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Senata’s Ballad

Der Fliegende Hollander

Wagner

Beethoven: Fidelio

”Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?”

Nina Stemme

Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Lucerne Festival Orchestra

Claudio Abbado

(Luzern, 12. August 2010)

Nina Stemme soprano

Nina Stemme soprano

Jonas Kaufmannclick on picture for interview with Kaufmann @ musicalcriticism.com

Jonas Kaufmann

click on picture for interview with Kaufmann @ musicalcriticism.com

Florestan  opening 2nd act Aria
Beethoven’s Fidelio,
Jonas Kaufmann tenor,
Claudio Abbado conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra,
Live from Lucerne Festival 2010.

*ridiculously beautiful  ppp to fff by KAUFMANN… I like abbado’s  conducting he brings out the drama especially at the end of the aria particularly the strings from 10:42-11:06 is pretty genius…you feel Florestans hopes of getting out alive just disappearing!!! its so sad!

vigorofthepeople: inherhipstheresrevolutions: feministblackboard: The other day I was talking to someone who happens to be a white, heterosexual, able bodied, upper class man. He remarked about how little privilege men like himself hold. I listened as his tone grew more intense; I could tell this was an issue of great seriousness to him. “It’s so hard for the white man to get into the Ivy League Universities these days,” he exclaimed, “but if you’re black or Hispanic, they let you right in!” I sat quietly as he continued on. “And what about those stupid pride parades? Or black history month? Or minority magazines? Where’s my straight parade? Where’s my white history month? And god forbid I get a magazine for white men! Nooo. That’s racist.” I interjected, “You know how when we were kids we were jealous that our moms got presents on mothers day and we asked why there wasn’t a kids day?” “What does this have to do with anything?” He asked skeptically. “Well, what did she answer?” “Every day is kid day.” “That’s the same principle to why there aren’t parades and month’s for the white man. Every day is white, heterosexual, able bodied male day.” I said plainly. “That’s stupid.” He bluntly blurted out. You know, he’s right. That is stupid. We as a society as well as individuals should be doing a lot more to cater to the white man. They’re really struggling. In fact, they’re a dying species. In order to help them out, we should recognize them more. For example, we should put more emphasis on white history. My suggestion would be to issue all school aged children a white history book. This summer, while all the books are still being printed, we can slap the word “WHITE” above the “American History” book title. It would be the same history book as always, but we would make it clear to them what the subject of the book really is. My next idea would be IVORY magazine. This would remedy a large problem we in America face: not enough white faces inside of magazines. Lastly, a straight pride parade would be organized. It would consist of heterosexual men and women walking down the street together holding hands. You may say, “But Lauren, this sounds a lot like any given afternoon in a busy city,” au contraire. This would be quite different for we would issue a “shades of gray striped flag” for each couple to hold. I hope you really take my suggestions to heart. We the minorities and women really should be more sympathetic to their cause. I propose we call up some of the major text book companies tomorrow morning to get the first glimmer of hope and change instituted for the white man. Who’s with me? In fact, I think we should also put into consideration setting aside some land reservations for them; I hear it’s hard for them to find areas that aren’t flooded with minorities these days. OH THE SARCASM. SO WONDERFUL. <3 HA!  YES!  I don’t understand why some white people feel that they are losing something.  I guess they really don’t understand that if this country was equal and didn’t treat everything that “white is right,” there wouldn’t be a need for all of the things that “they don’t get.”  That’s just selfish, man.

vigorofthepeople:

inherhipstheresrevolutions:

feministblackboard:

The other day I was talking to someone who happens to be a white, heterosexual, able bodied, upper class man. He remarked about how little privilege men like himself hold. I listened as his tone grew more intense; I could tell this was an issue of great seriousness to him. “It’s so hard for the white man to get into the Ivy League Universities these days,” he exclaimed, “but if you’re black or Hispanic, they let you right in!” I sat quietly as he continued on. “And what about those stupid pride parades? Or black history month? Or minority magazines? Where’s my straight parade? Where’s my white history month? And god forbid I get a magazine for white men! Nooo. That’s racist.”

I interjected, “You know how when we were kids we were jealous that our moms got presents on mothers day and we asked why there wasn’t a kids day?”

“What does this have to do with anything?” He asked skeptically.

“Well, what did she answer?”

“Every day is kid day.”

“That’s the same principle to why there aren’t parades and month’s for the white man. Every day is white, heterosexual, able bodied male day.” I said plainly.

“That’s stupid.” He bluntly blurted out.

You know, he’s right. That is stupid. We as a society as well as individuals should be doing a lot more to cater to the white man. They’re really struggling. In fact, they’re a dying species. In order to help them out, we should recognize them more.

For example, we should put more emphasis on white history. My suggestion would be to issue all school aged children a white history book. This summer, while all the books are still being printed, we can slap the word “WHITE” above the “American History” book title. It would be the same history book as always, but we would make it clear to them what the subject of the book really is.

My next idea would be IVORY magazine. This would remedy a large problem we in America face: not enough white faces inside of magazines.

Lastly, a straight pride parade would be organized. It would consist of heterosexual men and women walking down the street together holding hands. You may say, “But Lauren, this sounds a lot like any given afternoon in a busy city,” au contraire. This would be quite different for we would issue a “shades of gray striped flag” for each couple to hold.

I hope you really take my suggestions to heart. We the minorities and women really should be more sympathetic to their cause. I propose we call up some of the major text book companies tomorrow morning to get the first glimmer of hope and change instituted for the white man. Who’s with me?

In fact, I think we should also put into consideration setting aside some land reservations for them; I hear it’s hard for them to find areas that aren’t flooded with minorities these days.

OH THE SARCASM. SO WONDERFUL. <3

HA!  YES!  I don’t understand why some white people feel that they are losing something.  I guess they really don’t understand that if this country was equal and didn’t treat everything that “white is right,” there wouldn’t be a need for all of the things that “they don’t get.”  That’s just selfish, man.

(via artoperasocialjustice)

ordovicianfauna: Two years ago, Judy Gelles was volunteering at an inner city public school and was assigned to a fourth-grade class. The school was as diverse as they come with children from African American, Hispanic and Asian immigrants. After several months of helping the students with their reading skills, she felt the need to connect with them on a deeper level. Mostly, she wanted to find out their stories.She asked each student the following three questions:Whom do they live with?What do they wish for?What do they worry about?The project turned out to be an eye-opening experience. “Their stories seemed to capture the gamut of societal issues that we face today; violence, immigration, the demise of the nuclear family, global hunger, and the impact of the media and popular culture,” she tells us. “The gray fortress door of the school became a blank slate for their words. Since the student is not be facing the camera, he or she remains anonymous. The words and images become more universal, rather than specific to that particular student.”

ordovicianfauna:

Two years ago, Judy Gelles was volunteering at an inner city public school and was assigned to a fourth-grade class. The school was as diverse as they come with children from African American, Hispanic and Asian immigrants. After several months of helping the students with their reading skills, she felt the need to connect with them on a deeper level. Mostly, she wanted to find out their stories.

She asked each student the following three questions:
Whom do they live with?
What do they wish for?
What do they worry about?

The project turned out to be an eye-opening experience. “Their stories seemed to capture the gamut of societal issues that we face today; violence, immigration, the demise of the nuclear family, global hunger, and the impact of the media and popular culture,” she tells us. “The gray fortress door of the school became a blank slate for their words. Since the student is not be facing the camera, he or she remains anonymous. The words and images become more universal, rather than specific to that particular student.”

(via artoperasocialjustice)