That name looks hungarian, which makes me nervous. When I was in Budapest, I went to the opera. The story was okay, but it got a bit weird when the guy in the white suit stripped down, climbed into a bathtub on a balcony, and started painting himself in blood with a giant paint brush.
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Justin Lacko <[email protected]> wrote: > Tonight I'll be showing Bluebeard's Castle[1], a short opera by Bela > Bartok[2]: > > This is a very easy opera to watch because it's only 56 minutes long. It's > gloomy, dreary, bloody, and has fantastic sets, so maybe it'll appeal to > some ;) > > Quoting from a review[3]: "Duke Bluebeard's Castle, in brief, is the > psychological drama of Duke Bluebeard who brings his new wife Judit back to > his castle, where seven doors open into a hallway. Judit demands that they > be opened, despite the protests by Bluebeard and they contain such things > as jewels, armours, vast land shapes - all covered with blood, however. > Behind the Seventh Door the three former undead? wives of Duke Bluebeard > appear, whom Judit must now follow. > > The libretto is based on the medieval Bluebeard folk tale as well as > influenced by Freudian psychoanalysis. This is not a live operatic > performance, but rather a film, where we see the opening of the seven doors > in a relatively straight-forward manner and the singers lip-synchronize to > a prerecorded sound- track." > > Some of Bartok's music was used in the Shining for it's surreal, haunting > tones. This same kind of uneasy, tense feeling is repeated in Bluebeard's > Castle, which interestingly enough was the only opera Bartok wrote. For > those who are not fans of opera (such as myself), this is an exception to > the genre that is worth being explored. > > ~Justin > > [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebeard's_Castle > [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Bart%C3%B3k > [3]: > http://mostlyopera.blogspot.ca/2008/07/dvd-soltis-magnificent-bluebeards.html > > > On 10 February 2013 12:37, Ric Lim <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Unfortunatel (or fortunately) their DNA don't survive that long. So no >> cloning of Dinosaur soon. >> >> >> http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/133802-sorry-you-will-never-ride-see-or-pet-a-cloned-dinosaur >> >> But who knows if they find a way in the future to reconstruct their DNA. >> >> Also, do you think they are reptiles or warm-blooded social animals? >> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120628130647.htm >> Or maybe a little bit of both since there's really no arctic or polar >> Dino AFAIK. >> >> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Adrian Stoness <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> might be glitching and seeing sent msgs as quotes? >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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