Opera Unmet

When considering touring Italy, most visitors probably want to see the major cities of Florence, Rome, Venice. Without a doubt, these are the highlights for a reason. But smaller towns can provide a better understanding of Italian history and offer their own fascination. These places were the backdrop for the struggle for power that comprised much of the drama of Italian history.Cremona, founded by the Romans in 218 BC, is quite simply the violin capital of the world. The streets are lined with the shops of makers of all manner of stringed instruments. You can see a demonstration of violin-making and make a visit to the collezione di Palazzo Comunale where the town collection is on display...

Trying to get your 16 year old acid rocker son to go to an Opera is like trying to get President Bill Clinton to admit that he had sex with that Lewinsky gal. You've got one big fight ahead of you. The truth is, if we didn't have the opera, we wouldn't have some of the other great music of our time as ultimately every form of music, especially Broadway musicals, comes from the classics. And there is no more classic than grand opera.There's a reason that most operas are sung in Italian. Most of the great writers of opera were Italian. The few English language operas we have, like "The Barber Of Seville" don't compare to the old grand Italian operas. And it is those operas that have given us...

Comic strips are almost as popular as comic books in some circles. So I would be remiss if I didn't compile an article about them. Strips have ended up in a multitude of newspapers and other media all over the world. Most people who read the Sunday paper can't pass up the comic section. I know I sure can't.Comic strips are short strips or pieces of sequential art, telling a story. They are drawn by cartoonists and are published on a recurring basis in newspapers, magazines or on the Internet.Strips can be humorous like Beetle Bailey, Hi & Lois, or Hagar the Horrible, with no continuous story but ends with a typical punch line. Or they can have a soap opera like continuity (like Judge...

Over the 2,000 years of its history, Budapest has been ruled at various times by the Romans, Turks, Goths, Germans and until recently the Soviets. They have all left their influences and the combination has given Budapest an ambience all its own. It's a large city that was once considered three cities. Pest, Obuda and Buda were divided by the Danube, which forks in the middle of the city. The three cities were combined in 1873 and Budapest was adopted as the new name.During a stay in Budapest there are a few must see attractions.Spas - Budapest sits on a tectonic plate fault line in Eastern Europe. While earthquakes might seem inevitable, one advantage to the location is the proliferation of...

Every New Year's Day, except when that holiday falls on a Sunday and the Rose Parade is held on January 2nd, millions of viewers around the world enjoy the Rose Parade and think about Pasadena, California. The citizens of Pasadena are justly proud of this spectacular event and the fame it brings their beautiful city, however, there is more to Pasadena than the Rose Parade. The following is a partial list of areas, activities and event hosts that make the city of Pasadena a great place to visit. These activities and events are not listed in order of importance. 1. The Rose Bowl - The Rose Bowl not only hosts the New Year's Tournament of Roses Football Game it also hosts the U.C.L.A. home...

With the number of U.S. music fans downloading music online increasing by double digits yearly it's become obvious that downloading is the new way to do music.For sure there have been, and in fact continues to be issues with legal-vs-illegal but follow this very simple guideline and you don't have to be concerned about the feds showing up at your door.The bottom line here is just like in the real world DO NOT copy your music and sell or give those copies away to anyone. That's where the file sharers go wrong.It's that simple.With that often misunderstood bit of information cleared up I'm now going to contrast and compare a couple of the better and yes, perfectly legal online music download services...

This article is for you if you're a behind-the-scenes kind of person - the admin assistant who gets the presentation ready for the guys in marketing but doesn't get to go to the meeting; the PR pro who writes all their speeches and answers all the complaint letters for the president or CEO; the at-home mother who makes sure the concert pianist practices; the deputy chief whose job description is doing all the things the chief doesn't like to do or can't do; or the paralegal who prepares all the pleadings, knows all the codes, and does all the licking and stamping.Temistocle Solear, Antonio Ghislanzoni, Henri Meilhac, Jules Barbier, Michael Carre, Guiseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Renato Semoni, and...

Trying to get your 16 year old acid rocker son to go to an Opera is like trying to get President Bill Clinton to admit that he had sex with that Lewinsky gal. You've got one big fight ahead of you. The truth is, if we didn't have the opera, we wouldn't have some of the other great music of our time as ultimately every form of music, especially Broadway musicals, comes from the classics. And there is no more classic than grand opera.There's a reason that most operas are sung in Italian. Most of the great writers of opera were Italian. The few English language operas we have, like "The Barber Of Seville" don't compare to the old grand Italian operas. And it is those operas that have given us...

Trying to get your 16 year old acid rocker son to go to an Opera is like trying to get President Bill Clinton to admit that he had sex with that Lewinsky gal. You've got one big fight ahead of you. The truth is, if we didn't have the opera, we wouldn't have some of the other great music of our time as ultimately every form of music, especially Broadway musicals, comes from the classics. And there is no more classic than grand opera.There's a reason that most operas are sung in Italian. Most of the great writers of opera were Italian. The few English language operas we have, like "The Barber Of Seville" don't compare to the old grand Italian operas. And it is those operas that have given us...

Arts-and-Entertainment Benefits Of Myspace 10th June 2007 MySpace is a popular, unbeatable, social networking website offering alluring, mind blowing services. Myspace with such mouthwatering features is now world's fifth most popular English-language website, the fifth most popular website in any language and t... Author: anderson Arts-and-Entertainment Personalized Photo Gifts Made My Day 08th June 2007 I was literally at my wits end, my mind was almost blank and I simply did not know what to do. That's what happens to you when you are in love and have no clue what about what gift to give her on her birthday, said all my friends. Well I would surely ap... Author: denistyler Arts-and-Entertainment...

This article is for you if you're a behind-the-scenes kind of person - the admin assistant who gets the presentation ready for the guys in marketing but doesn't get to go to the meeting; the PR pro who writes all their speeches and answers all the complaint letters for the president or CEO; the at-home mother who makes sure the concert pianist practices; the deputy chief whose job description is doing all the things the chief doesn't like to do or can't do; or the paralegal who prepares all the pleadings, knows all the codes, and does all the licking and stamping.Temistocle Solear, Antonio Ghislanzoni, Henri Meilhac, Jules Barbier, Michael Carre, Guiseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Renato Semoni, and...

In this article we're going to present a brief history of musical theater from its early beginnings right up to the present day.Musicals actually started with the ancient Greeks who put on plays with songs. While they weren't called musicals at the time, that is indeed what they were. The music was crude by today's standards and the stories were not very well done, again by today's standards, but this was the early beginning of what was to become the modern musical.In the 1700s there were many stage entertainments, though again they were not called musicals. The first English language work that had any lasting value was The Beggar's Opera which was done in 1728. It was a satirical spoof of the...

In this article we're going to try to give an idea of what shows to go see if you want to get as broad a musical theater background as possible.To just say you're going to see a musical is not only less than adequate but it's inaccurate at best. The truth is, a musical is not just a musical. Just like in television and movies there are different types of shows, dramas, comedies, mysteries, science fictions, and a number of other genres, so it is the same in musical theater. So if you're looking to get a well rounded education and see the best of the best in each genre, what follows is a list, if not totally comprehensive at least representative, of the kinds of musical plays that are a must see...

Trying to get your 16 year old acid rocker son to go to an Opera is like trying to get President Bill Clinton to admit that he had sex with that Lewinsky gal. You've got one big fight ahead of you. The truth is, if we didn't have the opera, we wouldn't have some of the other great music of our time as ultimately every form of music, especially Broadway musicals, comes from the classics. And there is no more classic than grand opera.There's a reason that most operas are sung in Italian. Most of the great writers of opera were Italian. The few English language operas we have, like "The Barber Of Seville" don't compare to the old grand Italian operas. And it is those operas that have given us...

This article is for you if you're a behind-the-scenes kind of person - the admin assistant who gets the presentation ready for the guys in marketing but doesn't get to go to the meeting; the PR pro who writes all their speeches and answers all the complaint letters for the president or CEO; the at-home mother who makes sure the concert pianist practices; the deputy chief whose job description is doing all the things the chief doesn't like to do or can't do; or the paralegal who prepares all the pleadings, knows all the codes, and does all the licking and stamping.Temistocle Solear, Antonio Ghislanzoni, Henri Meilhac, Jules Barbier, Michael Carre, Guiseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Renato Semoni, and...

Flamenco, more commonly termed Sevilliana in Andalucia where it originated, is a Spanish art form par excellence.It incorporates three levels of expression, cante, the song, baile, the dance and guitarra, guitar playing. The gypsies of Spain lay claim to its' creation and certainly they did, and still do, play an important part but it is easy to see other influences as well. For instance the popular songs and dances of Andaluica and of course seven centuries of Muslim occupation which could not pass without leaving lasting traces in many walks of life, not least the development of Flamenco. More recently of course one can see the influence of jazz, salsa and bosa nova.It is generally...

This article is for you if you're a behind-the-scenes kind of person - the admin assistant who gets the presentation ready for the guys in marketing but doesn't get to go to the meeting; the PR pro who writes all their speeches and answers all the complaint letters for the president or CEO; the at-home mother who makes sure the concert pianist practices; the deputy chief whose job description is doing all the things the chief doesn't like to do or can't do; or the paralegal who prepares all the pleadings, knows all the codes, and does all the licking and stamping.Temistocle Solear, Antonio Ghislanzoni, Henri Meilhac, Jules Barbier, Michael Carre, Guiseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Renato Semoni, and...

"Everything that can be invented has been invented." ~ Charles H. Duell, Commissioner of the US Patent Office in 1899."Children nowadays are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers." ~ SocratesWhy is popular music so bad today? I mean, I'm not that old, but jeez, the music of today, with only a few rare exceptions, kinda stinks. Some would say that when New Year's Eve 1979 ended, we were ushered into an era of lame music that we still haven't escaped from today.I grew up in the 80's and remember listening to the Beatles, John Lennon, Simon & Garfunkel, Roger Waters and Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, and David Bowie, to name a few, with my...

This article is for you if you're a behind-the-scenes kind of person - the admin assistant who gets the presentation ready for the guys in marketing but doesn't get to go to the meeting; the PR pro who writes all their speeches and answers all the complaint letters for the president or CEO; the at-home mother who makes sure the concert pianist practices; the deputy chief whose job description is doing all the things the chief doesn't like to do or can't do; or the paralegal who prepares all the pleadings, knows all the codes, and does all the licking and stamping.Temistocle Solear, Antonio Ghislanzoni, Henri Meilhac, Jules Barbier, Michael Carre, Guiseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Renato Semoni, and...

This article is for you if you're a behind-the-scenes kind of person - the admin assistant who gets the presentation ready for the guys in marketing but doesn't get to go to the meeting; the PR pro who writes all their speeches and answers all the complaint letters for the president or CEO; the at-home mother who makes sure the concert pianist practices; the deputy chief whose job description is doing all the things the chief doesn't like to do or can't do; or the paralegal who prepares all the pleadings, knows all the codes, and does all the licking and stamping.Temistocle Solear, Antonio Ghislanzoni, Henri Meilhac, Jules Barbier, Michael Carre, Guiseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Renato Semoni, and...

In his immensely popular book, "The Purpose Driven Life", one of the major points that Pastor Rick Warren tries to make is that people must change the way they think before they can change the way they live. I believe the same principle applies to cultures. As I've mentioned many times before, I do not believe morality can be legislated. All the laws in the world against every imaginable immoral act will not make any culture or nation better or more righteous. Instead, we need a cultural change that comes as a result of modifying our opinion about certain things in our society. Specifically, we must change the way we view violence, theft, foul language, and personal responsibility.Sadly, the culture...

Trying to get your 16 year old acid rocker son to go to an Opera is like trying to get President Bill Clinton to admit that he had sex with that Lewinsky gal. You've got one big fight ahead of you. The truth is, if we didn't have the opera, we wouldn't have some of the other great music of our time as ultimately every form of music, especially Broadway musicals, comes from the classics. And there is no more classic than grand opera.There's a reason that most operas are sung in Italian. Most of the great writers of opera were Italian. The few English language operas we have, like "The Barber Of Seville" don't compare to the old grand Italian operas. And it is those operas that have given us...

This article is for you if you're a behind-the-scenes kind of person - the admin assistant who gets the presentation ready for the guys in marketing but doesn't get to go to the meeting; the PR pro who writes all their speeches and answers all the complaint letters for the president or CEO; the at-home mother who makes sure the concert pianist practices; the deputy chief whose job description is doing all the things the chief doesn't like to do or can't do; or the paralegal who prepares all the pleadings, knows all the codes, and does all the licking and stamping.Temistocle Solear, Antonio Ghislanzoni, Henri Meilhac, Jules Barbier, Michael Carre, Guiseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Renato Semoni, and...

One of the more inexplicable details in the movie version of The Phantom of the Opera consists of Christine confessing to her friend Meg that when she and Raoul were children, he nicknamed her Little Lotte. Lotte was a common diminutive nickname for Charlotte, not Christine. It seems that the dialogue was added simply to explain to the audience why they then sing a duet about Little Lotte.So why does Andrew Lloyd Webber have a duet about Little Lotte in his musical, then? Simple. It's in the original story by Gaston Leroux.Now we get to the crux of the issue. In the 1980's, when Phantom first debuted, no one knew who Little Lotte was. The offhand reference in the lyrics made no sense to most theatre...

This article is for you if you're a behind-the-scenes kind of person - the admin assistant who gets the presentation ready for the guys in marketing but doesn't get to go to the meeting; the PR pro who writes all their speeches and answers all the complaint letters for the president or CEO; the at-home mother who makes sure the concert pianist practices; the deputy chief whose job description is doing all the things the chief doesn't like to do or can't do; or the paralegal who prepares all the pleadings, knows all the codes, and does all the licking and stamping.Temistocle Solear, Antonio Ghislanzoni, Henri Meilhac, Jules Barbier, Michael Carre, Guiseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Renato Semoni, and...

The Elation is a ship built in 1998 for Carnival Cruise Lines. It was the first mega liner to have the azipod propulsion system. Everything you read about the Elation will include a small blurb about the azipod system. You may wonder which the heck that is so I'll tell you. It's much like having front wheel drive on your car. Instead of the motor pushing the ship it pulls it instead. This makes maneuvering the cruise vessel much easier so you can be doubtless there won't be any listing or tipping over of the vessel on your cruise. Also it reduces those vibrations that cause upset stomach in passengers like myself. Enough about mechanics though seeing that Carnival's got the fun...

Over the years I have had many conversations with music artists about commercial music, which usually leads to them disclosing their disdain and hatred of it...

The thunderbird has been one of the most dominant icons in Native American art and legends. In fact, the concept of the thunderbird has been so popular that it has been used in the non-Native world to name a classic automobile, liquor, a 1960's children's adventure television show (and subsequent recent movie), a US Air Force squadron and is referenced in pop music (remember the word 't-bird' in 1950's rock and roll?). The thunderbird is one of the few cross-cultural characters in Native American mythology since it is found in legends of Pacific Northwest, Plains, and Northeastern tribes.The Native Indians of the Pacific Northwest Coast always lived along the shores and never ventured inland to...

In this article we're going to present a brief history of musical theater from its early beginnings right up to the present day.Musicals actually started with the ancient Greeks who put on plays with songs. While they weren't called musicals at the time, that is indeed what they were. The music was crude by today's standards and the stories were not very well done, again by today's standards, but this was the early beginning of what was to become the modern musical.In the 1700s there were many stage entertainments, though again they were not called musicals. The first English language work that had any lasting value was The Beggar's Opera which was done in 1728. It was a satirical spoof of the...

The origin of the Vienna Opera goes back to the beginning of the 18th century. It is the oldest theatrical institution with an unbroken record of performing in the German-speaking world,. A number of new operas were performed in Vienna during the 47-year-long reign of Emperor Leopold I, who was a composer as well a ruler. With a handwritten letter to the Minister of the Interior dated 20 December 1857, the 27-year-old Emperor Franz Josef confirmed his already discussed decision to expand the city of Vienna and for the construction of public buildings. Many participants in the international contest announced on 30 January 1858 for the expansion of the inner city of Vienna planned the new opera house...

This article is for you if you're a behind-the-scenes kind of person - the admin assistant who gets the presentation ready for the guys in marketing but doesn't get to go to the meeting; the PR pro who writes all their speeches and answers all the complaint letters for the president or CEO; the at-home mother who makes sure the concert pianist practices; the deputy chief whose job description is doing all the things the chief doesn't like to do or can't do; or the paralegal who prepares all the pleadings, knows all the codes, and does all the licking and stamping.Temistocle Solear, Antonio Ghislanzoni, Henri Meilhac, Jules Barbier, Michael Carre, Guiseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Renato Semoni, and...

Scientific physicists generally are very reluctant to accept change, continually working with empirically generated dimensionless physical constants similar to the Fine Structure Constant, then using these dimensionless constants explain away mathematical abnormalities in current three dimension quantum atomic theory.If asked what is a physical constant? or how to prove the value of physical constant from first principles, an answer is usually not forthcoming. Back in 1906 it became clear from Albert Einstein, his special theory of relativity, suggested that basic three dimension geometry could not describe the universe, and that a new form of geometry was needed. To explain why we have a need to...

In this article we're going to try to explain just what it is that makes a musical a musical and go over the more technical aspects of the form.By technical definition, musical theater is a form of theater that combines music, songs, dancing and spoken dialogue. It is actually closely related to opera, while purposely avoiding many of the conventions of opera in order to have a more general appeal.The musical components of a musical is called the score. The sung lines are called lyrics as opposed to plain spoken dialogue which is simply called dialogue. Usually the person writing the lyrics to the musical is not the same person who has written the actual story. An example of this would be...

Creative Intelligences 7 Intelligences & Creativity Not just for children There are many models and techniques that aim to help people come up with creative ideas. In this article I describe an original way of using Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences as a helpful pattern for generating a wide range of ideas in any subject. I must first review the basics of Gardner's theory, so that you may later understand how I use it as a creative tool. Howard Gardner is a well known researcher and author on the subject of thinking and intelligence. His theory of Multiple Intelligences challenged the limited concept of intelligence as measured by logical and mathematical tests (e.g. IQ or SAT...

Members of The Dramatists Guild of America, the organization of playwrights, of which I have been an active member for many years, was in an unusually feisty mood in a review they let howl at a theater critic in the Windy City. What was the occasion of the lambasting? A long-time critic for The Chicago Sun-Times reviewed some musicals that were works in progress at Theater Building Chicago, a venue that has been attempting to nourish the struggling art form for many years. The critic, one Hedy Weiss, had deigned to review its showcase performances in previous years but apparently her opinions were not so flagrantly intolerant for the head of the theater to ask her to absent herself until one or more...

Music is the art of arranging sounds in periodic time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre.It is also the vocal or instrumental sounds possessing a degree of melody, harmony, or rhythm. Music can also be when an aesthetically pleasing or harmonious sound or combination of sounds are produced example the music of the water falling from a tap in a vessel.Most of the time music is kept in memory and performance only. If handed down orally, this music may be considered "traditional" or not considered composed by individuals. Different musical traditions have different attitudes towards how and where to...

Situated in a serene valley of scenic rivers, with leafy canopies of trees, present Sacramento has become a cosmopolitan aggregation of charming cafes and restaurants, high-rise buildings, affable Victorians, a vibrant and dynamic arts culture, and a kaleidoscope of modern facilities. Home to the last few remnants of the Wild West and the Gold Rush days, Sacramento is a city that displays its diverse cultural influences. With its abundance of first-class art galleries and other cultural attractions, Sacramento now serves as an influential art destination for art lovers from around the world. Loads of people with artistic inclinations converge here to mingle with art connoisseurs and get engulfed in...