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25.06.2012 [Manila Bulletin] - The Manila Bulletin led by its Chairman of the Board Dr. Emilio T. Yap, President and Publisher Atty. Hermogenes P. Pobre, Executive Vice President Dr. Emilio
Manila Hotel Celebrates Its Centennial Year
05.10.2012 [Manila Bulletin] - We greet the Historic Landmark Manila Hotel headed by its Chairman, Dr. Emilio T. Yap, its President, Atty. Jose D. Lina Jr., Director and Executive Vice President Enrique Y. Yap Jr., Directors Basilio C. Yap and Dr. Emilio C. Yap III, Directors
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Walk This Way: September 2008
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LinkedIn: Emilio Yap - Perú | LinkedIn
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Connecting and Distancing: Southeast Asia and China - Google Books
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Doing Business and Investing in Philippines Guide Volume 1 Strategic...
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In the late 1950s, the Filipino economy could reasonably have been described as more advanced than those of its South Asian neighbours. Ever since then,...
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Dr. Emilio T. Yap, Chairman Emeritus, is the father of Vice-Chairman Basilio. C. Yap and grandfather of Directors Dr. Emilio C. Yap III and Dr.
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NTG: Business tycoon at Manila Bulletin chairman Emilio Yap, pumanaw...
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TRIVIA: What some of the richest Filipinos have in common
24.06.2012 [Rappler] - 7 of the 40 richest Filipinos have, or used to have, stakes in media: Razon in Manila Standard , Gokongwei in Summit, Emilio Yap in Manila Bulletin, Gilberto
12.06.2012 [温州网] - 《马尼拉公报》是菲律宾历史最悠久的英文报纸,是发行量最大的日报之一,而马尼拉公报出版集团的董事长叶应禄(Emilio T. Yap),则是一位祖籍中国福建的华人企业家
12.06.2012 [中國評論] - 《馬尼拉公報》是菲律賓歷史最悠久的英文報紙,是發行量最大的日報之一,而馬尼拉公報出版集團的董事長葉應祿(Emilio T. Yap),則是一位祖籍中國福建的華人企業
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Wikipedia: Emilio Yap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emilio T. Yap (September 24, 1925 – April 7, 2014) was a Filipino tycoon and philanthropist. In July 1984, Yap was elected as the chairman of the board of the ...
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We celebrate United Nations Day
23.10.2012 [Tempo] - The Manila Bulletin led by its Chairman Dr. Emilio T. Yap, President and Publisher Atty. Hermogenes P. Pobre, Executive Vice President Dr. Emilio C. Yap III, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Cris J. Icban Jr., Business Editor Loreto D. Cabañes, Officers and Staff
United Nations Public Service Day
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Queen's Day of Great Britain and Northern Ireland celebrated today
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Henry Sy tops Forbes' list of 40 richest in RP
21.06.2012 [Tempo] - 15) Emilio Yap $1.1 billion (Philtrust Bank) 16) Jon Ramon Aboitiz $955 million (Aboitiz Equity Ventures) 17) Andrew Gotianun $825 million (Filinvest
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Hangout with Kit Parker: Engineering the Body
When I told Kit Parker of Harvard University to think about explaining what he does to teenagers who would be watching our Google Science Fair Hangout On Air earlier today, he had a great answer for me: "My job is to work on cool." Among Parker's many "cool" research passions are understanding cardiac cell biology [...]Keep reading »
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To really change the future of education for the better, we need a combination of creative vision powered by the social entrepreneurship of education leaders and teachers. This is why the annual South by Southwest EDU (SXSWedu) conference is so unique and valuable — a time when thousands of entrepreneurs, educators, policy makers and thought [...]Keep reading »
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It's no secret to Scientific American readers that we feel a special obligation to support the next generation of science enthusiasts, whom we hope to inspire both with our science coverage and our education initiatives, including the Scientific American Science in Action Award, powered by the Google Science Fair. The awards event was held a [...]Keep reading »
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In 2012, the Scientific American Science in Action award became part of Google Science Fair. Last month, one of the judges for both, T.H. Culhane, traveled to Swaziland to work with our 2012 winners as well as another finalist and more; we had a Swaziland Hangout during the visit. Now I'm thrilled to bring to [...]Keep reading »
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You know what's awesome? Seeing a bunch of young people at work on changing the world to make it a better place for all. Today, I hosted a Google Science Fair Hangout On Air on Sustainability in Swaziland, and I got to have that privilege. Now I want to share it with you. My fellow [...]Keep reading »
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Find out why Oxford University astrophysicist and founder of The Zooniverse Chris Lintott believes that humanity's ability to be "deliciously distractable" is a creative engine powering the benefits of citizen science for discovery–and how, if you are a researcher, you might like to "play with your phyiscs." With Google Student Ambassador Hanne Paine, we had [...]Keep reading »
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Scientists studying marine life now have a new tool in a next-generation atmospheric diving system called the Exosuit. The suit–which looks like something an astronaut would wear and is on display at the American Museum of Natural History until March 5–lets a diver descend to 1,000 feet at surface pressure for several hours. As part [...]Keep reading »
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We judges and others who work on the Google Science Fair believe that kids have the power to change the world. The $50,000 Scientific American Science in Action Award recognizes a particular type of change—one that focuses on making a practical difference by addressing an environmental, health or resources challenge. (For more on the award [...]Keep reading »
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Earlier this summer Google quietly embedded a powerful new tool in their image works: the reverse search. The concept is simple. Drag an image into the search bar (as above), and Google will return locations where the same image appears on the web. If you've not used the reverse search, try it out! This technology, [...]Keep reading »
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For years, a friend I'll call Chip, knowing my obsession with war, has been telling me: "Cyber War! That's what you should be writing about! Real war is passé!" Chip keeps sending me stories about all the damage digital attacks do—or rather, might do, because as far as I can tell cyber war hasn't claimed [...]Keep reading »
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Popular quotes from April 2014 LDS general conference
Social media played a significant role in the recent 184th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Listeners shared their feelings and favorite quotes through Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram.
Here we have gathered just a few of the many quotes that popped up on these social channels between the General Women's Meeting on March 29 and the closing session of general conference on April 6.
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I love that so many members are making memes to share with us. The words of our Church leaders are beautiful and so needed in today's society. My sincere thanks.
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Thank you to all for this inspiring list.
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"Defend your beliefs with courtesy and compassion. But defend them!" -
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All these sayings ROCK!
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Fig in pot suddenly dropping fruit
I have a 3rd year (for me, since purchase) Chicago Hardy in a 5 gallon bucket, a mix of compost and potting soil, that has set fruit for the first time. It seemed that all was well, the plant looks healthy and I do not see any insect infestation.
The fruits have been enlarging slowly, and are still smaller than or about the size of the tip of my thumb. Two had started to color up purplish. Today I found that many of the fruits have dropped, including the two that were showing color.
The plant itself is not showing any signs of distress though -- not wilted, the leaves are uniformly green, not pale, and there are new buds on the tips of the branches.
It is on a south exposed patio, gets full sun until about 2:30 pm then is shaded.
Any ideas? Maybe this is normal (this is my first and only fig plant). Maybe it needs a bigger bucket?
Hi, sorry for the delay in responding to your questions -- the bush is about 3 feet tall; potted in a mix of compost and potting soil (to the best of my recollection). It gets supplementary water only when it hasn't rained for 3-4 days (a rare occurrence this summer). I have fed it with Osmocote Plus and also a foliar spray.
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Hope these help for ideas, thanks!
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have you check the moisture in the soil? use a bamboo skewer and stick in as far as you can, wait a few minutes. pull it out and see if its wet deep in the pot.
if the leaves are ok, but the fruits dry up, it could possibly be not enough water.
it would also be beneficial to repot it in a bigger pot this winter.
Thanks Houstontexas123. I was thinking it needed a bigger pot, but I was hoping not since I will have to haul it into the basement for winter (it is supposed to be hardy here, but I lost my previous attempt at that, so haven't been ready to try it in ground again. I don't have a good protected spot for it)
I will double check a few times on the moisture.
When plant goes dormant slip out of 5G bucket and check to see if root system needs pruning.
When roots take over the mix when watered it does not get to the heart of the root ball and water runs to least resistance that being the sides.
Also if it happens to be the problem it can be reason for fruit drop as the plant has to drop fruit to survive above said condition and will keep declining if left unchecked.
Some plants drop fruit for other reasons but Hardy Chicago
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Cheetah (band)
Cheetah were an Australian rock band active between 1977 and 1982.[1] The main members and vocalists were sisters Chrissie Hammond and Lyndsay Hammond.[2] They had been session vocalists for many Australian artists including Jo Jo Zep, Jon English, Marc Hunter, Flash and the Pan and as a vocal duo toured with Stevie Wright, Norman Gunston and Daryl Braithwaite. Lyndsay fronted a group called Skintight and toured with Renée Geyer before forming Cheetah with Chrissie Hammond.
The band is best known for their hit singles Walking In The Rain, Deeper Than Love and Spend The Night.
Cheetah toured across Australia, the UK and Europe including appearances at Roskilde in Denmark, the Nuremberg and Wiesbaden Festivals in Germany and a show at the 1982 Reading Festival with Iron Maiden to an audience of 120,000 people.
Chrissie Hammond became better known outside Australia for performing vocals for Rick Wakeman.
The group reformed in 2006 to perform in the Countdown Spectacular and a subsequent tour of Europe.
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- Let The Love Begin
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- "Shake It To The Right" 1977
- "Love Ain't Easy To Come By" 1977
- "Walking In The Rain" 1978 AUS #10
- "Deeper Than Love" 1979 AUS #89
- "Spend The Night" 1980 AUS #31
- "Love You To The Limit" 1981
- "Bang Bang" 1981 AUS #80
- "My Man" 1982
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Marriage still a proven way to health, happiness
The Oklahoman Editorial | Published: Wed, Feb 11, 2015
IN a transparent attempt to link romance to commitment, various advocacy groups annually declare the week preceding Valentine's Day to be "National Marriage Week." Given the wealth of goods that marriage confers upon spouses and children, it's a worthy observance — even if less noted than the warm, fuzzy holiday it anticipates. Consider: Married individuals have lower rates of mortality than unmarried individuals. They're less likely to abuse alcohol or engage in other patently self-destructive behaviors, according to the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs. They also report less depression, less anxiety and lower levels of psychological distress than those who are single, divorced or widowed.
Repealing bad laws can be better than passing new ones
The Oklahoman Editorial | Published: Tue, Feb 10, 2015
CALL it the nature of the beast: The first inclination of many lawmakers is to make new statutes. Yet in Oklahoma and elsewhere, economic opportunity would rise if legislators instead repealed old laws that are outmoded or overly burdensome. Stateline.org highlighted this problem in an article focused on 33-year-old Nivea Earl of Jacksonville, Ark. Earl recently opened Twistykinks, a hair braiding salon. The problem for Earl is that her hair braiding service is technically illegal. Arkansas law requires a cosmetology license to braid hair. To meet that requirement, Earl would have to take 1,500 hours of training, pass two exams and pay thousands of dollars to attend a cosmetology school. Those schools, stateline.org notes, don't
Set your sights on a controversial war film
The Oklahoman Editorial | Published: Tue, Feb 10, 2015
"American Sniper" has drawn more fire than a moving target. We're addled by the controversy this movie has generated, mostly from surrender caucus leftists. The film is no more pro-war (or anti-war) than Clint Eastwood's last foray into combat, "Flags of Our Fathers" in 2006. That film covered a key battle in World War II. (We suppose the surrender caucus would term that a "good" war.) Both movies show the horrors of combat and the effect that war has — mentally and physically — on those who actually fight. Chris Kyle's story resonates with patriotic Americans because he was motivated by avenging attacks on U.S. embassies, the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Kyle's skills at marksmanship
What's new in schools is keyboard curricula
The Oklahoman Editorial | Published: Tue, Feb 10, 2015
Typing is back. Didn't know it had gone away? Nor did we. Texting isn't so much typing as it is thumbing and putting words down in shorthand, to be read by someone who knows the code. Critics of standardized tests complain about "teaching to the test." Now it appears that schools are teaching typing to take the tests. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday on the rebirth of typing classes, to prepare students to take standardized tests on computers rather than using paper and pencils. At a school in rural New Jersey, students are learning to type in kindergarten through fourth grade. "Because of testing," teacher Patti Poff told the Journal, "we needed to do something a little more serious with
Recent court dispute highlights Oklahoma's mental health crisis
The Oklahoman Editorial | Published: Mon, Feb 9, 2015
THE mental health crisis facing Oklahoma was made crystal clear last week in an Oklahoma County courtroom. With any luck, policymakers were paying attention. District Judge Ray C. Elliott threatened to have Terri White, the head of Oklahoma's mental health agency, thrown in jail because an inmate who needed treatment hadn't received it six months after it was ordered. "You don't just get to ignore a court order," Elliott scolded the agency's general counsel, who represented White at a contempt-of-court hearing. Elliott's frustration is understandable. Instead of being transferred to the Oklahoma Forensic Center in Vinita for treatment and evaluation to see if he could assist in his own case, Ricky Edwards had
EPA request another example of throwing logic out the window
The Oklahoman Editorial | Published: Mon, Feb 9, 2015
Move intended to delay Keystone pipeline
Further income tax cut not on Oklahoma policymakers' radar
The Oklahoman Editorial | Published: Sun, Feb 8, 2015
GOV. Mary Fallin talked about many things during her 2015 State of the State speech to the Legislature. Oklahoma's personal income tax rate wasn't one of them. Perhaps that's instructive. For a time during her first term, Fallin urged her fellow Republicans who control both chambers to approve a plan that ultimately would eliminate the personal income tax. That didn't materialize, but lawmakers did approve a bill that in January 2016 will cut the top rate to 5 percent from its current 5.25 percent. If future revenue growth meets certain benchmarks, another trigger will kick in that would push the rate down to 4.85 percent.
GOP doesn't need a repeat of 2012's "Let's Make a President!"
The Oklahoman Editorial | Published: Sun, Feb 8, 2015
WHO'S in first? Mitt's out, Jeb's in. Mike, Chris, Rand, Scott and Ted are occupying a crowded green room, waiting for an announcer's cue. The game show atmosphere of the 2012 Republican presidential campaign could happen again next year. But it doesn't have to and we hope it won't. The 2012 campaign featured 26 "debates" (and almost as many "first-tier" candidates!) starting well ahead of the initial caucuses and primary voting. For 2016, the Republican National Committee proposes a limit of seven. The 2012 version of "Let's Make A President!" helped bounce hopeful Rick Perry when he uttered an unfortunate remark. But debates aren't supposed to be about winnowing candidates down to
Oklahoma ScissorTales: On importance of vaccinations, most Oklahomans get it
The Oklahoman Editorials | Published: Sat, Feb 7, 2015
ON the importance of not smoking, or eating healthy foods, or getting enough exercise, too many Oklahomans don't get it. The state regularly ranks toward the bottom of national health-related rankings. But when it comes to getting children vaccinated, most Oklahoma parents — unlike, apparently, some Republican politicians with designs on the presidency — do get that childhood vaccines are important, safe and necessary. According to the state Health Department, 96.4 percent of Oklahoma kindergartners had all their required shots when they arrived for the first day of the 2013-14 school year. State law requires these vaccinations unless an exception is granted for medical, religious or other reasons. The national median
No need to trim Oklahoma prosecutors' oversight
The Oklahoman Editorial | Published: Fri, Feb 6, 2015
Safeguards shouldn't be weakened
Oklahoma 'wetlands' regulations could have dramatic impact
The Oklahoman Editorial | Published: Fri, Feb 6, 2015
WE'VE often noted that many federal regulations lack a foundation based on logic. Now, a proposed state environmental regulation may match the feds in damaging Oklahoma economic growth for no apparent reason. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board is considering new wetland regulations that could have a dramatic statewide impact. Among other things, it appears the rules would define dry land as "wetland." Under existing state law, the definition of "waters of the state" is restricted to bodies of water. But under the proposed rules, that definition would include normally dry land where water may collect under certain circumstances.
Residents should hope new Oklahoma DHS program works as planned
The Oklahoman Editorial | Published: Thu, Feb 5, 2015
IN Ohio, untangling federal money that had once been used for foster care and using it instead to help families in crisis has been a tremendous success. "Flexible spending has been an extraordinary boon to our state," an Ohio children's services official says. Could the same happen in Oklahoma? We certainly have our fingers crossed. So should all Oklahomans as the state rolls out its own flexible spending program later this year. Traditionally, the federal government has stipulated that most of the child welfare money it sends to states be used for programs that cater to children who've been removed from homes — for example, on foster care or adoption programs. Critics of this model say it tends to help keep
No need to eliminate Oklahoma graduation standards
The Oklahoman Editorial | Updated: Tue, Feb 3, 2015
SOME state politicians seem to think it's time to water down the value of an Oklahoma high school diploma. This disturbing trend is seen in an effort to roll back the bipartisan Achieving Classroom Excellence (ACE) law passed in 2005. Among other things, ACE requires Oklahoma students to pass four of seven end-of-instruction (EOI) exams in Algebra I, Algebra II, English II, English III, Biology I, Geometry and U.S. History. Those who fail to do so can't get a high school diploma. The EOI requirement set an academic floor. On most tests, students can miss roughly half the questions and still pass. The overwhelming majority pass the tests.
Tracking federal funding flow could produce better policies
The Oklahoman Editorial | Published: Wed, Feb 4, 2015
OKLAHOMANS are known for their dislike of federal deficit spending. Yet Oklahoma state government's reliance on federal funding undoubtedly plays a role in driving up the national deficit and debt. According to the Tax Foundation, federal funds accounted for 36.2 percent of state government's general revenue in the 2012 budget year. Lawmakers, many of whom decry federal debt and excessive regulation, seldom acknowledge this fact. Trent England, vice president for strategic initiatives at the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, says it's time to admit there's a federal elephant in the state's living room. "Many federal and state officials like to talk and act as if that money is simply a free gift," England
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin shows signs of being agent of change
The Oklahoman Editorial | Published: Tue, Feb 3, 2015
IN her State of the State speech Monday, Gov. Mary Fallin said something that many lawmakers and agency heads know is true, but generally prefer not to acknowledge. "As a state, we spend a lot of money on programs we hope are working," Fallin said. "We need to identify and support programs that we know are working in our state." Businesses in the private sector conduct self-assessments all the time, to ensure they're getting the most return for their investment. The public sector? Not so much. To her credit, Fallin wants to change that as her second term begins. She touted "performance informed budgeting," a process that the Office of Management and Enterprise Services has been introducing to agencies during the
Oklahoma trooper's death offers a jarring reminder of job's hazards
The Oklahoman Editorial | Published: Tue, Feb 3, 2015
THE event that left an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper dead and another badly injured offered a jarring reminder that men and women in law enforcement literally put their lives on the line every time they report for duty. Trooper Nicholas Dees didn't die in a shoot-out, or while pursuing a lawbreaker, or during a scuffle with a noncompliant offender. Instead, Dees was killed Saturday night while responding to a call in which a tractor-trailer rig had overturned on the highway. Dees and trooper Keith Burch were offering assistance and conducting their investigation on Interstate 40 near Shawnee — doing the "ordinary" work that's part of every trooper's shift — when they were both struck by a vehicle traveling
Proposed Oklahoma bill was unduly harsh, and unnecessary
The Oklahoman Editorial | Published: Mon, Feb 2, 2015
Rep. Sally Kern wisely decides to withdraw legislation
Suddenly, Obama determines he does 'own' the economy
The Oklahoman Editorial | Published: Mon, Feb 2, 2015
POLLING done just after the State of the Union speech found "crosscurrents that signal a complex political terrain" for Congress, the White House and 2016 presidential candidates, according to a report in USA Today, which co-sponsored the poll. President Barack Obama has seen improved favorability ratings as signs of an economic upturn emerged, but the poll found that many Americans believe only the rich are benefitting — another sign that Obama's class warfare strategy has diverted attention from the fact he's been president for six years of "the rich getting richer." Gains in wealth are largely attributable to the stock market; gains in the stock market are largely attributable to federal monetary policy.
As 2015 session begins, big picture should be focus for Oklahoma lawmakers
The Oklahoman Editorial | Updated: Fri, Jan 30, 2015
Leave the pandering, frivolity aside
Oklahoma ScissorTales: Lawmakers should let cities, counties craft their own laws
The Oklahoman Editorials | Published: Sat, Jan 31, 2015
WHEN the topic is education, Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma are quick to say local school boards are best-equipped to handle their business. On other issues that arise, such logic goes out the window. Last year, the GOP-controlled Legislature approved, and Republican Gov. Mary Fallin signed, a bill that prevents municipalities from setting their own minimum wage standards. This year, lawmakers want to keep cities from banning drilling within their limits. At least eight bills, all of them with Republican sponsors — including one each by the House speaker and Senate president pro tem — have been filed that would stop cities and counties from banning drilling. Local communities would still be allowed to impose limits on


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'When Carlos [Acosta] asked me to work with him on Don Quixote, I was completely bowled over', says Conductor Martin Yates. 'I knew it would be something quite exceptional.'
Carlos Acosta's production, his first full-length work for The Royal Ballet, had its world premiere in 2013, conducted and orchestrated by Martin. This summer, it will be performed by The Royal Ballet in the USA as part of the 2015 tour.
The ballet, inspired by Miguel de Cervantes classic novel, is set to music by Ludwig Minkus.
'When it was written, Don Quixote was considered quite an achievement musically and dramatically as it was one of the first ballets to tell the story solely through the medium of dance', explains Martin. 'Minkus's music has a natural sort of enthusiasm, which appeals to me. It fits the subject matter perfectly, which is surprising given the haphazard way in which he composed!'
Minkus composed the music for more than twenty Russian ballets. His score for Don Quixote, cheerful, light-hearted and full of Spanish flair, is considered one of his most successful. Even so, it has been revised many times since its creation.
'Minkus is just a footnote in musical history, but his music is amongst the most performed in all ballet and he is one of the founding fathers of Russian ballet music,' continues Martin. 'Even so, the score has been tinkered with by so many people – producers, choreographers, and even powerful dancers requesting a flashy variation or two.' Find out more about the colour and contrast in Minkus's score.
Don Quixote will have its US premiere at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and runs 9–14 June. The ballet will also be performed at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, 18–21 June.
Christopher Saunders as Don Quixote and Marianela Nuñez as Kitri in Don Quixote © ROH / Johan Persson 2013
Christopher Saunders as Don Quixote, Philip Moseley as Sancho Panza and members of The Royal Ballet in Don Quixote © ROH / Johan Persson 2013
Bennet Gartside as Gamache and members of The Royal Ballet in Don Quixote © ROH / Johan Persson 2013
Christopher Saunders as Don Quixote, Philip Moseley as Sancho Panza and Members of The Royal Ballet in Don Quixote © ROH / Johan Persson 2013
Christina Arestis as Dulcinea and Christopher Saunders as Don Quixote in Don Quixote © ROH / Johan Persson 2013
Christopher Saunders as Don Quixote and Christina Arestis as Dulcinea in Don Quixote © ROH.Johan Persson 2013
Christopher Saunders as Don Quixote, Philip Moseley as Sancho Panza and members of The Royal Ballet © ROH.Johan Persson 2013
The Royal Ballet will also perform work by Wayne McGregor, Christopher Wheeldon, Liam Scarlett, Frederick Ashton and Kenneth MacMillan. Find out more details of the 2015 tour.
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It's a situation that many opera fans will have experienced – after an explosive series of enthralling musical acrobatics and taut drama, you find the action lulls. In some cases, these lulls do little to give us insight into the characters, and at times they simply don't match up musically to what came before. At their worst, the longueurs can leave you irreversibly switched off to an entire composer's oeuvre.
The question is – what to do about these potentially troublesome sections? Is it acceptable to make cuts and edits to the work of history's great composers?
Cuts can and do happen, with varying degrees of obviousness. Perhaps most dramatically, Peter Konwitschny's English National Opera production of La traviata makes substantial cuts, bringing the running time down to less than two hours – approximately 25 minutes less than Richard Eyre's (uncut) Royal Opera production. Not quite as drastic, Kasper Holten's Royal Opera production of Don Giovanni makes edits to the finale, following in the footsteps of a number of famous directors and conductors – including Gustav Mahler – who've dabbled with the demise of Mozart's famous anti-hero.
Then of course there are edits that are invisible to all but the most scrutinous score-studier – tiny tweaks to single lines of recitative or snippets of arias. 'An audience must have the confidence to admit that there are structural inadequacies in the great works', Artistic Director of the Southbank Centre, Jude Kelly recently told the Guardian. Away from the lyric stage edits are commonplace, with iconic works by William Shakespeare regularly subject to cuts.
All this, of course, is before we even begin to explore those composers who routinely rewrote and edited new versions of their own works.
Alternatively, should we remain strictly hands-off when it comes to the classics? After all, there's no accounting for taste – one person's 'boring' is another person's favourite bit, or for someone else it's a chance for respite from the sensory overload of an opera – after all, many of opera's most thrilling moments come from contrast. Indeed, we may need to learn to experience them more passively rather than expecting immediate gratification. Having the music wash over you – for many – is intrinsic to the opera-going experience.
We asked our Twitter following what they think of operatic edits:
@TheRoyalOpera @RoyalOperaHouse Intelligent, sensitive editing can save any production.
— Wendy Perron (@wperrondancemag) January 12, 2015
@TheRoyalOpera @RoyalOperaHouse Would you edit La Pietà or La Gioconda? Master works and great artists must be respected in their forms!!!
— Julio Sierra (@mjulio48) January 12, 2015
@TheRoyalOpera Of course they can be edited! But if it's badly done, it turns painful fast.
— Ilana Walder-Biesanz (@ilana_wb) January 12, 2015
@TheRoyalOpera Does that include stage directions that composers may have embedded in their scores? A can of worms if so. #OperaEdits
— Mark Valencia (@MarkValencia) January 12, 2015
@TheRoyalOpera @RoyalOperaHouse opera editing should be a NONO! Imagine editing a symphony, piano/violin/cello concerto! So why an opera??
— Simone Camilleri (@MaltaMSimone) January 12, 2015
@RoyalOperaHouse decision needed on "edition" of Don Carlo/s Boris Godunov or Khovanschina as there are no definitive final scores.
— John Johnston (@JohnVecchio) January 12, 2015
@TheRoyalOpera I think its perfectly acceptable to edit operas, after all, the composer only wrote half of what he intended... #OperaEdits
— Hanako Dickinson (@HanakoDickinson) January 13, 2015
What do you think of operatic edits?
If the drama demands it, should passages of works be cut; or should we leave works as completed by the composer?
The two Foscari of the title in Verdi's opera I due Foscari are father and son. Francesco, the father, is Doge of Venice; Jacopo, the son is awaiting trial in prison. As Doge, Francesco must uphold Venetian justice impartially and publically, but in private he is distraught at the fate of his unjustly accused son. This is the basis for the powerful duet that concludes Act I, in which Lucrezia, Jacopo's wife, demands that Francesco help his son, and is unable to understand the father's apparent cruelty and distance.
It is a great scene, with two clear characterizations. Displaying steadfastness under duress is a characteristic of the Doge in this opera, and thus in his music. The Doge's situation require the exercise of restraint, especially when faced with the unrestrained responses of his son and daughter-in-law. In this duet, Lucrezia sings an impassioned section in C minor 'Tu pur lo sai…' ('You know it well…') where her vocal lines grow more accented, dramatic and higher in pitch as she continues, in an unmistakable expression of her fervour. Her unaccompanied concluding cadenza features much repetition of the word 'barbaro' (cruel), making her view of Francesco completely clear.
Francesco's reply, in the key of C major, contrasts with Lucrezia's C minor. His phrases are more evenly pitched at the start, and the decorations of line more lyrical than explosive. He is trying to calm and placate her, while at the same time revealing his own suffering as a father. Rather than insult him, he argues, she should weep with him. This is the personal Francesco, not the public politician. Both voices sing together at the end, still in C major – Francesco has had some musical effect on Lucrezia at least. In the final shared cadenza she sings again 'cruel father', while he declares his wish that his son may once more be free.
On its own this is great stuff. But 'Tu pur lo sai' is just the second part of the whole concluding duet – an entire scene with several sections. It is a good example of a recurring idea in 19th-century Italian opera sometimes referred to as 'la solita forma' – the usual form (a phrase first used by Abramo Basevi, a 19th-century writer on Verdi's music). But the point of it is not some formula, not least as there are so many more variants to be found than model ones, this example included. Rather, it is a way of seeing how a scene can be made more intense through the use of the music.
The first section (Basevi's 'tempo di attacca') launches the action boldly. Often someone arrives or a dramatic announcement is made: in this example, Lucrezia enters, determined and angry, ready to confront the Doge. The music combines recitative with agitated, explosive orchestral interjections that convey Lucrezia's passion.
The second section, 'Tu pur lo sai', is the 'adagio', a slow reflection on the feelings of the two characters, giving the audience time to consider the implications of what is happening. The third, short section is a slightly faster but still measured, and marks another interjection of news or a different point of view – here, where Lucrezia admits she believes Francesco is not a heartless father.
The final section is the 'Cabaletta', fast and energetic, usually with a call to action or a sense of determination: here Verdi uses several short sections run together. Lucrezia plays hard on Francesco's emotions – to act as a father, not a doge – and he with equal firmness declares he is deeply moved but powerless to act. With each challenge and counter-challenge the music adapts rhythm and key to build dramatic tension.
In Verdi's hands, this type of construction of a whole scene is brilliantly compelling, as the audience are introduced to the characters, presented with their opposition and drawn in as the situation gets more fraught and the music faster and bolder. It is hardly a surprise that such scenes invariably end with the same result: resounding and emotion-filled applause!
I due Foscari runs 14 October–2 November 2014. Tickets are still available.
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The production is a co-production with Los Angeles Opera, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia, and Theater an der Wien, and is given at the Royal Opera House with generous philanthropic support from Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet, Mrs Susan A. Olde OBE, Colm and Ella Kelleher and Mrs Philip Kan.]]>
Everything that goes on in this building is connected to music. Whether we are sewing costumes, designing posters or sweeping the stage, everything that we do is channelled towards presenting great performances of opera and ballet; and both of these art forms would be nothing without notes on a sheet of paper (or screen).
The Music Library is a vital part of the Royal Opera House, working across all music for our productions. Library staff prepare and maintain all the scores required by conductors, singers, stage managers, staff directors, Learning and Participation, Jette Parker Young Artists, Development and technical departments and The Royal Ballet (both at home and on tour). They also order or create new instrumental parts for the orchestral musicians, mark up all musical directions and provide a wealth of knowledge on everything musical.
Robin Gordon-Powell has worked in the Music Library for almost thirteen years, freelancing for most of that time, but providing maternity cover for the past year. As the hands marking up a score in one of our Season Appeal images, we interviewed him about the Season ahead.
Robin, what are you most looking forward to in the 2014/15 Season?
Definitely Król Roger. It's never been done here before and it's a lovely, mystical work. Karol Szymanowski is an amazing composer and it's a brand new production so will be really interesting to see. It's being sung in Polish and my colleague Julie Davies is currently marking up the English translation into the full score for Tony Pappano who is conducting.
I'm also looking forward to I due Foscari, which was last seen here in 1995. It's another new co-production (with Los Angeles Opera, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia, and Theater an der Wien) with Plácido Domingo singing the role of Francesco Foscari. Early Verdi: you could scarcely get further away from the sensitive exoticism of Szymanowski! I'm currently marking up the parts and Tony Pappano's score so that things like dynamics, accents and phrasing all correspond – it's vital that they have the same markings, so that time is not taken up needed in rehearsals to sort out the basic points of the music.
What's been a memorable production for you in 2013/14?
I loved all of the Strauss operas, but Die Frau ohne Schatten was especially memorable, as I'd never seen it before. I spent ages working on the horn parts – four of the eight horn players alternate between French Horns and Tenor Tubas – and I had to make up new, legible, transposed parts for them. I was very involved with the music, which was glorious, and sat in on several of the purely orchestral rehearsals. As a conductor myself (in my 'spare' time), it was tremendous to watch, and work closely with Semyon Bychkov, who is a very intelligent and articulate conductor, and to see how he rehearsed.
The Music Library is managed by Tony Rickard, pictured below.
What's next for you at the Royal Opera House?
My maternity cover position is soon coming to an end, so I'll be working fewer days a week on a project to create a new database of everything we have in the Library and our archives, which are scattered around the building, as well as off-site. Our current paper catalogue only reflects a proportion of our stock and has grown up on a somewhat ad-hoc basis; it's not really working as well as it should. I'm looking forward to starting work on that, on newly developed software which I shall have to learn — although I shall probably be working on my own in a different office, and will miss the company (and occasional singing) of my colleagues in the Library. In my life outside of the Royal Opera House I edit and publish music of – mainly – Sir Arthur Sullivan, alongside conducting when I can.
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It's clear that both you and Christopher Wheeldon don't shy away from challenges when choosing works to transform into ballets.
Yes, we seem to have alighted on the two wordiest writers in the English language when it comes to our selection of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and The Winter's Tale! Like a lot of people, I only knew the famous 'exit pursued by a bear' direction in the Shakespeare. Chris and I went to see the Royal Shakespeare Company production in New York – I felt it was important that we saw it, and afterwards we went out and had a chat about our thoughts.
Was composing The Winter's Tale more of a challenge than Alice?
Yes, definitely. With Alice I unexpectedly found that establishing the magical and mechanical clockwork world would became my baseline, and I could go off in lots of crazy directions – but keep coming back to that as a linking device. There's not really an equivalent in The Winter's Tale. It's pretty much a linear narrative that takes you on a journey with a character [Leontes] who descends into irrational jealousy, madness, ruin, remorse and is finally redeemed. There's no chance to draw breath before heading off on another part of the adventure.
The story of The Winter's Tale takes us in and out of different places and eras, which would suggest you could use contrasting tone colours and styles for the various scenes.
Oh yes, completely. The material in Sicilia (our Act I) and the material in Bohemia (our Act II) are like black and white, or even monochrome and colour; if the first act is King Lear then the second is A Midsummer Night's Dream. It's supposed to be as different as possible. These colouristic shifts are meat and drink to ballet. You want to be able to go from high drama to low comedy to romance to reflection to whatever.
So it's rather like a triple bill crammed into one?
Yes, you want as much variety as you can get. We were very clear that Bohemia was going to be a very different place from Sicilia. And it is. The first act is mostly inside this cold, draughty, rather inhuman Sicilian palace, all rather buttoned-up and staid. Bohemia is the exact opposite – it's out in the open, it's summertime, it's full of beautiful fun-loving people having a great old time.
The music for the Sicilian scenes which sandwich the Bohemian one is then presumably much darker.
Very much so. The story of The Winter's Tale is predicated on the idea that everything is ruined by one man's jealousy. This is actually something that Shakespeare comes back to again and again in his works. And one can see why. Anyone who has suffered from that kind of irrational jealousy knows that it is one of the worst feelings in the world. It goes nowhere, it's like a big black hole. You can 'use' anger, somehow, but you can't 'use' jealousy constructively – it is such a pointless emotion! Having established that this is the driving force behind everything, the challenge was how to depict that in music. I had this image of jealousy appearing as a black feeling in the bottom of your stomach, which then envelops and poisons. So the moment in Act I when Leontes stops fighting his jealousy and gives way to completely irrational thinking, the orchestra is eaten by these great big bass drum and gong notes. I've also used strangulated low brass and muted trumpets and shrieking E flat clarinets. I thought about how to depict this jealousy more than anything.
Read Nigel Bates's full interview with Joby Talbot in The Winter's Tale red programme book.
The Winter's Tale runs from 10 April–8 May 2014. Tickets are still available.
Generously supported by the Monument Trust. With additional philanthropic support from Mrs Susan A Olde OBE, Celia Blakey, Sarah and Lloyd Dorfman, Simon & Virginia Robertson, The Taylor Family Foundation, Lady Ashcroft, Mr and Mrs Edward Atkin CBE, the Metherell Family, Richard and Delia Baker, Kenneth and Susan Green, D W Hancock, Randa Khoury, Lindsay and Sarah Tomlinson, Doug and Ceri King, Gail and Gerald Ronson through The Gerald Ronson Foundation, Victoria Sharp, John and Susan Burns, The Winter's Tale Production Syndicate and an anonymous donor.]]>
The Rite of Spring was the focus of a recent ROH Insight session with the original 'Chosen One' Monica Mason, Royal Ballet Artist Claudia Dean, and conductor Barry Wordsworth.
'Today we're more used to seeing contemporary dance so perhaps it doesn't look as odd now on classical dancers as it must have done but it's really not like anything else.' said former Director of The Royal Ballet Monica Mason as she rehearsed with Claudia.
The Rite of Spring is a ballet filled with discombobulating and revolutionary rhythms, intentionally incorporated in to the score by its composer Igor Stravinsky: 'He had bits of paper with 'two' and 'three' [written on them], so that the score would be completely without a pattern; he threw them up in the air, picked them up and wrote this piece in the order of the pieces that he picked up off the floor,' Royal Ballet Music Director Barry Wordsworth told the audience of a particular section examined at the Insight session, 'Suffice to say that this passage never gets any easier because he wrote it so that you couldn't predict where the twos and threes come...it's that which gives it the tension and excitement'
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'The music of Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) baffles verbal description...it has no relation to music at all as most of us understand the word'. So ran a 1913 review in the Musical Times of perhaps Igor Stravinsky's most iconic ballet score. Still, despite initial criticism and the much-discussed 'riot' at the premiere, Stravinsky's contribution to dance has proved to be a considerable one. With The Royal Ballet's Rite of Spring returning to Covent Garden this Season, we thought we'd take a look at a few of the composer's other wonderful ballet scores:
The Firebird
From its eerie opening with chromatic low strings to its glowing and exultant finale, The Firebird is a masterpiece of a ballet score. It was the first of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes productions to have a completely original score composed for it, and with its folktale-inspired narrative, the piece was originally intended as a Russian nationalist ballet. A number of different versions of the score exist, including at least three orchestral suites for concert performance – the first of which had its premiere in 1911 – which have led The Firebird to become a popular concert work as well as an acclaimed ballet. Stravinsky had been Diaghilev's second choice as composer for the score of The Firebird (he originally wanted Anatoly Lyadov) but the success of the premiere made Diaghilev realize that he was onto a good thing in working with the 28-year-old composer. 'Mark him well', Diaghilev told ballerina Tamara Karsavina, 'He is a man on the eve of celebrity'.
Les noces
This ballet about a peasant wedding had its premiere in 1923, but Stravinsky first conceived the idea of it in 1913, while working on The Rite of Spring, and he originally planned the work for a similar-sized expanded symphony orchestra. Stravinsky rewrote Les noces several times – one of his versions was scored for roll-operated instruments including pianolas, however this was abandoned when the Parisian piano firm constructing some of the instruments repeatedly delayed delivery. Les noces's score is written for four solo singers and chorus as well as instruments. Stravinsky writing the libretto himself, using lyrics from Russian folksongs. The ballet has an extraordinary sound world: in place of an orchestra, Stravinsky eventually scored the work for a vast battery of both tuned and untuned percussion and no less than four grand pianos.
The first of several collaborations between Stravinsky and Russian/American choreographer George Balanchine saw the composer inspired by 16th and 17th century French baroque music, in particular works by Jean-Baptiste Lully. The youthful 24-year-old Balanchine took visual cues from Stravinsky's music, later writing that when he heard the score, all he could see was pristine white. Such was his clout at the time of the 1928 premiere, that Stravinsky had a great influence on the ballet's choreography - wanting a classical style of dance to match the serenity of the music. 'Dancing is music made visible,' Balanchine later quipped, in one of his oft-quoted and trademark Balanchineisms.
'Rubies' from Jewels
Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, the score used for 'Rubies' from Balanchine's Jewels, had previously featured as the score for a ballet by Leonid Massine twenty years prior to Balanchine's choosing it for his 1967 triptych. Still, the piece took on a new life as part of one of Balanchine's most acclaimed ballets. Stravinsky composed Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra from 1926 to 1929 while living in France – he had settled there after the Russian Revolution made it impossible for him to return to his homeland. It was intended as a 'breadwinning' piece, with a virtuosic piano part that (naturally) Stravinsky hoped to perform himself. Capriccio was influenced by the Romantic German composers Carl Maria von Weber (who Stravinsky termed 'a Prince of Music') and Felix Mendelssohn, and is a contrast to the composer's early Russian-infused works, and even his 1928 ballet Le Baiser de la fée (which was inspired by the music of Tchaikovsky). However, despite its neoclassical style Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra sounds distinctly modern, with almost jazz-like tinges to the music. Balanchine's joyous choreography provides plenty of visual sparkle and pizzazz, giving the piece, transformed into the ballet 'Rubies, an almost Broadway-esque appeal.
Which are your favourite of Stravinsky's ballet scores?
The Rite of Spring runs from 9 - 23 November 2013. Tickets are sold out, though returns may become available. Day tickets will be available on the day of performance.
Jewels runs from 17 December 2013 - 7 January 2014. Tickets are still available.]]>
Like all Verdi's masterpieces, Les Vêpres siciliennes is packed full of vibrant ensembles, thrilling character portraits, and really great tunes.
The Act III duet between tenor hero Henri and ostensible bad-guy baritone Montfort has it all, with one of the opera's loveliest melodies (Verdi made sure to weave it into the overture) and blazing dramatic energy.
Henri sings in all five of the opera's duets, each among Verdi's finest. Henri and Montfort have already tested their wits against each other in the fiery duet that ends Act I. When Henri arrives in Montfort's study in Act III, he's fresh from his Act II duet with heroine Hélène. To win her love he has promised to avenge her brother's death. The murderer? Montfort, of course.
Henri doesn't know that Montfort has received a letter from Henri's late mother, explaining that Henri is his son, a child of rape. She has told Henri nothing about his father, and raised him to hate Montfort. Before Henri arrives Montfort has sung the melancholic 'Au sein de la puissance' (In the lap of power), dwelling on the emptiness in his heart that wealth and power cannot fill. The aria's second section glows with a gentle hope: Montfort prays that Henri might be his salvation.
(Recordings of the original French libretto are few and far between, so we're using James Levine's I vespri siciliani.)
Henri is brought before Montfort. After some terse recitative, Montfort begins a mournful melody 'Quand ma bonté toujours nouvelle' (When my ever-new kindness), cautiously testing the waters for his revelation. Over this lyricism Henri's abrupt, angry semiquavers indicate a violent repulsion barely suppressed.
Montfort hands Henri the letter – and here comes that glorious tune, as Montfort sings 'Pour moi, pour moi, quelle ivresse inconnue' (For me, what unknown joy). Henri, though, seems impervious. His short phrases flit around Montfort's rich melody rather than integrating with it, as breathless joy at seeing this last memento of his mother is transformed into horror.
In the following recitative Montfort tries to convince Henri to accept him as a father, promising him his name and the power that comes with it. It only deepens Henri's despair; ringing in his ears is Hélène's promise that if he kills Montfort he will become a king in her eyes. Increasingly agitated, he finally bursts out that 'C'est un nom détesté!' (It is a hated name).
There's a shocked pause – but in the following, frantic section we see Henri beginning to move towards Montfort. Montfort, furiously hurt, dwells on the insult, and is echoed at a bar's distance by Henri. It's as though Henri is closely watching his father, feeling the first pangs of sympathy for a man he has been taught to believe is a monster.
Montfort presents a last lyrical tune in 'Quoi, ma tendresse' (This, my love) – lying much higher in his voice than the previous melodies, in a quite literal representation of his emotion. Though Henri begs to be released, his interjections now engage with Montfort's melody in sinuous counterpoint. Finally he admits 'Je voudrais courir en vos bras' (I long to run to your arms), but in an anguished new section he desperately recalls his unhappy mother. Montfort, shaken with guilt, can only sing on one yearning note 'oh mon fils!' (oh my son!).
Finally the overture theme returns, but now Henri holds the melody. He's appealing to his mother's ghost, but it's a definitive sign of the bond between the two men that leads inexorably to the opera's tragic ending.
Les Vêpres siciliennes runs from 17 October – 11 November 2013. The production will also be screened live in cinemas around the world on 4 November and is staged with the generous philanthropic support of Mrs Susan A. Olde OBE, Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet, Mr and Mrs Baha Bassatne and The Maestro's Circle.]]>
In his article for The Royal Ballet's programme book on Don Quixote, writer and musicologist Gavin Plumley examines the sunny wit in Minkus's quintessential ballet score.
Ludwig Minkus is the polyglot of ballet music. Born in Vienna to a Czech father and a Hungarian mother, he studied in the Austrian capital before moving to Russia. There, and in Paris, his exotic ballet scores, including the Hispanic Don Quixote and the oriental La Bayadère, gained him international recognition.
In creating the musical text for this latest version of Don Quixote by Carlos Acosta, conductor Martin Yates has gone back to Minkus's original Russian piano score. Yates and Acosta have constructed their new three-act structure for this production, highlighting the colourful and contrasting nature of Minkus's score.
Act I centres on the romantic interest, Kitri and Basilio. For these scenes and the third act, Minkus wrote dazzlingly sunny music in bright G major. Kitri and Basilio are given peppy, swaggering entrances to contrast with the clipped, pompous chromatic music of Gamache, Kitri's unwanted fiancé. Kitri's kowtowing father Lorenzo unsurprisingly echoes Gamache's 'aristocratic' bearing. No less amusing, but instantly more endearing, is Don Quixote's hapless, slapstick sidekick Sancho Panza, while the eponymous, chivalric Quixote has poco maestoso ('somewhat majestic') music. The high energy of triple-time dances dominates, coloured by an appropriately Spanish tinge of seguidilla and habanera rhythms and the continual clack of castanets. Equally indigenous are the dotted rhythms of the Toreadors' entrance (though without their tambourines and castanets, these dances could easily be mistaken for the waltzes and marches of Minkus's Viennese youth).
The second act is in much darker hues. F major and F minor predominate, while more rhapsodic structures, with harp, woodwind solos and other wistful touches of orchestration, supplant the first act's quick-fire dance sequences. Minkus also provides a good dose of local colour with stamping gypsies and, in Martin Yates's version, a decidedly Hispanic dream sequence. Collectively, this act – particularly with its hallucinatory second scene – looks forward to the Kingdom of the Shades in La Bayadère and the lake scenes of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty. It is from such ambiguous and occasionally violent tones that Minkus rescues us, returning via G minor to the sun-drenched key of Act I.
Having re-established the primacy of G major at the start of Act III, Minkus provides a veritable riot of nuptial colour, made even brighter by the comparative darkness of the second act. As Kitri and Basilio prepare, somewhat pre-emptively, for married life, Minkus's waltzes rub shoulders with yet more seguidillas and habaneras, whose melodies are decorated with the curlicued turns, trills and mordents of flamenco tradition. And there is jeopardy here too, with the strutting, chromatic reappearance of Gamache. As Basilio pretends to stab himself, Minkus sends up Gamache's pompous idiom, throwing it all away with a rapid fandango and the catchy Viennese Luftpausen (a breath, literally 'air break', for the orchestra) of his Grand pas de deux. Witnessing the happiness of Kitri and Basilio, Don Quixote gives up his hazy claims and realizes that he has, rather unexpectedly, completed his quest to right the wrongs of this world. As he ventures off anew, in search of Dulcinea, the ballet closes with his poco maestoso music in raucous C major.
This extract is taken from Gavin Plumley's article 'An Innate Flair for Dance Music'. The full article can be found in the Don Quixote programme book, available in the theatre at performance times and from the ROH Shop.
Don Quixote runs 25 November 2014–22 January 2015. Tickets are still available.
The production is generously supported by the Friends of Covent Garden.]]>
Telling the violent story of a daughter desperately obsessed with avenging her father's murder, Richard Strauss's Elektra is famously intense with a complex and challenging score. We spent time with Andris Nelsons in rehearsal with The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and he told us about the rewards and challenges of working on the opera.
'For conductors who love Strauss, this is one of the most exciting operas you can conduct,' says Andris. 'Starting from the extremely soft, intimate moments when the soloists can whisper, to the explosions when you think your ears will explode... Elektra is a special, extraordinary piece.'
Starring the acclaimed Christine Goerke in the title role, the production has received rave reviews since opening night, and was described in the Evening Standard as 'a gripping revival that is superbly sung and conducted'. Read audience reactions to the first night.
The opera's score features the 'Agamemnon motif' throughout, a powerful musical idea that vividly portrays the anguish of a feuding family and re-enforces the themes of obsession and revenge. Find out more about the Agamemnon motif.
The Royal Opera's Elektra runs from 23 September – 12 October 2013. Tickets are still available.]]>


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I also found a Billie Nicodemus in the 1930 and 1940 census records along with John, his brother, and Florence his mother.
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I'm not sure what you mean by this. "I was wondering why you don't have Florence Agnes an her children with all your other Nicodemus monuments ?"
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This is the same Owen. According to the 1920 census, he was married to a Florence and was living in Kansas. In the 1930 census, he was married to a Clara ?? in Oklahoma, then was married to Emma and living in Oklahoma in the 1940 census.
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on Dec 19, 2014 12:35 PM
Mary Bob McClain
Katherine Holt and Lucy Holt?
What can you tell me about these Holts?
Katherine Holt
Birth: Dec. 16, 1909
Death: Jun. 21, 2004 [Edit Dates]
Same marker base with Lucy Holt.
Maury Co. native: daughter of Lee Holt and Susie Mitchell Holt; preceded in death by three siters, Alvy Richardson, Lucy Holt,Mae Straughan and three brother, John Holt, Lee Holt and Jerry Holt.
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Mary Bob McClain
on Oct 12, 2014 4:05 PM
Stanley Nicodemus
Owen L Nicodemus
I'm trying to find out if Owen had a third wife, named Clara? I'm trying to find her maiden name.
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Stanley Nicodemus
on Sep 18, 2014 11:00 AM
Rob Hunter
Elias Powell
I found where you left flowers on his memoral He was my Father in laws grand father. My father in law was Bob Goad youngest son of Lorena Bell Powell Goad.
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Rob Hunter
on Aug 05, 2012 9:01 AM
RE: powell reunion
I cannot make it but i really appreciate the invitation. I hope you all have a great time!
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on Jul 18, 2012 2:19 PM
Sharon Atkinson McClelland
RE: transfer grave
I have transferred this memorial to you. So sorry for the delay...have a Blessed Week.
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Sharon Atkinson McClellan...
on Jul 17, 2012 3:24 PM
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