... L'Olimpiade: Act II/V, aria "Siam navi all'onde algenti" performed by Aris ChristofellisasAminta.
"Siam navi all' onde algenti lasciate in abbandono impetuosi venti i nostri affetti sono, ogni diletto è scoglio, tutta la vita un mar.
Ben qual nocchiero in noi veglia ragion ma poi pur dall' ondoso orgoglio si lascia trasportar."
Recorded in Paris, February 1990.
Vivaldi wrote the Olimpiade in 1734 for the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice. The libretto for Olimpiade, one of the most famous librettos of the eighteenth century, was written by Pietro Metastasio in 1733. It has been set to music in the same year by Antonio Caldara, then by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi in 1735 and by Leonardo Leo in 1737, as well as by Vivaldi himself.
The Olimpiade was the first of Vivaldi's operas to be exhumed and reproposed to the international public in the twentieth century. Alfredo Casella was responsible for its modern-day revival in 1939, as part of the Siena Musical Week. ____
Since April the 1st - and following the call of Mouvement magazine, the 104*is "occupied"... becauseanother 104 is possible ! However, the Art centre houses since April 8th and until this week end some of the events of the 12th multimediaNemo Festival. Nemo (Arcadi + 104 + LeCube) has expanded on the idea of a new cinema based on computer graphics, music videos, animated graphic design, interactive installations and audiovisual performances.
*This new center for the Arts was opened two years ago by Bertrand Delanoë, the Paris' Mayor. See the story of the buildinghere. ___
My fief as a barrio Latino, this week end from 3pm until 2am.
At each stage of theSalsa Caravan, a whole Paris' district becomes a Latin village invested by thousand salseros, bachateros, zoukeros and other Latin dance enthusiasts from all sources. This time they are investing the Oberkampf area with world salsa, bachata, zouk, lambazouk, kizomba and reggaeton in a dozen bars of the Oberkampf and Saint-Maur streets, in Paris XI...
- Le Mecano : Bachata Salsa [6pm-2am] 99, rue Oberkampf - La Locandiera : Salsa Mix with DJ L'Duro & DJ Manito 145, rue Oberkampf - L'Antirouille : KIzomba Lambazouk et Salsa 5, rue Moret - Le Styx :Salsa Latino Mix 126, rue Oberkampf - Le Quartier Général : Salsa mix with DJ Jacky 103, rue Oberkampf - Le Youm'bi : Dominican Republic, Latino Hot 112, rue Saint-Maur - Le Carbet : Caribbean, Zouk and Kizomba 115, rue Saint-Maur - other bars to confirm...
Several introductory dance courses will be offered to the public. You just buy a 2-3€ wrist-pass that allows everyone access to all tracks and dance classes - Check out the program★★★ Last summer on the heights of Belleville...
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The Salsa Caravan plans to perform in the main Paris districts. ____ [Petit lexique de la musique cubaine]
Today, on the front page of Le Figaro... "Pâques: 4.000 chrétiens à la Défense" This year, as in 2007, the Sunday following the first full moon after the beginning of spring falls on the same day in the Gregorian calendar (the Protestant and Catholic) and Julian (the Orthodox). Archbishop of Paris, Mgr André Vingt-Trois, made no reference to the scandals currently rocking the Church. According to comments reported by the official Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, Archbishop Vingt-Trois denounced at the Mass of Holy Thursday, "an offensive aimed at destabilizing the Pope and the Church through him." [AFP - 04/04/2010]
- my Feline and verysubjective translation: "Pâques: 4.000 malvoyants & malentendants à la Défense... de l'Indéfendable*."
- from Feline to English translation: "Easter: 4,000 visually & hearing Impaired in [at La] Défense... of the indefensible*." All the latest and breaking Vatican City news _________
Nonetheless, Happy Easter 2010 to you all ! _________
