Pictures I like

[vandermolen]

Such a great bargain! 

[JBS]

Ingres: Luigi Cherubini and the Muse of Lyric Drama

[SimonNZ]

^For me that too closely resembles depictions of Salome with the head of John the Baptist.

[pjme]

Something like this...

[Todd]

I just learned about Power Slap.  (I can't possibly keep up with all the developments in high culture today.)  Yep, it's real.  A slapping contest.  A SLAPPING CONTEST.  This pic is good, but it can't match the inspiration:

[George]

I just learned about Power Slap.  (I can't possibly keep up with all the developments in high culture today.)  Yep, it's real.  A slapping contest.  A SLAPPING CONTEST.  This pic is good, but it can't match the inspiration:

I thought it was inspired by the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

[SimonNZ]

[Todd]

Cue Neunundneunzig Luftballons.

[brewski]

Conductor Karina Canellakis, violinist Augustin Hadelich, and members of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin practicing ocarinas for the Ligeti Violin Concerto.



-Bruce

[Bachtoven]

[Todd]

[JBS]

Leontyne Price on her 96th birthday (Feb 10), sourced to a family member on Facebook

[pjme]

"Antony and Cleopatra might have gotten an A for effort, but that didn't stop the aesthetic misfires. Opera critic Peter G. Davis was there that evening and remembers the errors that marred rehearsals and opening night: lighting miscues, a dissatisfied stage crew and malfunctioning Pyramid taking it's tomb-like function too literally and trapping Price inside. Barber and Zeffirelli had two opposite visions of the same opera and that fiasco of an evening highlights the importance of communication."

Cleopatra Price

[geralmar]

Downtown Chicago.

[Florestan]

This is a grotesque and unhistorical costume.

[pjme]

This is a grotesque and unhistorical costume.

"More is fine," a collaborator recalled Mr. Zeffirelli saying, and as a set designer, he delivered more gilt, more brocade and more grandiosity than many theater patrons expected to find on a single stage.

Excusez moi - I should have warned you....

[LKB]

The greatest advantage anyone attending an opera has is the option to close their eyes. 

[pjme]

Even 4 years after his death, and 57 years after the premiere of Antony and Cleopatra, Zeffirelli keeps on inspiring set designers....

[JBS]

Seen on Spoutible (and apparently originated on Mastodon)

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Seen on Spoutible (and apparently originated on Mastodon)

LOL

PD