Paris, Operahouse
May 20th, 2012
March 28th, 2012
(Source: fcknn, via thestorycanresume)
March 1st, 2012
Lucio Dalla has never been good-looking. He didn’t need to.
Please, take a minute even if you don’t know him: he wrote so many stunning songs, I think my favourite are 4 marzo 1943 and Il gigante e la bambina. His masterpiece, though, was Caruso.
Caruso talks about Italy, about the opera, about Enrico Caruso, of course. It’s a song difficult to explain: it talks about the way we live and feel, I sometimes compare it to Pagliacci and in fact, among the many versions, Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli sang it.
It is not only difficult to explain, but also to sing. Josh Groban performed it and, in spite of his beautiful voice, he couldn’t understand it. The most beautiful version of it is Lucio’s one, but also Lara Fabian did an amazing job. In this version, that I’m linking here, there’s also a rough translation which totally lacks in the poetry of the language (a mixture of Italian and Neapolitan) but it can help. So please, even if you’re not italian, take a couple of minutes and just listen.
Goodbye, Lucio.
February 27th, 2012
No, I am Pagliaccio no longer. “…la commedia è finita!”
Luciano Pavarotti, the King.
February 20th, 2012
opera glasses
January 17th, 2012
Paris Opera House, Grand Staircase.
Maybe it’s me, but doesn’t it look like it’s gonna move at any moment?
December 23rd, 2011
Giacomo Puccini
October 6th, 2011
Opera on Ice
Finale #1
This is Mostly Lambiel, ehe. I’ll post something else but these video are so slow to upload… :)
Opera on Ice
Stéphane Lambiel, Rigoletto
Opera on Ice
Stéphane Lambiel, Rigoletto (La donna è mobile)
This one was so elegant, flawless and detailed, and yet so funny and filled with irony (the moment when he screams, or the pretended fall) I’m always wondering HOW is it possible that he can be such a petit prince and that ridiculous at the same time but hey, it’s Lambiel! He can skate a new program with a new knee injury, and look like that! - Actually, he can skate a very difficult program with a new knee injury and a cold and the flu, and win silver at the Olympics, so…
I brought with me some friends, they didn’t even follow figure skating for the most part, but at the end my brother looked at me and said: Well, then tonight we’ve seen a bunch of great skaters, and A dancer on the blades, haven’t we?
He was perfect. I love the way you don’t hear any noise from his blades on the ice, you really don’t get that on tv. Thank-you, Stéphane.
(here another record of the program)
October 5th, 2011
Awww! His spirals are getting better and better.Opera on Ice
This moment on the finale was beautiful.
Opera on Ice finale. So cute.
Opera on Ice
Stéphane Lambiel costume rehersal
He was so cute in this one! <3
Opera on Ice
Stéphane Lambiel
Finale #1
October 3rd, 2011
Opera on Ice
Pang - Tong
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