The most seductive dance ~~

💃🏻💃🏻Watching Richard Strauss ‘s Opera Salomé ~~ 

7 Veils Dance : https://youtu.be/zgWhe3TtTD0

We always manifest our love through owning , possessing and commanding of the object or person we love , yet this kind of love should be categorize as self love , or infatuation . 

Salomé , an extreme female fatale, can be found within us , as our desire kindles every bit of sensation into fire 🔥 , passion , culminating emotions , and even anger , and jealousy ....  We, human beings , did not realize how barbaric we behave while the devilish emotions would dominate our conscience !

3 Operas in an afternoon ~~~ Schichi and More !!

Puccini' Il Triticco ~

浦契尼 三部曲～

🌹https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVJrSgt7rGc&sns=em

Angelina Lee 😍 NSO 今年精采的連續演出了三部Puccini 的歌劇，" Il Trittico "主題 環繞著「愛與死」，實在是兩個永不分離的元素。星期天的午后，遇見許多朋友，在一連串的激情肅穆笑鬧中愉悅度過 ～
🌹https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVJrSgt7rGc&sns=em
😍Puccini' Il Triticco ~

Three operas feature their subjects around Love and Death , that can be interpreted in various ways , detrimental , sacrifice , repentant, or materialistically realistic !! One is passionate , one is heartbroken with Heaven grace , one is comical !! 

I had a lovely Sunday afternoon , met several friends , enjoyed the NSO and the Opera singers 
who gave an excellent performance ! 

🌹https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVJrSgt7rGc&sns=em

The Best Ring Performance !!!!!

New National Opera House !!

昨日午後出席了「台中國家戲劇院」的開幕音樂會！演出華格納「萊茵的黃金」。呂紹嘉指揮NSO, 音樂很震撼，表演精彩，還有 O show 水舞的現場感。來自西班牙的導演操作現代科技，讓新落成的劇場展現無限的想像與可能～! 絕對比電影好看！

希望明年台北國家戲劇院能演出「女武神」！

Will you sacrifice love for wealth and power ? While love brings you youth , and immorality , wealth and power bring you endless worries and destruction.

Composer Wagner spent 15 hours of music to tell this story of Gods ～～～😇😇😇 The Ring Cycle ! This is the first part of the cycle : Das Rheingold!

😉Gladly I supported the Grand Opening Concert for the "National Opera House in Taichung " , which was worwhile ! 😉😉😍😍

The entire opera , was successfully staged and performed by the NSO conductor Mr. Lu and the Spanish theater director , Mr. Carlus Pardrissa and many talented musicians from Spain and Taiwan such as Eri Nakamura , Rosewitha Muller and more ..! It is so surrealistic , futuristic , fashionable , creative , highly visual , highly technological , and the music was well performed with enthusiasm, fluency and passion !

The Human Catsle 

THe Golden RIng 

Thanks to Charlei Chan 

Futuristic ~

Ferinelli !!! The Legend !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5mvN-WTAY8&feature=em-share_video_user

ARIAS FOR SOPRANO BY: 

RiCCARDO BROSCHI (c.1698-1756)
15:54 - "Ombra fedele anch'io"' (excerpt) : Dario's Solo: Act II, Scene XI, from Opera 'Idaspe'. 
Libretto by G. P. Candi and Domenico Lalli, 1730, Venice.

28:47 - "Qual guerriero in campo armato' (excerpt) : Dario's Solo: Act I, Scene XVI, from Opera 'Idaspe'
Libretto by G. P. Candi and Domenico Lalli, 1730, Venice

44:31 - "Son qual nave ch'agitata" (excerpt) : Arbace's Solo, from Opera 'Artaserse' 
London, 1734, in collaboration with J.A.Hasse.Libretto by Pietro Metastasio 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo_Broschi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artaserse

JOHANN ADOLPH HASSE (1699 - 1783)
57:59 - ​"Generoso risvegliati, o core" (excerpt) : Poro's Solo: Act II, Scene 4, from Opera 'Cleofide' (Alessandro nell'Indie)
(aria for male soprano sung by 'Farinelli' at 1731 a Venice)
Libretto by Michelangelo Boccardi after Pietro Metastasio. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Adolph_Hasse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleofide

GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685-1759)
1:19:07 - "Lascia ch'io pianga" (excerpt) : Almirena's Solo: Act II, Scene IV, from Opera Rinaldo at King's Theatre, London 1711.
Libretto by Aaron Hill (1685-1750), translated by Giacomo Rossi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handel
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinaldo

1:20:34 - "Cara Sposa" (excerpt) : Rinaldo's Solo: Act I, Scene VII, from Opera 'Rinaldo' at King's Theatre, London 1711. Libretto by Aaron Hill (1685-1750), translated by Giacomo Rossi.

1:24:28 - "Venti turbini" (excerpt) : Rinaldo's Solo: Act I, Scene IX, from Rinaldo's Opera at King's Theatre, London 1711. Libretto by Aaron Hill (1685-1750), translated by Giacomo Rossi.

NICOLA PORPORA (1686 -1768)
1:40:02 - "Alto Giove, è Tua Grazia" (excerpt) : Acis Solo: Act III, Scene V, from Opera 'Polifemo' at King's Theatre.
Libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli, London, 1735,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porpora
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphemus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_operas_by_Porpora

1:46:41 - Instrumental of Aria "Se Al Labbro Mio Non Crede", from Artaserse's Opera by Riccardo Broschi/ J.A.Hasse, sung by "Farinelli" in London at 'Opera Of The Nobility, 1734.


FARINELLI'S VOICE provides by:
Soprano: Ewa Mallas-Godlewska and Male Alto: Derek Lee Ragin, who were recorded separately then digitally merged to recreate the 'sound voice' of a Castrato.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewa_Mallas-Godlewska
http://www.derekleeragin.net/

Music and Architecture ~~~

Venice Opera House ~~

音樂是流動的建築，
建築是凝固的音樂！

In Greek Language, Muzike means Muses , representing by 8 goddess, who govern various areas of art !  As in a famous saying, " Everything is Numbers ", music and architecture are both corresponded with numbers and structures !

Thanks for 炎江老師

Die Fledermaus - Royal Opera House

There will be a live performance in Taipei this weekend !!

" 去問尼采吧！by Akinari

心靈的重量訓練和身體的重量訓練一樣的重要

" 去問尼采吧！by Akinari

這是一本幫助你鍛鍊生命力的哲學小書。"

這是一本濃縮尼采著作及生平的圖解小書，

淺顯，有趣，客觀更是條理順序，哲理清楚。

雖然不可能深入，但可以給予想初步認識尼采的人，試想用哲學方法解決生活憂鬱的人，

欲想點燃生命力的人，另一種快速的啟發。

深入了解尼采，著作 "悲劇的誕生", "人性，太人性", "查拉圖斯特拉如是說" 等。

Angel 認為尼采的"超人"思想，是極為自由意識，堅強心靈的觀念。

承認痛苦悲劇的人生。

但打破自我憐惜，自我憂鬱催眠，推翻社會道德，

殺死人類自創最大謊言，"殺死上帝"，

是為創世紀的進化人類的思想。

不過，他之所以最後還是瘋癲，

因為他一味的試想運用思考的方式，邏輯的推論來解決生存，及生命的問題，

他的堅強讓他在身懷病痛下努力生活了許多年，

最後，他得到了一個結論，

便是超越"虛無主義"，超越一切的生命無意義，

一切生命你只能去接受他，然後去熱愛命運，一切成住壞空都是"永恆的輪迴"。

這位從小開始洞悉人性，崇拜 Schopenhauer ，而後與音樂家 Wagner 相知相交甚至絕交的哲人，

自己本身也作曲作詩，之後 Richard Strauss, Mahler  都替他的 " Zarathaustru " 譜曲，

Nietzsche 他看到了實像，但是還未完全的解脫，甚至發瘋。

原因是，他並未跳脫思考的境界，

也就是佛陀所說的空與無同時存在與不存在的境界。

那是無思考的，證入不落入有與無的清明本覺的境界。

But he is on the way there ~~

文化部長聽音樂會嗎？

近來，幾乎什麼事都要與平民化連上關係！
應說任何事物都被"兩極化"吧。。。
不僅政治，飲食，音樂，藝術，戲劇，電影。。。

以下文中提到：" 很慶幸的，台北的國家兩廳院實施空間解嚴，將兩側原有的圍籬強拆，讓民眾得以自由出入喝咖啡、練氣功玩耍，透過動線引導，讓藝術殿堂融入生活圈，今年剛好滿十年；高雄去年開幕的大東藝術中心，定期選在表演廳外迴廊舉辦免費室內樂欣賞，透過空間暗示藝術並非只屬於買票觀眾，更非只屬於夜晚，已是附近居民之假日「首選」；龍部長「管轄」的台灣交響樂團經常前往偏鄉演奏並教學，悄悄進行公立樂團轉型工程；民間如台北愛樂發起愛樂種子，認養育幼院學習音樂，更是不勝玫舉。" 

提到音樂藝術，事實上，Angel 認為若祇是講求流行化，平民化，這些重點都錯了。不是所謂平民，就好。平民與否不是重點。有品質的，純粹度複雜性結構的完整，及深層意義及美感的傳達才是音樂藝術的重點！

一味的平民化，只不過是如同把粗糙的飲食，隨便煮煮炒炒，無巧思，無設計，無品質的，無美感，刻意把粗糙東西，硬要說是文化，精緻文化，或說是進化的文化應是一種長遠的人類生活進化與美化的成果，是必須歷經淘汰的。這之中藏匿著社會的歷史與演變，也記錄著這群人心靈的向上提昇，或是沈淪。。。！

我們到底是向上提昇？還是向下沈淪？

不論是古典現代的音樂發展或落寞，流行音樂的氾濫或沉寂。心靈的提升？情感的表述？為政治或社會的代言？或是反之帶向社會走向糜爛的黑暗？都是我們自己創造出來的文化。

倘若粗糙的只要是平民就好的東西，也拿來大作文章的說成精緻文化，當國際間訴求更有藝術久遠經典價值的東西時，我們必須深思，不必要一味刻意顯示出自己文化的粗糙與原始，更而暴露自己的不夠有水平。我們需要的是，讓大眾擁有更多的空間與機會接觸，甚至擁有藝術的能力與素養，進而自由發揮這些有品質的音樂藝術。。。！！

這是個循序漸進的事業。分創作表演欣賞三部分，硬體與軟體兩部份，先是往普遍性方向提倡擴張，再作深入的深度教育培養。才不至流於附庸風雅，或流於平庸俗氣。
----By Angelina Lee

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文化部長聽音樂會嗎？

文 －黃俊銘（社會文化學者、國立臺南藝術大學應用音樂學系助理教授）

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Les Misérables~~ A True Soul Searching Journey

"I am in the world to care not for my life, but for souls !" 

Although I have read the unabridged version of the novel, in which portrays detailed historical background, philosophical thoughts and much in depth characters descriptions, and have seen the play on stage for several times, I still enjoyed the film very much. The film is beautifully performed! 

"Do you hear the people sing ? " 
Yes ! Intriguing ! 


Original Novel by Victor Hugo, adapted 2012 film directed by Tom Hooper, 
lyrics by  Alain Boublil, Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg. 
Starring : 
Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway , Eddie Redmayneand Amanda Seyfried. 

 

Vocalist of the Year 2013 : Joyce DiDonato