Showing posts with label Johann Strauss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Johann Strauss. Show all posts

Sunday, 26 May 2024

Marie-Ève Munger dans La Chauve-Souris

Petite annonce pour les amoureux de l'opéra et les gens du Saguenay fiers de nos artistes. Je suis les deux, mais enfin bref. La soprano Marie-Ève Munger va jouer Adèle dans La Chauve-Souris de Johann Strauss à l'Opéra de Lille. J'ai vu l'opérette à plusieurs reprises, toujours avec un plaisir renouvelé. C'est très drôle et les airs sone entraînants. Enfin bref, pour ceux qui veulent encourager une fille d'ici (enfin, de chez moi) et l'une de nos meilleures sopranos, si jamais vous vous trouvez à Lille, bien je vous conseille d'aller la voir. Marie-Ève a parlé sur les réseaux sociaux d'une production "complètement éclatée", alors ça promet.

Sunday, 8 March 2015

Stanley Kubrick, In Memoriam

"The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent; but if we can come to terms with this indifference and accept the challenges of life within the boundaries of death – however mutable man may be able to make them – our existence as a species can have genuine meaning and fulfillment. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light."

Yesterday was the day Stanley Kubrick died. People of a generation remember when they learned the death of Kennedy, I remember the day I learned of the death of Stanley Kubrick. I was in a newsagent and they announced his death on the radio. By fate or chance (and I don't believe in fate so it was chance), I was watching clips of his movies when I remember that it was the anniversary of his death. He was an amazing filmmaker and my favorite. As an homage, I am showing two clips from 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was the first Kubrick movie I saw, it may have been his best. The first scene is the epiphany of one of our primate ancestors in the discovery of technology and the second shows the development of this discovery millions of years later, sending the human species closer to the stars. Nothing trivial.