bidules et des bédés.

Est-ce que par hasard Mozart était-il antiquaire ou sémaphore ou bicolore ou réfractaire ou secrétaire et par ailleurs quelqu'un saurait-il à quelle heure et pourquoi faire et combien faut-il d'exemplaires en Indre et Loire et par ici ?

C'est ce soir, le concert, Mozart joue de la cornemuse.
C'est ce soir, le concert,  et moi je jouerai du pipeau.

Il n'y a rien à faire, il est bien trop tard, je n'aurai jamais le temps de déchiffrer Mozart et pourtant le temps s'envole et la vie court et c'est fini. Si Mozart avait connu Micky,  ils auraient bu beaucoup de whisky, moi j'aurais conduit l'automobile, car je suis le seul qui a son permis.

Il n'y a rien à faire, il est bien trop tard, il n'y a que des guerres et des angoissses et des horreurs, c'est pourquoi je lève mon verre à la santé de Mozart.

Et voilà, le concert est bien fini dans l'allégresse. On a joué, des tangos, des blues des valses et des javas, des chansons, des refrains, du rap du reggae des rengaines, des vieux rock, des classiques et puis bien sûr un cha cha cha.
Et ce soir, tard, lorsque tout sera devenu noir, on pourra s'endormir sans peur, car, s'il n'y a plus de bière et de pétard, il y a de la musique dans l'air.

- Tu viens Micky ? 
- Où ça ? 
- Dans un bar !
- D'accord ! - D'accord ? - D'accord !
- D'accord, d'accord, d'accord, d'accord, d'accord, d'accord

Bonsoir.! 

       
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Amadeus • Rondo Alla Turca
The 1984 Milos Forman film "Amadeus" with F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce & Elizabeth Berridge. Based on the stage play by Peter Shaffer. The story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback mode by Antonio Salieri.
Mozart - Rondo Alla Turca
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Sunday, June 24, 2018

Opera Arias + Lyrics


Opera Arias
+ Lyrics

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#        Arias + Lyrics Length #     Arias + Lyrics Length
1 Carmen - Habanera (lyrics)  4:29 37 Mozart - Voi che sapete (Cecilia Bartoli) HD subtitles  2:40
2 O Mio Babbino Caro - Lyrics  2:27 38 Natalie Dessay - Voices of Spring - Johann Strauss - English  11:26
3 Carmen - Toreador (lyric video)  4:31 39 Ah, quelle est cette voix - Hoffmann - A.Netrebko - English + Croatian 10:17
4 The Flower Duet - Lyrics  3:59 40 Natalie Dessay - Ah! non credea mirarti  8:33
5 Rigoletto - La Donna è Mobile (Lyrics)  2:11 41 Sextet: Chi mi frena in tal momento - Lucia di Lammermoor 2008  4:00
6 Barber of Seville - Figaro's Aria (lyrics)  4:26 42 Placido Domingo - Tosca - E lucevan le stelle  3:01
7 Andrea Bocelli - Con Te Partiro (English lyrics)  4:21 43 Tosca: “Vissi d’arte”  3:26
8 O Fortuna - Lyrics (Latin and English)  4:01 44 Leontyne Price interpreta: "La Forza del destino" de G.Verdi  5:40
9 O mio babbino caro + lyrics  2:04 45 Toselli / Alfredo Kraus, 1957:  Serenata 'Rimpianto' 3:26
10 "O Sole Mio" by Luciano Pavarotti (with Lyrics)  3:20 46 Schubert Serenade - Fischer-Dieskau - English  3:26
11 Nessun Dorma - Luciano Pavarotti - With Lyrics  3:15 47 Schubert Serenade (English)  4:16
12 Nabucco - Va, Pensiero  4:16 48 Lakmé - English and French Lyrics (The Flower Duet)  3:55
13 Sempre Libera ( La traviata).wmv ( English lyrics) 2:15 49 Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun dorma!   Turandot  3:46
14 Pavarotti- Una furtiva lagrima Lyrics  4:49 50 Elina Garanca ~ Mon Cœur S'ouvre à Ta Voix  7:03
15 The best of Pavarotti - E lucevan le stelle  3:00 51 Flower duet - Anna Netrebko & Elina Garanca (Lakmé de Delibes)  7:09
16 Libiamo Ne' Lieti Calici - Lyrics  2:58 52 À La Volonté Du Peuple - Les Misérables  2:58
17 La donna e mobile Pavarotti lyrics  2:09 53 Do You Hear the People Sing? (+ reprise) Lyrics  3:38
18 Casta Diva (with lyrics)  6:17 54 L’Elisir d’Amore: “Una furtiva lagrima”  4:30
19 Queen of the Night - Mozart  3:30 55 Pagliacci: “Vesti la giubba”  1:29
20 Habanera - karaoke  7:01 56 Tosca: “E lucevan le stelle”  2:37
21 Der Hölle Rache  3:05 57 "Nessun dorma" Roberto Alagna HD720  3:49
22 The Magic Flute - Queen of the Night aria (Diana Damrau)  3:01 58 Werther: "Pourquoi me réveiller"  1:24
23 Don Giovanni - Commendatore  6:25 59 Belle nuit ô nuit d'amour (Les Contes D'Hoffman) Score  3:44
24 Don Giovanni -"Commendatore" - S. Ramey u. K. Moll  6:55 60 Bella figlia dell'amore (Rigoletto - G. Verdi) Score Animation  3:59
25 Barcarolle -  Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour French and English  2:34 61 La calunnia è un venticello (Il barbiere di Siviglia - G. Rossini) Score  4:55
26 Barcarole - Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour Español 2:34 62 Voi Che Sapete (W. A. Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro) Score Animation  3:07
27 Barcarolle - Netrebko - Garanča  2:35 63 Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi (La Boheme - G. Puccini) Score Animation  4:35
28 Lakme Dueto de las Flores    5:48 64 Una Voce Poco Fa (Il Barbiere Di Siviglia - Rossini) Score Animation  6:14
29 Nessun Dorma  - English  3:14 65 Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Samson et Dalila - C. Saint-Säens) Score  5:52
30 La Traviata - Sempre libera - Renée Fleming  3:46 66 Porgi Amor (Le Nozze di Figaro - Mozart) Score Animation  3:32
31 Largo al Factotum - Figaro's Aria - The Barber of Seville 4:51 67 Sull' aria (Le Nozze di Figaro - W. A. Mozart) Score Animation  2:54
32 Carmen Habanera - Nolwenn Leroy - French & English  3:16 68 Un bel di vedremo (Madama Butterfly - G. Puccini) Score Animation  4:43
33 Madame Butterfly - Maria Callas - Puccini - Italian + English 4:40 69 Vissi d'arte (Tosca - G. Puccini) Score Animation  3:22
34 Casta Diva - Maria Callas - Bellini - Italian + English  5:38 70 Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice "Che Faro Senza Euridice?" M. Horne  4:23
35 Puccini - Madama Butterfly - Un bel dì vedremo - M.Callas 1954  4:43 71 Flower Duet (Lakmé - L. Delibes) Score Animation  4:49
36 Puccini - Madame Butterfly - Un bel di vedremo (with lyrics)  4:33


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Saturday, June 23, 2018

LGBTQ🏳️‍🌈Historic Landmarks🏳️‍🌈New York City

11 LGBTQ Historic Landmarks
In New York City
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LGBTQ history is, in many ways
New York City history.
By James Michael Nichols - 06/18/2018
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Site descriptions have been republished with permission from the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project.

LGBT Community Center
Since 1983, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center has served as a vital support system for hundreds of thousands of people.
The center has witnessed the founding of ACT UP, GLAAD, Las Buenas Amigas, Queer Nation and the Lesbian Avengers and for many years was the meeting location for the Metropolitan Community Church of New York and SAGE.
The Gender Identity Project, which was established here in 1989, is the longest-running service provider for the transgender and gender-nonconforming community in the state.

Christopher Street Piers
For over a century, the Greenwich Village Hudson River waterfront, including the Christopher Street Pier at West 10th Street, has been a destination for the LGBT community that has evolved from a place for cruising and sex for gay men to an important safe haven for a marginalized queer community — mostly queer homeless youths of color.
From 1971 to 1983, the interiors of the piers’ ruin-like terminals featured a diverse range of artistic work, including site-based installations, photography, murals and performances.

Lorraine Hansberry Residence
From 1953 to 1960, playwright and activist Lorraine Hansberry resided in the third-floor apartment of this building.
While here, Hansberry lived parallel lives: one as the celebrated playwright of “A Raisin in the Sun,” the first play by a black woman to appear on Broadway, and the other as a woman who privately explored her homosexuality through her writing, relationships and social circle.

Lesbian Herstory Archives
Founded in 1974, the Lesbian Herstory Archives was first housed on the Upper West Side of Manhattan before opening its current location in Brooklyn’s Park Slope in 1993.
The volunteer-based archives, which also serves as a museum and community center, has one of the world’s largest collection of records “by and about lesbians and their communities,” according to its website

New York Stock Exchange – ACT UP Demonstrations
The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power formed in 1987 to call attention to the AIDS crisis. In 1988 and ’89, it held two huge demonstrations at the New York Stock Exchange to protest the high price of the AIDS drug AZT, which was unaffordable to most people living with HIV.

Stonewall Inn
From June 28 to July 3, 1969, LGBT patrons of the Stonewall Inn and members of the local community took the unusual action of fighting back during a routine police raid at the bar.
The events during that six-day period are seen as the beginning of the modern LGBT rights movement, with large numbers of groups forming around the country in the following years.
The Stonewall Inn was the first LGBT site in the country to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places (1999) and named a National Historic Landmark (2000), with additional city, state and federal recognition in 2015 and 2016.

Julius’
On April 21, 1966, a sip-in was organized by members of the Mattachine Society, one of the country’s earliest gay rights organizations, to challenge the State Liquor Authority’s discriminatory policy of revoking the licenses of bars that served known or suspected gay men and lesbians.

Rivington House
In 1995 this former public school reopened as a 219-bed nursing home for people with AIDS — the largest of its kind in New York City.
Rivington House was controversially sold by the city to a private developer in 2015.

Audre Lorde Residence
Acclaimed black lesbian feminist, writer and activist Audre Lorde lived here with her partner and two children from 1972 to 1987.
In that time, Lorde was a prolific and influential writer, co-founded Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press and spoke at the 1979 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

Bayard Rustin Residence
Bayard Rustin, one of the most important yet least-known figures of the civil rights movement, lived in an apartment in this Chelsea building complex from 1963 to his death in 1987.
While here, he served as the lead organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and took part in numerous social justice campaigns around the world.

Transy House
Transy House was a transgender collective operated by Rusty Mae Moore and Chelsea Goodwin from 1995 to 2008.
It provided shelter for trans and gender-nonconforming people in need, served as a center for trans activism and was the last residence of pioneering LGBT rights activist Sylvia Rivera.


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