Hunger Camp at Jasło Write it. Write. In ordinary ink on ordinary paper: they were given no food, they all died of hunger. “All. How many? It’s a big meadow. How much grass for each one?” Write: I don’t know. History counts its skeletons in round numbers. A thousand and one remains a thousand, as … More Wislawa Szymborska
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This is another famous aria from Sadko. By the time most of Lemeshev’s recordings were made, he had only one fully functioning lung. Do not count the diamonds in caves of stone. Do not count the pearls in the southern sea, of distant India so full of wonders. There is a wondrous stone, a ruby … More Sergei Lemeshev
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There is Sadko in the underwater kingdom. Now he is receiving a Viking guest. I do not really know a great deal about opera, and I did not know this opera, but listen to the song of the Viking Guest! The sea waves rage against the rocks but broken they retreat in a cloud of … More Viking Guest
E adesso, Bryn Terfel with Spanish subtitles. This is our anti-Jindal anthem, and we will continue. Axé.
This is our anti-Jindal theme song for 2012 so here is a performance with English subtitles, so more people can follow. (We started with Korean.) Many excellent singers sing this song, so you can expect more versions. I am looking for a woman who sings it. Axé.
I’d love to have a mellifluous and victorious name like this, to have victory against all machinations. But I can see I am going into an opera phase and I need it, to keep up spirits now that the Legislature and more entities are working at near full speed against all of our best interests. … More Ildebrando D’Arcangelo
The legislative session is being unleashed upon us today and it is easy to see why people are anti-government — what the Pelican State is going to do, apparently, is pass bills to better soak the public. Naturally, this will be done “without taxes.” From the LFT: The governor’s supporters say they want to pass … More Louisiana Legislature
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