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Richard Strauss "Die Frau ohne Schatten"
Wiener Staatsoper
9th May 1982, Vienna
Kaiserin: Sabine Hass
Kaiser: James King
Barak: Walter Berry
Farberin: Birgit Nilsson
Amme: Helga Dernesch
Falke: Lotte Rysanek
Geisterbote: Peter Wimberger
Huter der Schwelle: Lotte Rysanek
Junglings: Thomas Moser
Stimme von Oben: Gertrude Jahn
...
Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna
Conductor - Christof Perick
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Opernabend
8. August 2026, 20:00 Uhr
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Le Nozze di Figaro
Graf Almaviva: Bo Skovhus
Gräfin Almaviva: Cheryl Studer
Susanna: Sylvia McNair
Figaro: Lucio Gallo
Cherubino: Cecilia Bartoli
Marcellina: Anna Caterina Antonacci
Bartolo: Ildebrando D´Arcangelo
Basilio: Carlo Allemano
Don Curzio: Peter Jelosits
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Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker
Leitung: Claudio Abbado
1994.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Emil Gilels, piano
Orchestre National de la RTF
André Cluytens, conductor
Live rec. Paris, 1960
#OnThisDay, 18 Mar 1979, the first National Black Women’s Conference started in Brixton, London, arranged by the Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent (OWAAD). Over 300 women attended.
OWAAD was founded by Stella Dadzie and Olive Morris in 1978 to bring a black feminist perspective to political action.
Morris died in July 1979 of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In 2024, she was recognised for her work with a blue plaque.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #BritishHistory #London #Histodons
“Once, with hand-grenades in my shopping bag, I travelled in a train so full that I had to stand against a German NCO.”
#OnThisDay, 18 Mar 1943, Francine Agazarian arrives in Nazi-occupied France to be a courier in the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French Resistance.
#WomenInHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #History #WorldWar2 #Histodons
RFK Jr. is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market.
History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back when trust in shots — or access to them — falters.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-vaccine-agenda-childhood-plagues?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Health #PublicHealth #Vaccines #Children #History #Science #RFKJr
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10. August 2026, 22:00 Uhr
Klaviermusik am Abend
Artur Schnabel
Beethoven: Mondschein-Sonate
(23. April 1934)
Chopin: Etüde, op. 10/5 (1905)
Schubert: Impromptu D 935/1
(8. und 9. Juni 1950)
Beethoven: Klaviersonate, op. 111
(21. Jänner & 21. März 1932)
⏳ Times up. Sadly, this historical place is about to disappear forever.
Demolition work is underway on the site, progressing steadily at this 1940s aircraft research facility. Once at the cutting edge of aerodynamics R&D, the site's 8x8ft supersonic tunnel tested flight components at Mach 2.5.
Already the smaller 3x3 tunnel facility and control room have been levelled; this one looks to be set to be next.
#Aerodynamics #History #ColdWar #England #Abandoned #UrbanExploration #Urbex
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Amilcare Ponchielli "La Gioconda"
Metropolitan Opera House
11th December 1966, New York
La Gioconda: Renata Tebaldi
Enzo: Richard Tucker
Laura: Mignon Dunn
Barnaba: Cornell MacNeil
Alvise: Bonaldo Giaiotti
La Cieca: Belén Amparan
Zuàne: Russell Christopher
Isèpo: Robert Schmorr
Monk: Norman Scott
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Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Conductor.....................Fausto Cleva
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Giacomo Puccini - "La fanciulla del West"
Carol Neblett - Minnie
Plácido Domingo - Dick Johnson
Sherrill Milnes - Jack Rance
Francis Egerton - Nick
Robert Lloyd - Ashby
Jonathan Summers - Sonora
John Dobson - Trin
Malcolm Rivers - Sid
Tom McDonnell - Bello
Paul Crook - Harry
Robin Leggate - Joe
William Elvin - Happy
Malcolm King - Larkens
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Zubin Mehta
1977
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Friedrich von Flotow "Martha"
Metropolitan Opera House
21st February 1961, New York
Lady Harriet Durham (Martha): Victoria de los Angeles
Nancy/Julia, her companion: Rosalind Elias
Plumkett, a prosperous farmer: Giorgio Tozzi
Lyonel, his foster-brother: Richard Tucker
Lord Tristram Mickleford: Lorenzo Alvary
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Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Conductor - Nino Verchi
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Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
Jascha Heifetz, violin
the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
William Steinberg
Rec. June 16, 1951
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Francesco Cilea "Adriana Lecouvreur"
1963, New York
Adriana Lecouvreur: Renata Tebaldi
Maurizio: Franco Corelli
Principe di Bouillon: William Wilderman
Principessa di Bouillon: Biserka Cvejic
Michonnet: Anselmo Colzani
Quinault: Norman Scott
Poisson: Andrea Velis
Mlle. Jouvenot: Laurel Hurley
...
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Conductor - Silvio Varviso
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Vincenzo Bellini "La Strainera"
Teatro Massimo “Bellini” di Catania
25th February 1971, Catania
Alaide: Elena Souliotis
Isoletta: Elena Zilio
Arturo: Veriano Lucchetti
Valdeburgo: Ugo Savarese
Montolino: Enrico Campi
Il Priore: Antonio Zerbini
Osburgo: Nino Valori
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Massimo “Bellini” di Catania, Catania
Conductor..............Oliviero De Fabritiis
✨Cyrene ✨
This #MosaicMonday we celebrate the princess Cyrene who leant her name to the Greek colony in Libya. In myth she is known as the daughter of Hypseus, king of the Lapiths and the Naiad Chlidanope. Her sons by Apollo were Aristaeus and Idmon. Aristaeus sounds like the kind of god we’d love to met as he was the god of animal husbandry, bee-keeping and cheese making. Idmon became a famed seer. Cyrene herself was famous as a huntress, and reputedly called ‘lionkiller’, and was at times a companion of Artemis.
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Opernabend
11. August 2026, 20:00 Uhr
Wagner, Richard - Das Rheingold
Wotan: George London
Fricka: Kirsten Flagstad
Freia: Claire Watson
Loge: Set Svanholm
Froh: Waldemar Kmentt
Donner: Eberhard Wächter
Mime: Paul Puen
Erda: Jean Madeira
Alberich: Gustav Neidlinger
Fasolt: Walter Kreppel
Fafner: Kurt Böhme
...
Wiener Philharmoniker
Leitung: Sir Georg Solti
1958
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Pietro Mascagni "Cavalleria Rusticana"
Metropolitan Opera House
20th March 1943, New York
Santuzza: Zinka Milanov
Turiddu: Frederick Jagel
Alfio: Frank Valentino
Lola: Anna Kaskas
Lucia: Helen Olheim
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Conductor.........Cesare Sodero
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Beethoven - Romance No. 1 in G major, Op. 40
Henryk Szeryng, violin
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink
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Berlioz: Queen Mab Scherzo
Arturo Toscanini: NBC Symphony
Date: 10 November 1951
Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum)
But who is Joe Pye? It seems to be the anglophone name of a very interesting Mohican, Joseph Shauquethqueat, living at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, in Massachusetts and New York. Not clear he had anything to do with the plant, maybe only by association.
A scholarly article about botany, history and First Nations, with Latin names and a critical eye. Perfect 🤓
#flowers #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #wildflowers #botany #history #firstnations #photography
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mark Hambourg, piano
Landon Ronald, conductor
Royal Albert Hall Orchestra
Recorded on September 28, 1926
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Beethoven - Romance No. 1, Op. 40
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis
✨Orpheus✨
This #MosaicMonday we celebrate Orpheus, whose musical gifts were such that he was capable of attracting all manner of animals to his side. In this mosaic panel, found near Edessa and dated to 194 CE, Orpheus plays his lyre and predator and prey alike are soothed by his song.
