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Due to illness, Sardinian tenor Piero Pretti is unable to sing the role of the Duke of Mantua in Wednesday's performance of Rigoletto.
Saimir Pirgu made his Royal Opera role debut as the Duke of Mantua on 12 September 2014, and sings the role for all Cast A performances. He has previously sung the role for Zürich Opera and the Arena di Verona. He made his Royal Opera debut in 2007 as Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi), returning in 2010 to sing Alfredo Germont (La traviata). His recent appearances include Tito (La clemenza di Tito) for Paris Opéra and Alfredo Germont in San Francisco. He will return to Covent Garden to sing the role of Shepherd (Król Roger) for The Royal Opera later in the 2014/15 Season.
The rest of the cast remains the same.
The performance on 17 September will be relayed live across the UK as a BP Big Screens free outdoor screening. Find a screening near you.
Rigoletto runs until 6 October 2014. tickets are still available.]]>
David McVicar's dark and potent production of Verdi's Rigoletto will be shown free on outdoor BP Big Screens across the UK on Wednesday 17 September 2014.
The performance stars Dimitri Platanias, Piero Pretti and Eri Nakamura and will be conducted by Maurizio Benini.
The story
Rigoletto, court jester to the libertine Duke of Mantua, is cursed by the father of one of the Duke's victims for his irreverent laughter. When the Duke seduces Rigoletto's daughter Gilda, it seems the curse is taking effect. Find our more with our 5 things you need to know about Rigoletto.
An important work in the history of opera
Verdi described Rigoletto as his best opera and it has since become one of the art form's most performed and popular works. With it he shook up the operatic establishment, dispensing with many of the conventions such as an entrance aria for the leading lady, and eschewing the tradition of ending acts with ensembles. Find out more about what makes Rigoletto such an important work in the history of opera.
The music
Though subverting many operatic conventions, the opera features some of the art-form's most iconic musical moments, including the Duke of Mantua's famous 'La donna è mobile' aria and Gilda's ode to innocent love, 'Caro nome'.
The production
Highlighting the cruelty and degeneracy at the heart of the court of Mantua, David McVicar's production revels in the opera's darker elements. With scenes of nudity and scenes of a sexual nature, it is not be suitable for younger audiences.
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Rigoletto runs until 6 October 2014. tickets are still available.]]>
#ROHRigoletto is the very opera blew me out some years ago & still does. It has all opera essentials. Music, drama, love, vengeance & death.
— Yosh M (@yoshkosh10) September 12, 2014
#ROHRigoletto this was my gfs first RoH experience. What an introduction!! An incredible performance :) x
— Richard Vodden (@rvodden) September 12, 2014
No thrills, a few spills, but a perfectly solid #ROHRigoletto revival, despite the principals not being consistently at their best.
— Jamie Henderson (@jsdhenderson) September 12, 2014
#ROHrigoletto beautiful singing, no dry eyes in house! @RoyalOperaHouse
— Ian Williams (@igw44) September 12, 2014
Oh Simon Keenlyside!! Superb singing and acting #ROHRigoletto
— Wisdom Hill (@Scarlet2046) September 12, 2014
Rigoletto conducted as Parsifal. Travesty.
— Mark Pullinger (@larkingrumple) September 12, 2014
@RoyalOperaHouse #ROHRigoletto chorus in perfect form So happy to hear and see them again !!! <3 <3 <3
— Hariclea Darclee (@Hariclea) September 12, 2014
@RoyalOperaHouse great 1st night Rigoletto- Simon Keenlyside gives his all and grips you to the end-Aleksandra Kursak superb too! Don't miss
— Keith McNicoll (@Contraboneman) September 12, 2014
What did you think of Rigoletto?
Rigoletto runs from 12 September to 6 October 2014. Tickets are still available.
The production will be screened for free around the UK on BP Big Screens on 17 September 2014. Find your nearest screen.
Rigoletto's Gilda is one of Verdi's youngest heroines, and his most innocent. He wrote the part for a lighter, higher voice than many of his soprano roles. Gilda is a 16-year-old ingénue, who until the start of the opera has spent most of her life secluded in a convent. She knows hardly anything about the world or her family – not even her father's real name. So when Gilda falls in love, she expresses her feelings not with the passion of Leonora from Il trovatore or Violetta from La traviata, but in a gentle, dreamy aria that Verdi instructed to be sung at a moderate pace and sotto voce (very quietly).
By the time Gilda sings her first and only aria we have already learnt a lot about her from her Act I duets with Rigoletto and the Duke of Mantua (disguised as 'poor student' Gualtier Maldé). We have witnessed her childlike excitement at Rigoletto's arrival, her tender response to his grief at the memory of her mother, and her mixture of restlessness (she longs to go out into the city) and docility (when Rigoletto forbids it, she does not protest). We have realized her extreme innocence, almost naivety, in her dialogue with the conniving Giovanna, when she expresses her hope that the handsome stranger she's seen at church is poor like her, as it will make their love more romantic. And we have seen her shyly mesmerized by the Duke's eloquent declarations of love, to the point where her vocal line can only imitate his. Indeed, much of Gilda's music in both Act I duets is imitative or acts as a descant to Rigoletto or the Duke's vocal line.
'Caro nome' is Gilda's first extended expression of independent emotions, and shows both her tenderness and her simplicity. The aria is preceded by a shimmering figuration described by Verdi scholar Julian Budden as an example of Verdi's finest woodwind writing. Over it, Gilda slowly and rapturously pronounces the name of her lover, 'Gualtier Maldé'. 'Caro nome' then opens with a gentle flute melody, as simple as a folksong. Gilda takes up the melody, echoed by a cicada-like buzzing on solo violin, as she meditates on the 'beloved name' that has taught her to love. The gentle pace, falling phrases and the stresses on words such as 'desir' (desire) and 'sospir' (sigh) suggest Gilda sighing with pleasure at her new emotions, while the solo violin conveys Gilda's excitedly beating heart.
The aria develops in a way that is both novel and very simple. After bar 24 there is essentially no new musical material. Instead, the aria becomes a series of continuous variations on the opening melody, as though Gilda is weaving ever more elaborate romantic fantasies around the name of her lover. Nor is there any new text – instead, Gilda repeats her earlier words, in fragments. The increasingly elaborate melody and passages of ecstatic coloratura suggest her growing excitement at the discovery of love. Towards the end, the slowing pace and tender, expansive phrases show her delight – she doesn't want to stop thinking about 'Gualtier'. Throughout, the orchestral textures remain delicate, reflecting Gilda's gentleness. The aria culminates in a rapturous, wordless cadenza, and then blends seamlessly into the following scene, as Gilda continues to repeat rapturously the name of her lover as courtiers approach.
'Caro nome' is a breathtaking portrayal of young love in all its innocence and idealism. It marks the first step in Gilda's transformation from ingénue to self-sacrificing heroine. The Gilda we encounter in Act II, with her long solo 'Tutte le feste al tempio', is a very different woman, both in terms of her emotions and her music. The fact that in 'Caro nome' we already know her love for the Duke is doomed makes its tenderness and sincerity all the more poignant.
Rigoletto runs from 12 September to 6 October 2014. Tickets are still available.]]>
On 14 February 1849, Giuseppe Verdi wrote to a friend: 'I desire nothing other than at least to attempt new things.' His thirst for innovation had driven his career since his first opera in 1839, and it would find even greater expression in his 17th opera, Rigoletto, in 1851.
It was in a letter of 28 April 1850 to his librettist Francesco Maria Piave that Verdi first shared his enthusiasm for a specific source:
'I have another subject that, if the police permitted it, would be one of the greatest creations of modern theatre (…) The subject is grand, immense, and has a character who is one of the greatest creations that the theatre in any country or period could boast. The subject is Le Roi s'amuse, and the character I speak of is Triboulet, and if Varese [sic] has been engaged nothing could be better for him and for us.'
'Varese' was the renowned baritone Felice Varesi. Born the same year as Verdi, Varesi had enjoyed a distinguished career since Verdi cast him as Macbeth in 1847.
It is not without significance that Verdi first mentioned both the idea of Le Roi s'amuse and a particular singer in the same sentence. For more than a century and a half, singers had been at the centre of the operatic marketplace and its most highly paid element – with all the influence such power inevitably brought.
Verdi, in contrast, led the move from – ostensibly – 'singers' opera' to 'composers' opera', asserting the integrity of his own artistic vision as the prime authority. He began by insisting on the right to choose which singers from a theatre's company would appear in his operas. Of the greatest importance to Rigoletto's production was its title role. The knowledge that Felice Varesi would be part of the La Fenice company undoubtedly figured in Verdi's decision to use Le Roi s'amuse.
Varesi had long been regarded as a singer of exceptional dramatic ability. Verdi regarded him as the 'only artist in Italy' capable of performing Macbeth in the way he conceived the role, because Varesi combined an individuality of singing with intelligence and a 'slight, unattractive stature'. This last point was of particular importance given that Verdi wanted the singers' external and vocal characteristics to reflect the Macbeths' inner evil – a revolutionary approach in an epoch otherwise dedicated to the ideals of bel canto. Rigoletto would conversely explore the manner in which the Duke's handsome appearance belies a shallow, corrupt personality, while under the deformity of Rigoletto beats a heart of paternal devotion.
Verdi's musical response to the drama produced an unusual score – one in which certain key conventions had largely been set aside. There was no 'aria di sortita' or entrance aria for the prima donna, but merely a cavatina ('Caro nome') positioned after Gilda had already sung two duets; there was only one number in traditional double aria form ('Parmi veder le lagrime', sung by the Duke); offstage male voices were used as wordless instrumental effect in the storm; the acts did not conclude with the usual ensembles; and there was a curious use of declamatory setting of the text. Verdi described his approach to Carlo Borsi on 8 September 1852: 'I conceived Rigoletto without arias, without finales, as an unbroken chain of duets, because I was convinced that that was most appropriate.' Some of the cast were less sure: Varesi, according to his daughter, was initially so reluctant to appear before the audience in his jester's costume that Verdi himself had to push him onto the stage.
Such fears proved unfounded: Rigoletto had its premiere on 11 March 1851 to an enthusiastic audience. Verdi had indeed achieved his goal of composing a score of remarkable and disquieting originality – one that remains as haunting today as it was in 1851.
This is an excerpt from Susan Rutherford's article 'Verdi's Composition of Rigoletto' in The Royal Opera's programme book, available during performances and from the ROH Shop.
Rigoletto runs 12 September–6 October 2014. Tickets are still available. The performance on 17 September 2014 will be streamed live to free, outdoor venues around the UK as part of BP Big Screens. Find a screening near you.]]>
The Story Begins…
A womanizing Duke's court jester mocks the father of one of the Duke's victims, who curses him. Soon the jester's own daughter falls in love with the Duke and is abducted – it seems that the curse is taking effect...
Political Dystopia
David McVicar's production of Rigoletto reveals unflinchingly the corruption at the heart of the court of Mantua. Rigoletto's appearance is inspired by a grotesque insect, and the lavishly-clothed courtiers and Duke happily engage in brutal orgies and later cruelly taunt both Rigoletto and his daughter. The court life of indulgence is in strong contrast to Rigoletto's shabby home and Sparafucile's squalid inn.
Separate Musical Worlds
Verdi illustrates the very different worlds of Duke and jester in the characters' musical styles. The Duke's music is lyrical, based largely around arias and duets that alter in style depending on whom he is seducing, from the elegant 'Questa o quella' in Act I to the catchy 'La donna è mobile' in Act III. Rigoletto sings largely in duet, arioso and recitative, shifting styles from stormy to tender. Meanwhile Gilda, Rigoletto's daughter, sings high-lying, delicate lines that poignantly depict her innocence and corruption.
A Provocative Subject
Rigoletto is based on the controversial play Le Roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. The play describes the amorous intrigues of François I of France, and the thwarted attempt by his jester Triboulet to destroy him. The premiere of Le Roi s'amuse caused such a scandal that the play was withdrawn from the Parisian stage for 50 years. Although Verdi toned down Hugo's plot, his opera was still deemed scandalous by the Italian censors.
Genesis and Premiere
Verdi began work on his 17th opera Rigoletto in 1850. Francesco Maria Piave, his regular collaborator, was his librettist. Felice Varesi, the baritone who had created the title role in Verdi's Macbeth, was chosen as Rigoletto. After considerable battles between Verdi and the censors, the opera had its premiere at La Fenice on 11 March 1851. Rigoletto became hugely popular, and in 1855 Verdi described it as his best opera. He was of course to write some ten after it!
Rigoletto runs 12 September–6 October 2014. Tickets are still available.
The performance on 17 September 2014 will be streamed live to free, outdoor venues around the UK as part of BP Big Screens. Find a screening near you.
With the curtain now down on The Royal Opera's 2013/14 Season, we want to know what your highlights were.
The Season saw 35 opera and music works performed across the Royal Opera House's main stage and Linbury Studio Theatre - see them at a glance on our 2013/14 infographic. Chief Executive Alex Beard has picked out his favourite moments, but do you agree with him?
We're also looking for your 2013/14 Royal Ballet highlights.
Here are a selection of Season highlights from our Twitter following:
I saw Wozzeck as my first opera, 10 years later I saw it again. It was even better and more brutal the second time around. #ROHreview
— Margaret Brown (@MagsTheObscure) July 21, 2014
#ROHelektra , no hesitation. An electrifying performance! Haven't recovered yet ! #ROHreview @RoyalOperaHouse
— Julien Hasler (@JulienHasler) July 21, 2014
@RoyalOperaHouse Faust! For Sonja Yoncheva's gorgeous singing (plus the added bonus of Bryn Terfel in a dress!) #ROHReview
— Nick Wellings (@Nick_Wellings) July 21, 2014
@TheRoyalOpera Emily Magee's supremely sensitive performance in the haunting, spectral - and brilliant - #ROHfrau. #ROHreview
— Adrian (@Adrian_Specs) July 21, 2014
@TheRoyalOpera Don't have to go back too far #ROHreview to the Jaho / Castronovo partnership in La boheme Beautiful intensity & musicianship
— Jonathan Coulton (@JonathanCoulto1) July 21, 2014
Going into #ROHFrau (student standby stalls tickets!) and being absolutely electrified by the sheer power of the production. #ROHreview
— Leeann Chen (@Leeann_Ch) July 21, 2014
@TheRoyalOpera L'Ormindo was a real delight and my highlight for 13/14.Beautiful and unique! #ROHreview
— Morgan (@Mog83) July 21, 2014
#ROHreview I have to say #ROHBoheme, my very first experience at ROH, and as an opera student absolutely not my last!
— Robert Lind (@RobertLind_) July 21, 2014
What were your Royal Opera highlights of 2013/14?]]>
Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia and Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro
Inspired by Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais' Le Barbier de Séville and Le Mariage de Figaro
Beaumarchais's three satirical 'Figaro' plays guaranteed him lasting fame – particularly the first two, immortalized in opera by Rossini and Mozart. The irrepressible energy of Le Barbier de Séville (the first and most lighthearted of Beaumarchais's comedies) proved irresistible to Rossini, who in Il barbiere created a comic masterpiece. In Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart focussed primarily on the most human aspects of Beaumarchais' second 'Figaro' drama (while keeping plenty of the original's humour), to create one of the warmest and most life affirming works in Western art.
Donizetti's Maria Stuarda
Inspired by Friedrich von Schiller's Maria Stuart
In his great political drama Maria Stuart, Schiller criticizes monarchical absolutism and highlights the dangers of power, embodied in the character of Elisabeth I, who sends her cousin Maria Stuart to death without a fair trial. Donizetti and his librettist Giuseppe Bardari kept much of the play's essential message in Maria Stuarda; but they also removed the complicated political subplots, and created a love triangle between the Duke of Leicester and the two queens. Schiller's explorations of the dangers of absolute power, the benefits of democracy and the heroism of freedom-fighting also provided inspiration for Rossini (in Guillaume Tell) and Verdi (in Don Carlo).
Verdi's Rigoletto
Inspired by Victor Hugo's Le Roi s'amuse
Hugo's great drama depicting the amorous exploits of King Francis I of France was banned after just one performance in 1832, due to its unflattering depiction of a French monarch. When Verdi came across the play in 1850 he described the subject as 'grand, immense' and the character of the crippled jester Triboulet (who became Rigoletto) as 'one of the greatest creations in theatre'. He and his librettist had to fight energetically with the Italian censors to get permission to use Hugo's play – necessary amends included changing the King into a lower-ranking Duke and moving the action from France to Italy. However, much of the play's plot and dramatic tone remained intact. Rigoletto was a sell-out success and is still one of the most popular of all operas.
Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande
Inspired by Maurice Maeterlinck's Pelléas et Mélisande
Maurice Maeterlinck's fantastical Symbolist plays are rarely performed today, but his Pelléas et Mélisande was hugely popular in the 1890s. Maeterlinck's aesthetic – the exploration of characters' inner feelings through elements of the natural world, often in a fairytale-like setting – was regarded as a welcome contrast to the naturalism prominent in Parisian theatre of the time. Debussy described the effect of seeing the play in 1893 as 'like dynamite' for him. He treated Maeterlinck's text with great respect when he wrote his opera, leaving much of it intact and only omitting a few short scenes. He also ensured that every nuance could be clearly conveyed, with a predominantly syllabic word setting, almost like 'sung speech'.
Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Inspired by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare's much-loved comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream inspired one of Benjamin Britten's most popular operas, composed in less than nine months. Britten and his partner Peter Pears (who took the comic role of Flute/Thisby in the opera's premiere) wrote the libretto, skillfully compressing and reorganizing Shakespeare's text while sticking faithfully to the Bard's words – Britten noted that they added only one line of their own. Britten heightened the supernatural strangeness of the fairy scenes by making Oberon a countertenor (a voice rarely used in opera at the time) and Puck a spoken role, and added to the comedy of the rustics' Pyramus and Thisby play by deftly parodying grand and bel canto opera.
Maria Stuarda runs 5–18 July 2014. Tickets are still available. The production is a co-production with Polish National Opera, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, and Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, and is given with generous philanthropic support from Lord and Lady Laidlaw, Susan and John Singer and Michael Hartnall.
Rigoletto runs 12 September–6 October 2014. General booking opens on 15 July 2014.
Il barbiere di Siviglia runs 19 September–5 October 2014. General booking opens on 15 July 2014.]]>
Group Booking for the Autumn Season 2014/15 opens on Tuesday 1 July, two weeks ahead of general booking on the 15 July.
Group Booking offers savings of up to 40% on some of the world's best opera and ballet, and allows you to secure excellent seats for the best prices.
A total of five Royal Opera productions, two Royal Ballet mixed programmes and three full-length ballets are included in this Season's Group Booking offers, making it the ideal chance to introduce friends and family to opera and ballet. Offers apply for groups of 10 or more.
Alan Oke as J.Howard Marshall, Eva-Maria Westbroek as Anna Nicole, Gerald Finley as Stern in Anna Nicole in Anna Nicole © Bill Cooper/ROH 2011
Sarah Lamb as Manon and Rupert Pennefather as Des Grieux in Manon, The Royal Ballet © ROH / Tristram Kenton 2011
Marianela Nuñez as Manon and Nehemiah Kish as Des Grieux in Manon, The Royal Ballet © ROH / Johan Persson 2011
Opera productions on offer include Mark-Anthony Turnage's Anna Nicole; Verdi's Rigoletto; Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia; Mozart's Idomeneo and Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore.
Ballet productions included are Kenneth MacMillan's Manon, Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote and Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; as well as two mixed programmes: Scènes de ballet / Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan / Symphonic Variations / A Month in the Country, and Ceremony of Innocence / The Age of Anxiety / Aeternum.
Other benefits for group bookers include a 'book now, pay later' arrangement and a dedicated group booking phone line. Furthermore, if bookings are confirmed by 1 August, patrons will receive an extra 5% discount.
Find out full details of Autumn Group Booking offers.
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Ballet and Dance
Deloitte Ignite 2014
5-28 September
Free opening festival curated by The Royal Ballet and Minna Moore Ede.
BalletBoyz the TALENT (Linbury Studio Theatre)
16–27 September
Former Royal Ballet dancers Michael Nunn and William Trevitt and their award-winning troupe come to the Linbury Studio Theatre for the first time, with an all-new programme.
26 September–1 November; Live cinema relay on 16 October
By Kenneth MacMillan
Kenneth MacMillan's acclaimed tragic ballet is a modern masterpiece.
Scènes de ballet / Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan / Symphonic Variations / A Month in the Country
18 October–12 November
By Frederick Ashton
The Royal Ballet celebrates its Founder Choreographer, Frederick Ashton, with a mixed programme of some of his finest works.
Ceremony of Innocence / The Age of Anxiety / Aeternum
7–17 November
By Kim Brandstrup / NEW Liam Scarlett / Christopher Wheeldon
A Scarlett world premiere and two recent works by Brandstrup and Wheeldon: contemporary ballet at its finest.
Cassandra NEW (Linbury Studio Theatre)
30 October–1 November
By Ludovic Ondiviela
Choreographer Ludovic Ondiviela and singer songwriter Ana Silvera present a poignant exploration of what it is to be called mad.
Mapping / Document / Christopher Bruce (Linbury Studio Theatre)
25 –9 November
By Darshan Singh Bhuller / Ivgi & Greben / NEW Christopher Bruce
Phoenix Dance Theatre presents a mixed programme including a Christopher Bruce premiere and works by Darshan Singh Bhuller and the choreographic duo Ivgi & Grebem.
Don Quixote
25 November–22 January
By Carlos Acosta after Marius Petipa
Carlos Acosta's exuberant production of this classic tale of friendship, love and loyalty is bursting with joie de vivre.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
6 December 2014–16 January 2015; Live cinema relay on 16 December
Welcome Performance for Families 6 December
By Christopher Wheeldon
Follow Alice down the rabbit hole in Christopher Wheeldon's thrillingly entertaining ballet.
The Mad Hatter's Tea Party NEW (Linbury Studio Theatre)
6 December 2014–3 January 2015
ZooNation burst onto the stage with their family Christmas show, a wonderfully wacky take on the madcap characters of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Opera and Music
Anna Nicole
11–24 September
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Dir: Richard Jones
Cond: Antonio Pappano
A tale of sex, celebrity and scandal: Mark-Anthony Turnage's opera explores the dramatic life and death of Anna Nicole Smith.
12 September–6 October; BP Big Screen Live Relay on 17 September
Giuseppe Verdi
Dir: David McVicar
Cond: Maurizio Benini / Paul Griffiths
Corruption and innocence collide in Verdi's remarkable opera. David McVicar's staging emphasizes the depravity at the heart of the court of Mantua.
Il barbiere di Siviglia
19 September–5 October
Gioachino Rossini
Dir: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier
Cond: Mark Elder
Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier's production of Rossini's sparkling comedy is full of wit and energy.
The Trial NEW (Linbury Studio Theatre)
10–18 October
Philip Glass
Lib: Christopher Hampton
Dir: Michael McCarthy
Cond: Michael Rafferty
Philip Glass, one of the world's most popular contemporary composers, creates a new work for Music Theatre Wales based on Kafka's nightmarish novel.
La scala di seta (Linbury Studio Theatre)
23–4 October
Gioachino Rossini
Dir: Greg Eldridge §
Cond: Jonathan Santagada §
The Jette Parker Young Artists present a fully staged performance in the Linbury Studio Theatre, in one of the most popular highlights of Meet the Young Artists Week.
§ Jette Parker Young Artist
I due Foscari NEW
14 October–2 November; Live cinema relay on 27 October
Giuseppe Verdi
Dir: Thaddeus Strassberger
Cond: Antonio Pappano / Renato Balsadonna
A despairing father is torn between love for his family and duty to a corrupt city in Verdi's searing early tragedy.
Idomeneo NEW
3–24 November
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Dir: Martin Kušej
Cond: Marc Minkowski
Love and sacrifice vie in Mozart's sublime early masterpiece, directed by Martin Kušej in his UK debut.
Glare NEW (Linbury Studio Theatre)
Søren Nils Eichberg
Lib: Hannah Dübgen
Dir: Thaddeus Strassberger
Cond: Geoffrey Paterson
Danish-German composer Søren Nils Eichberg presents a taut thriller about trust and reality.
L'elisir d'amore
18 November–13 December; Live cinema relay on 26 November
Gaetano Donizetti
Dir: Laurent Pelly
Cond: Daniele Rustioni
Laurent Pelly's acclaimed production of Donizetti's opera radiates tenderness, humour and southern sunshine.
Orfeo NEW (Roundhouse, Camden)
13–24 January 2015
Claudio Monteverdi
Dir: Michael Boyd / Trans: Don Paterson
Cond: Christian Curnyn
Live opera is as much about enjoying the visual spectacle as listening. But some of the most striking effects in opera can come when composers place a singer offstage, so that we experience their presence through sound alone.
The offstage voice is used to magical effect in Act III of Verdi's Don Carlo. King Philip II has just ordered his son Carlos to be imprisoned, and commanded a grisly auto-da-fé (burning of heretics) to begin. As the crowd alternately acclaim him or lament, a single soaring soprano voice is heard, promising God's forgiveness – a ray of light in a bleak scene (from 3:50 in the extract below).
Verdi wasn't the only composer to use an offstage voice to offer celestial hope, however. Other radiant examples include the heavenly chorus who praise the Virgin Mary at the end of Puccini's Suor Angelica as the dying Angelica is reunited with her son, the choir of angels who pronounce salvation for Marguerite in Act V of Gounod's Faust, and the angels who come to the aid of Faust in the final scene of Boito's Mefistofele.
The effect of an offstage voice can convey a powerful sense of divine majesty. Is there anything more impressive than the bass Voice of Neptune in Mozart's Idomeneo, when the god commands Idomeneo to save his son? Our sense of awe is amplified by the fact he's heard but not seen. Prophets too are often rendered more impressive from being heard offstage. When we first see Jokanaan (John the Baptist) in Strauss's Salome, he is a wretched, dishevelled prisoner. But his powerful dignity is unequivocally stated when, at the opening of the opera, his voice booms from his cell, prophesying the coming of the Messiah.
Offstage voices can be as sinister as they can be consoling and awe-inspiring. The threatening cries of the unseen crowd as Grimes wanders the shore in Act III scene 2 of Peter Grimes instil a sense of menace. Verdi and Janáček both use offstage voices to eerie effect in the storm scene of Rigoletto and extensively throughout Kát'a Kabanová (where in fact the chorus only sing onstage once in the entire opera), the fragmented voices mirroring the heroine's gradual mental disintegration.
Puccini in particular understood the power of the offstage voice to create strong character impressions and he introduces three of his heroines – Mimì (La bohème), Tosca (Tosca) and Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly) – through their voices alone. Before we've seen them, their music and vocal qualities tell us a lot: Mimì is gentle and shy, Tosca impetuous and ardent and Cio-Cio-San is a romantic dreamer. Even before they come on stage we are eager to learn more about them.
Richard Strauss uses offstage voices to particularly magnificent effect in Die Frau ohne Schatten. Throughout Acts I and II of the opera the Voice of the Falcon chillingly cries (to the rhythm of birdcalls): 'The woman bears no shadow, the Emperor must turn to stone'. In Act I the Voices of the Unborn Children make a heartbreaking lament as Barak's Wife determines to enter the Nurse's demonic pact, and later in the Act the voices of the Nightwatchmen who praise conjugal love move us to pity for the lonely Barak.
Offstage voices create sinister effects in the spirit realm of Act III – particularly the seductive soprano voice of the Guardian of the Threshold, who tempts the Empress to steal Barak's Wife's shadow. The Empress courageously resists – and the magical effect of the opera's jubilant ending is enhanced by the Voices of the Unborn Children, who serenely reassure their parents that happy days are ahead. Of the many elements that make Die Frau ohne Schatten a great opera, the power of the offstage voice is undoubtedly a crucial one.
Die Frau ohne Schatten runs from 14 March–2 April 2014. Tickets are still available.
Faust runs from 4–25 April 2014. Tickets are sold out, but returns may become available and there will be 67 day tickets available for each performance.
Tosca runs 10 May–26 June 2014. Tickets are still available.]]>
It comes as no surprise that Giuseppe Verdi is a popular choice on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. Considered by some to be the most influential composer of operas, Verdi wrote classic works, ranging from La traviata to Macbeth, Rigoletto to Don Carlo.
A look through the BBC Radio 4 archive shows that some 334 castaways have chosen music by Verdi to accompany them on their desert island. Those selecting works by the great Italian include Harry Potter actor and West End star Zoë Wanamaker, who chose 'Offertorio' from the Requiem Mass; and Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, who explains that he was introduced to Verdi at as a teenager when his mother, on realizing he did not know 'Sempre libera' from La traviata, feared she was 'raising a barbarian'.
Michelin-starred TV chef Heston Blumenthal chose the 'Grand March' from Aida, while James Bond star Roger Moore chose the prelude to Act 1 of La traviata. Hollywood star Hugh Grant chose the famous 'Va, pensiero' chorus from Nabucco, which was recently performed by a flashmob in Covent Garden as part of Deloitte Ignite's Festival of Voices.
Giuseppe Verdi is currently one of the subjects of Deloitte Ignite 2013, a festival curated by Stephen Fry to mark the joint bicentenary of the births of both Verdi and Richard Wagner. As part of the final weekend, medical scientists will explore the reactions of opera fan Stephen Fry and opera novice Alan Davies to a performance of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra. The event, entitled The Science of Opera will be live-streamed on Twitter.
This Season, one of Verdi's lesser-known works, Les Vêpres siciliennes, will be staged by The Royal Opera in a new production by Stefan Herheim. The production opens on 17 October and will be screened live in cinemas around the world on 4 November. Richard Eyre's production of La traviata will return in April 2014.
The BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Disc archive lists every castaway interviewed since 1942, with a number of programmes available to listen to online. Find out which castaways chose music by Wagner.]]>
Audiences will have another chance to see David McVicar's Royal Opera production of Rigoletto when it is screened in UK cinemas on Monday 22 July.
The production, originally screened in April 2012, featured acclaimed performances by Dimitri Platanias, Vittorio Grigolo and Ekaterina Siurina.
The story
The opera tells the story of Rigoletto, court jester to the libertine Duke of Mantua. Rigoletto is cursed by the father of one of the Duke's victims and when Rigoletto's daughter Gilda comes to the attention of the Duke, it seems that the curse is taking effect. Alongside Le nozze di Figaro and La Fille du régiment, the opera follows a grand operatic tradition of problem parents in opera.
An iconic work
Rigoletto is one of Verdi's masterpieces. Music Director of The Royal Opera Antonio Pappano believes it's 'one of the most important and iconic titles in the operatic canon'. Watch Antonio's introduction to Rigoletto (guidance: contains nudity).
Vittorio Grigolo as Duke of Mantua and Christine Rice as Maddalena in Rigoletto © Johan Persson/ROH 2012
Vittorio Grigolo as Duke Of Mantua, Zhengzhong Zhou as Marullo and Pablo Bemsch as Matteo Borsa with the chorus in Rigoletto © Johan Persson/ROH 2012
Dimitri Platanias as Rigoletto, Zhengzhong Zhou as Marullo and Pablo Bemsch as Matteo Borsa with the chorus in Rigoletto © Johan Persson/ROH 2012
Vittorio Grigolo as Duke Of Mantua, Christine Rice as Maddalena and Dimitri Platanias as Rigoletto, Ekaterina Siurina as Gilda in Rigoletto © Johan Persson/ROH 2012
One of opera's great villains
In the Duke of Mantua, Verdi created one of opera's most famous villains. Womanizing and carefree, the Duke is given one of the art-form's catchiest musical moments - 'La donna è mobile' (so memorable was the tune that prior to the opera's 1851 premiere, Verdi forbade anyone associated with the production to so much as whistle the aria in public). Watch tenor Vittorio Grigolo speaking about the character of the Duke of Mantua
Review the show
Read audience reactions to the 2012 cinema relay, and add your own review.
Subsequent Summer Season cinema screenings include The Royal Opera's Macbeth on 29 July and The Royal Ballet's La fille mal gardée on 5 August.]]>
Although The Royal Opera and Royal Ballet wind down over the summer months, you can still enjoy our productions throughout July and August at your local cinema.
Cinema screenings during the Summer Season include Frederick Ashton's colourful La Fille mal gardée, danced by Steven McRae and Roberta Marquez. It's great fun, and is hugely popular with families. Read audience reactions to the live cinema screening of La Fille mal gardée.
Another forthcoming dance treat is The Royal Ballet Dances Frederick Ashton, a diverse programme that includes La Valse, Monotones I and II, Méditation from Thaïs, Voices of Spring and Marguerite and Armand, one of Ashton's most passionate creations.
It is the first time that Marguerite and Armand, danced on this occasion by Former Royal Ballet Principals Tamara Rojo and Sergei Polunin, has been seen on the big screen.
Tamara Rojo as Marguerite, Sergei Polunin as Armand and Gary Avis as the Duke in Marguerite and Armand © Tristram Kenton/ROH 2011
Philip Mosley as Widow Simone and Francesca Filpi, Samantha Raine, Vanessa Fenton and Kristen McNally as Clog dancers in La Fille Mal Gardee © Tristram Kenton/ROH 2010
Tamara Rojo as Marguerite and Sergei Polunin as Armand in Marguerite and Armand © ROH/Tristram Kenton, 2013
Roberta Marquez as Lise, Steven McRae as Colas and Ludovic Ondiviella as Alain in La Fille Mal Gardee © Tristram Kenton/ROH 2010
Tristan Dyer leading Peregrine, the pony, David Drew as Thomas, Alina Cojocaru as Lise and William Tuckett as Widow Simone in La Fille Mal Gardee © Tristram Kenton/ROH 2010
The Royal Opera productions to be broadcast are both works by Verdi: David McVicar's dark and brooding production of Rigoletto, featuring acclaimed performances by Dimitri Platanias, Vittorio Grigolo and Ekaterina Siurina; and Phyllida Lloyd's production of Macbeth, starring Simon Keenlyside in the title role and Liudmyla Monastryrska as Lady Macbeth. Read audience reactions to the live cinema screening of Rigoletto.
Vittorio Grigolo as Duke Of Mantua, Zhengzhong Zhou as Marullo and Pablo Bemsch as Matteo Borsa with the chorus in Rigoletto © Johan Persson/ROH 2012
Simon Keenlyside as Macbeth and Liudmyla Monastyrska as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth © ROH / Clive Barda 2011
Simon Keenlyside as Macbeth and Liudmyla Monastyrska as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth © ROH / Clive Barda 2011
Dimitri Platanias as Rigoletto, Zhengzhong Zhou as Marullo and Pablo Bemsch as Matteo Borsa with the chorus in Rigoletto © Johan Persson/ROH 2012
For more information, and to find your nearest cinema, visit our cinema website.
Parents in opera rarely have an easy time of it. Some end up the victims of elaborate jokes – like Don Buonafede in Haydn's Il mondo della luna, who is persuaded that he has travelled to the moon. He is then tricked into giving permission for both of his daughters to marry. Some parents are disowned by their children – like Fidès in Meyerbeer's Le prophète, whose son Jean refuses to acknowledge her once he has become the leader of the Anabaptists. Others try to act for the good of their children and end up bitterly regretting what they have done: Giorgio Germont in La traviata, or the vengeful Rigoletto. And then there are the problem parents, who cause their children difficulty and heartache.
Misplaced baby
Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro is a spectacularly careless mother. She has an affair with Dr Bartolo, gives birth to his child, and manages to leave the baby near a Spanish castle, from where he is seized by bandits. Years later, the still single Marcellina determines to marry Count Almaviva's handsome barber, Figaro. She stops at nothing (including blackmail) to get her way and finally forces Figaro to agree to marry her in front of a lawyer. Fortunately, Figaro decides to tell the story of his mysterious origins and in one of Mozart's most famous ensembles Marcellina realizes that he must be Raffaello, the son she lost (Sextet: 'Riconosci in questo amplesso'). The reunion persuades Doctor Bartolo to do the decent thing, marry Marcellina and settle a generous amount of money on his former enemy Figaro. Both careless parent and child end up doing rather well.
Abandoned infant
The Marquise de Berkenfeld in La Fille du régiment doesn't lose her illegitimate daughter Marie – she abandons her soon after the birth to avoid a scandal. Many years later, the Marquise meets Sergeant Sulpice, who found Marie and brought her up as the 'daughter of the Regiment'. Although she is shocked by Marie's wild manners, the Marquise longs to get her daughter back. Still afraid of scandal, she pretends that she is Marie's aunt, takes the girl away from the Regiment and her soldier boyfriend Tonio and installs Marie in her château, where she tries in vain to teach her to be 'a lady'. She even comes close to forcing Marie into an aristocratic marriage. Fortunately, Sulpice organizes for Tonio and the Regiment to come to Marie's rescue, and persuades the Marquise to confess her true identity and let Marie marry Tonio.
Sexual offences
Guy de Montfort in Verdi's Les Vêpres sicilliennes is even more flawed, and doesn't escape the consequences of his actions as easily as our previous two examples. As a young man, Montfort raped a Sicilian woman who later bore his child. Years on, lonely and troubled by his past actions, Montfort realizes that the young Sicilian patriot Henri is his son. By now, Montfort regrets bitterly what he did to Henri's mother, and longs to befriend his child. But Henri has been brought up to hate all Frenchmen, particularly his mother's abuser. In Act III of the opera, Montfort reveals his identity to Henri in one of Verdi's great duets ('Quand ma bonté toujours nouvelle'). Henri is horrified, and rejects his father. However, he cares about him enough to stop his assassination in the following scene, and subsequently finds himself horribly torn between his duty to the Sicilians (and his lover Hélène) and his feelings for his father. Montfort finally wins Henri round by pardoning the Sicilian conspirators, and agreeing to Henri and Hélène's marriage. Unfortunately, the Sicilian patriot Jean Procida and his men stage a spectacular attack on the French at Henri and Hélène's wedding, and Montfort and his men are killed.
Le nozze di Figaro runs from 16 September – 7 October 2013 and 2 – 15 May 2013. General booking for all performances opens on 9 July 2013.
Les Vêpres sicilliennes runs from 18 October – 11 November 2013. General booking opens on 9 July 2013.
La Fille du régiment runs from 3 – 18 March 2013. General booking opens on 22 October 2013.]]>
Hundred of you responded to our Royal Opera season review competition, which closed yesterday. Congratulations to Benjamin, who won a pair of tickets to next season's La bohème and thanks to everyone who took part.
Understandably, many of you struggled to pick just one production. However, a few productions stood out as highlights of the repertory.
It came as no surprise that Puccini's romance La bohème was a favourite. Set in the bohemian Paris of the 19th century, John Copley's much-loved production has been enjoyed by Royal Opera House audiences for over 35 years. This year, it was screened live for free across the UK as part of BP Big Screens. Read people's reactions to the live screening. This season's production was marked by a memorable performance from opera's golden couple Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu. The duo, who first met at Covent Garden in 1992, performed together in the leading roles to celebrate their 20th anniversary of meeting. Blog commenter Aditi Kar wrote, "Gheorghiu and Alagna were extraordinary, the sets were beautiful and the performance, overall, was spectacular!"
Puccini's Il Trittico, a trio of one-act operas - Il tabarro, Suor Angelica and, Gianni Schicchi - was another popular choice. Richard Jones's acclaimed production was shortlisted for both the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards and the Olivier Awards. Blog reader Laura Simpson described it as, "a transfixing production amalgamating both [the] technical brilliance of performers and a unique art direction". Watch an introduction with Music Director Antonio Pappano to find our more about the triptych. The trio was broadcast in weekly installments on BBC Four. For those of you who missed out, there is now a DVD of the production, available to buy from Opus Arte.
Ekaterina Siurina as Lauretta and Lucio Gallo as Gianni Schicchi in Gianni Schicchi © ROH / Bill Cooper 2011
Rebecca Evans as Nella, Alan Oke as Gherardo, Francesco Demuro as Rinuccio, Robert Poulton as Marco, Elena Zilio as Zita, Gwynne Howell as Simone, Marie McLaughlin as La Ciesca and Jeremy White as Betto Di Signa in Gianni Schicchi © ROH / Bill Cooper 2011
Francesco Demuro as Rinuccio, Alan Oke as Gherardo, Robert Poulton as Marco, Gwynne Howell as Simone, Lucio Gallo as Gianni Schicchi in Gianni Schicchi © ROH / Bill Cooper 2011
Rebecca Evans as Nella, Lucio Gallo as Gianni Schicchi and Marie McLaughlin as La Ciesca in Gianni Schicci © ROH / Bill Cooper 2011
Ermonela Jaho as Sister Angelica, Gillian Webster as Alms Sister, Elizabeth Woollett as Nursing Sister, Elizabeth Sikora as Mistress of the novices in Suor Angelica © ROH / Bill Cooper 2011
Otello had a hard act to follow coming hot on the heels of the epic Les Troyens. However, many of you raved about the remarkable performances by Aleksandrs Atonenko and Anja Harteros as Otello and Desdemona, as well as Antonio Pappano's electric conducting. Elijah Moshinky's engrossing production, described on our blog as, "breathtaking, beautiful, alarming, stunning, perfect," was a fitting close to the season. Read the reactions from the opening night.
Other favourites include David McVicar's dark production of Strauss's Salome. Electrifying and dramatic, the opera is noted for its final scene, in which the titular character passionately caresses and kisses a severed head. We followed the Royal Opera House props department to find out just how they made it so grisly and realistic. Tweeter Chichi Parish summed it up her feelings after watching it: "[A] sublime seven veil severed head snogging psycho drama. Gasp factor 100." Read more reactions to McVicar's staging.
The epic Les Troyens came top for many. Another David McVicar production, it was an Olympian feat in every sense of the word, featuring an acclaimed performance from Bryan Hymel. Blog reader Tina Starmore noted, "it was in keeping with the magnitude of effort made for all Olympic related productions and did ROH proud." We followed the creation of the set, which featured both the cities of Carthage and Troy as well as an enormous fire-breathing horse, from the initial designs to its construction on stage. For those of you who missed out, the opera will be shown in cinemas in November.
La traviata was also selected by many. Richard Eyre's production of Verdi's romance was described on our blog by Brooks as, "an artistic triumph on every level… Love, tragedy and passion at its best." McVicar's production of Verdi's Rigoletto, which was screened worldwide in a live cinema relay, and Don Giovanni, starring Erwin Schrott as the seductive lothario, were also high on the list of favourites.
Barbara Senator as Ascanius, Ashley Holland as Panthus, Bryan Hymel as Aeneas and Fabio Capitanucci as Coroebus in Les Troyens © Bill Cooper/ROH 2012
Vittorio Grigolo as Alfredo Germont and Bernarda Bobro as Violetta Valéry in La Traviata © Catherine Ashmore/ROH 2012
Vittorio Grigolo as Duke Of Mantua, Zhengzhong Zhou as Marullo and Pablo Bemsch as Matteo Borsa with the chorus in Rigoletto © Johan Persson/ROH 2012
Some of you went against critical opinion to name productions that met with less than universal acclaim when they were staged. Edward Morris commented on the blog that Judith Weir's new opera Miss Fortune, "mixed tradition and a hip hop culture, kebab and the orient... and brilliant performances."
Rusalka, whose staging earned one star, five stars and everything in between, was a highlight for blog commenter Jonathan Meldrum who praised Bryan Hymel as, "the most sonorous baritone one-flippered chav water-goblin I've ever heard." [Updated 17:15 - Hariclea Darclee noted on Facebook that "the indeed splendid water-goblin was the bass-baritone Alan Held :-D Bryan was the prince and equally wonderful i thought :-)". Thanks for the correction.]
As you can tell, choosing a definitive favourite proved impossible for many. Susheel Kokarakonda managed to sum up his views on the season in a succinct poem:
La Trav stunned with a sumptuous display,
Jaho's Violetta, the clear star of the day.
A brave effort, Cosi to modernise,
Braver still, for Alfonso's understudy to deputise!
Les Troyens' jewel, betrayed Dido,
Another triumph for McVicar and Pappano.
Fine performances all, none far astray,
My favourite opera, it's hard to say!
Thanks to everyone who got involved in our Royal Opera review competition. Unfortunately, we've not been able to reflect all of your comments. They do however, make for some interesting reading. You can read all the comments on the original article and via the Twitter hashtag.
Next season, in which Director of Opera Kasper Holten and Associate Director John Fulljames both make their directorial debuts, promises to be even busier. It opens with a full staging of Der Ring des Nibelungen, and includes a new production of Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable and a new work by George Benjamin. Read more about the forthcoming 2012/13 season highlights.]]>
Featuring a number of famous tunes and a dark and brooding staging, Rigoletto showcases the composorial mastery of Giuseppe Verdi and directorial skill of David McVicar. David will also direct a revival of Salome and new production of Les Troyens in 2012, as well as a revival of Die Zauberflöte in 2013.
Rigoletto will be broadcast live into cinemas internationally on 17 April. Details of all participating venues are available here.
More information about the opera including a synopsis, composer biography, deeper insight into famous arias and contextual details are available on our Discover section.
Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Rigoletto, Patrizia Ciofi as Gilda, Daniela Innamorati as Maddalena and Wookyung Kim as Duke of Mantua © Johan Persson/ROH 2011
Last week Plácido Domingo took to the stage of the Royal Opera House for two celebratory concerts.
Plácido performed extracts from Rigoletto (Act III), Simon Boccanegra (Act III) and Otello (Act III) - singing roles he has received both critical and commercial acclaim for.
The singer has been a regular since his debut with the company in 1971 as Cavaradossi in Tosca and was joined for the celebration concerts by leading artists, long time colleagues and rising stars including four debutants.
A selection of photography from the concerts:
Francesco Meli as The Duke and Justina Gringyte as Maddalena in the Plácido Domingo Celebration © Catherine Ashmore/ROH 2012
Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Rigoletto, Patrizia Ciofi as Gilda, Daniela Innamorati as Maddalena and Wookyung Kim as Duke of Mantua © Johan Persson/ROH 2011
The title role is shared between Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Italian baritone Paolo Gavanelli (16, 21 Oct and 4, 6 Nov) who created the role in the original 2001 production. Tanya McCallin's extraordinary costume designs dress Rigoletto in a fitted black leather jester's suit with animal-like horns on his hat. Dmitri Hvorostovsky (picture here) had previously donned this weird insect-like garb for the role of Rigoletto in the 2005 production. More recently he has performed at Covent Garden in the, far more handsome, guise of Giorgio Germont in La traviata.
Korean Tenor Wookyung Kim (pictured here) is the silver-tongued Duke of Mantua, the role with which he made his debut with The Royal Opera in 2007. Sharing the role of Gilda, Rigoletto's poor doomed daughter, is Italian soprano Patrizia Ciofi (pictured here) (11, 14, 19. 23, 27, 30 mat, 2 November) and Russian soprano Ekaterina Sadovnikova (16, 21 October, 4, 6, November). Patrizia Ciofi made her debut for The Royal Opera as Gilda in 2002 and reprised the role in 2007. Ekaterina Sadovnikova makes her Covent Garden debut in the role.
Follow the links for more information on when to see performances of Rigoletto and head to our Discover page to read the act-by-act synopsis.
Rigoletto is presented with generous philanthropic support from Peter and Elisabetta Mallinson.
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In the beginning, there was only water and darkness. The ancient Egyptians understood the original water as a woman, Nun (or Naunet), and also called it Mut, for "mother." Ta-da!
Mut gets a huge temple of her own inside the giant, mile-long Karnak Temple complex. This is the first time we know Mut gets to wear the double crown. It's appropriate, since Hatshepsut is a female king (a woman who gets to wear the double crown herself).
Amunhotep III dedicates hundreds of life-sized stone statues of Sekhmet-Mut to the Mut temple at Karnak. They line the processional ways from the temple in all directions to scare off a plague that is killing many people in Egypt. Even today, many of these statues are still in place or featured in museum collections all over the world.
Under Akhenaten, Karnak and Luxor temples were closed, as he didn't like the priests of Amun-Ra. Mut's temples were also closed and her images were defaced. Boo.
One of the first things King Tut did, after Akhenaten died and he became king, was reopen the temples and start the worship of Egypt's many gods again. Mut's temples were restored alongside Amun-Ra's. One of the most beautiful statues in Karnak is an image of Tut and his wife Ankhesenamun sitting next to each other, dressed up as Amun-Ra and Mut. After King Tut died, his successor scratched out Tut's name and carved his own name and his wife's name on the statue (how rude). At least his wife's name, Mutnodjmet (meaning "Mut is sweet") was respectful.
Mut's temples continued to grow, probably because Ramses II and his first (and most beloved) wife Nefertari loved her so much. The feeling was mutual. How do we know? Nefertari's middle name was Merytmut, "the one Mut loves," and Ramses dedicated life-sized statues of his wife as Mut to Karnak, just like King Tut had done for his wife Ankhesenamun.
Mut, Isis, and Hathor are all different goddesses, with different backgrounds, husbands, and functions. Under the Ptolemaic pharaohs, though, they were put together to make a new super-goddess with the attributes of all three. At first, they kept all their names (as Isis-Mut-Hathor, or Hathor-Mut-Isis), but eventually, the three-form mother goddess that traveled to Rome and all the Roman Empire was just called Isis.
Rome's second emperor, Tiberius Caesar, rebuilt Mut's temple at Karnak after it was destroyed in a Nile flood. Eventually the Romans needed stone for other buildings, and so they started taking the place apart. We know these stones came from Mut's temple because they didn't bother to remove any of their original art or carvings.

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A Community prayer vigil will be held at Community Clubhouse in Crisp County on Sunday, September 14,2014 at 7pm.
July 22, 2003
Dawson-- There are thre areas of downtown Dawson that need new sidewalks. And the council's decision isn't sitting well with some merchants. One store owner says the Mayor's comments before the vote mislead council members.
Richard Lively is having trouble getting up a ramp on Lee Street in Downtown Dawson. "Its high, I can go down it allright and can't go up," he says.
The True Value store owner, Van Phillips, says this is a typical site. "It's three inches. It's not possible for a wheelchair to get up this ramp." The drain has a ten inch opening. "We have a 24 inch drop from here to this drain. Very dangerous, very dangerous."
True Value customers are not only greeted by a high sidewalk, a few steps away you have to battle with the loose and broken cement. "I feel the sidewalk we are standing on right now takes precedence over any other sidewalk they are going to do because of he liability that's involved," Phillips said. The sidewalk doesn't meet code.
Phillips wanted to be a part of the Main street Project, but council members voted him out. "I feel that, Mr. Phillips, even if he said he didn't want it and there was enough money to do the whole project they would have done it anyway," says Councilman John Harris.
On a tape recording, Mayor Robert Albritten says: "I know he didn't want it done, he didn't want us to touch his property."
"I feel if the council had been informed Mr. Phillips did want the sidewalk fixed then we could have made preperations or something different than we did putting all the money toward another section," Harris said.
They voted to spend the money on another sidewalk. "We'll have the north end of Main Street beautiful and now they'll do the south end," said NAACP President Ezekiel M. Holly.
The NAACP office is one of the seven businesses on the street. "It would benefit more businesses," Holly said.
Phillips was not at Thursday's meeting because of an emergency. Work on South Main Street started Monday morning.
Meanwhile, Phillips has a petition with hundreds of signatures to show council members on Wednesday. The council will discuss Van Phillips sidewalk concerns during a special Meeting on Wednesday.
On another important subject, the council will also hear the results to the Dawson Police Department investigation. The meeting starts at 6:30.
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ARREST: Report on May 17 at 11:34 p.m. of a traffic arrest on County Road 4 and County Road 11. The vehicle was stopped for no center brake light, and the driver was then arrested for an outstanding gross misdemeanor warrant. The passenger was arrested for underage consumption.
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ARRESTS: Report on May 17 at 11:52 p.m. of a traffic arrest on County Road 66. Driver was arrested for DWI.
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The simplicity of this soup allows the delicate, subtle flavor and luscious, velvety texture of the avocado to shine through.
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"Agamemnon and part of his family: little Orestes is seen close to his sister Iphigenia, who pleads for her life, while Clytaemnestra stands beside her husband. sch001: Agamemnon, Orestes, Iphigenia and Clytaemnestra. Engraving from G. Schwab's Die schönsten Sagen … 1912."
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Un B & B avec Upscale Porches incroyable w / vues sur l'océan et la brise. Nous sommes situé à l'extrémité sud de Tybee. À distance de marche Pier, Restaurants & Shopping. Les suites sont entièrement restauré w / salles de bains privées et des draps en peluche. Animaux acceptés!
King size bed, full sleeper sofa, ocean views, large suite with a sitting area, small kitchen and a flat screen TV. This room is pet friendly & wheelchair accessible. The bed feature some of the best mattresses and egyptian cotton precale linens. The room is equiped with free wireless internet. The porch leading to this suite has oceanviews and rocking chairs. What an amazing suite!!
Mary's Suite is a serene oversized two room suite with private outdoor entrance and an amazing covered porch located on the ground floor.. With glass doors separating the living room from the bedroom and an optional connecting door to Waterscape, makes perfect accommodations for a small family, wedding party or just friends traveling together. The morning kitchen includes a microwave, coffee station, and small refrigerator. The quality mattress and linens ensure a perfect nights sleep.
Private's Quarter's is what it says…very private. It is located on the side/back of property and looks over gardens. It is away from the other rooms so is very quiet. The room features a queen bed with the best mattress and linens we could find. A flat screen TV, a private bath with all new plumbing including new fixtures and very quality towels! Our bathrooms also have a makeup mirror & hair dryer for those who like to dress up at the beach. There is also a morning kitchen equipped with a refrigerator, microwave, dishes, coffee pot and sink, as well as, a little sitting area to enjoy a cup of coffee. Just outside Private's Quarters there is a patio to soak in the sun. Beachview prides itself on our cleanliness and we know you will be very happy on barefoot clean floors. Replacing what was previously a sleeping porch, this quaint suite was added on to the original building in 1932 by Ophelia Wallace, then owner of the
Our Garden suite just kind of named itself. It is located in the back of the house so it is quite private. It has a small covered porch to relax and is a two room suite. One room has a queen bed and the other room has a full bed. Both beds have wonderful mattresses and Egyptian cotton linens and down pillows. Garden suite has a large private bath with new plumbing including all fixtures, very thick and lush towels and hair dryer. The morning kitchen has a refrigerator, microwave, sink, coffee maker and dishes. This is a perfect suite for girlfriends traveling together, mom and daughter travelers or families. Beachview prides itself on our cleanliness and we know you will be very happy on barefoot clean floors. The Garden Suite is a lovely serene 2 room suite. This space added to the house in 1930 to house a larger kitchen, sports the original wood flooring, a hint of brick where the cooking stove was located and exposed siding from the old exterior wall. The wall behind the morning kit
This is one of my favorite rooms! Peaceful and Calming is the best words I can use to describe this room. A Queen Bed that features therapeutic mattresses, Egyptian cotton percale sheets and 100% down filled pillows and alternate pillows. High original ceilings made of heart pine. The private Bath features all new Eco friendly plumbing and fixtures. This is the room I feel was Ophelia's, the first owner in 1910. It is on the back end of the house on the Second floor so you do not get any street noise. It is across from the kitchen and just outside the Breakfast Hall but since we only serve breakfast that really is not an inconvenience. In fact, I like to tip toe across the barefoot clean floors to the Keurig Coffee Pot station for a fresh cup of brewed coffee and a homemade cookie. It is located on the back northwest corner of the building. This suite has four windows for extra light but you will be able to sleep late since the rising sun does not shine thru as in the front of the hous
Looking for romance? This is the suite for you! This suite is on the second floor at the Beautiful Beachview B & B. Just outside this suite is a large Veranda that is over 100 years old and looks out over the Atlantic Ocean. Presidential is a large suite with 12 foot ceilings made of heart pine tongue and grove original bead board. The suite features a King Rice Bed with top of the line mattresses and Egyptian percale cotton linens. Also features a large antique couch and a lounge chair. The bathroom is stunning with a claw tub for the ultimate
There is an ocean view out the antique windows in this peaceful suite or step outside to the broad covered veranda facing the Atlantic and enjoy therapeutic ocean breezes. The second floor is the floor with the 12 foot original heartpine ceilings, original heartpine floors and with the amazing covered porch that looks over the ocean and is bathed in ocean breezes. Furnishings include a queen bed complete with therapeutic mattresses and percale Egyptian cotton linens, side table, dresser and lounge chair. Amenities include cable TV, Internet & your own private bathroom. Historically, this room is part of the original structure built in the late 1910's windows have been preserved and refurbished so they still can be opened to let in the ocean breeze. But please be careful because they are over 100 years old. The private bath has all new environmentally friendly plumbing and fixtures. So, be assured your shower will still be amazing with the massaging shower head while using less wate
750 square foot suite. Beautiful Ocean Views. Will not be ready until Spring 2012
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4,6 sur août 27, 2013
Very relaxing. Innkeeper very hospitable, food fantastic, very comfortable and clean.
5 sur juillet 21, 2013
What a fantastic hidden jewel we discovered on Tybee Island when we checked into the Beachview Bed and Breakfast. Greeted by possibly the warmest welcome team, we immediately felt at ease and comfort after a very long trip as Frank and Karen allowed us early check-in into a presidential suite of romance. The Beachview offered not only a very clean and beautiful vacation rental, but it offered a home away from home, as well. Each morning started with a delicious assortment of breakfast delights, while throughout the day, small extra consolations, such as beach towels and chairs and sweet snacks, were provided so that we could just enjoy our day. Down to the smallest detail, Karen had planned how to make the most of our stay, offering her best recommendations and accommodations. She truly loves Tybee and the Beachview, and that passion is exuded in the Beachview's essence. I have yet to even mention the flawless wedding ceremony she arranged for us. When talking with Karen, we planned for a very simple and intimate elopement ceremony, and what she created was just that with a twist of enchantment. Just as with her bed and breakfast, she planned down to the least detail, capturing the "small" things and the fabulous memories they make. Karen arranged and scheduled everything; we only had to show up dressed and ready to say, "I do." No stress, no planning, no fretting; she worked behind the scenes so that we could experience a magical Tybee wedding. From the gorgeous flowers to the charming sunset beach ceremony to the fun photographer pair, Karen planned everything perfectly, better than we ever could have planned ourselves. Karen and Frank embody the heart of "Southern Hospitality." ~Beth P., Oxford, MS
5 sur juillet 03, 2013
We enjoyed out stay at Beachview. Everything was beautiful, comfortable and delicious!. Karen and Frank were so welcoming and had every thing we needed to enjoy our stay. We didn't move our car the almost the entire stay.It was our first visit to Tybee Island but definitely not our last! Thank you for your part in a wonderful anniversary weekend! The Huff's Greenville, SC
5 sur mai 29, 2013
3 of my girlfriends and I stayed at the Beachview B&B the end of April, 2013. We loved this place and the owners were very accommodating and friendly. The landscaping was very nice. Everything very clean. The breakfasts are gourmet-tasting and presentation lovely. We sat at the tables on the second-floor porch, which felt like a plantation of old with the balmy breeze making the outside curtains gently flow. We didnt get to partake in the afternoon refreshments/appetizers, but the other guests told us they were wonderful. The beach was only a couple blocks away. Savannah was only a 15-minute drive away. Staying at this place on Tybee Island was a perfect mix for relaxing and laid back feeling with the history and culture of Savannah just minutes away. Be sure to ask to see the photo-history book of how the owners renovated this place. We stayed in Marys Suite - it was roomy enough for the 4 of us, charmingly decorated and we had our own sort-of private patio.
4,6 sur janvier 19, 2013
I had visited Beach View B&B during a house tour in the spring of 20122 and knew it would be a lovely place for a "birthday getaway" close to where we live. But... who knew Beach View would become the perfect choice for its warm hospitality, top-notch accommodations and exceptional breakfasts? It has been and will be highly recommended to friends and family.
1,6 sur septembre 24, 2012
We unfortunately did not have a good experience in this Inn. My wife and I picked this Inn because of what it looked like on line and the reviews. We are experienced travelers and stay at B&B's quite often. We stayed in Waterscape. Entering the room, you could tell that it was decorated well as its been recently rebuilt. However, the mold smell in the room was so strong that we looked at each other and said, oh crap. Mold is one of those things you can't be breathing in. We were eating around 9:45 pm and something caught both of our eyes. A huge cockroach came out of the A/C vent and was cruising around. I chased it with paper towels like a lunatic and finally squished it. We were rather bummed to be honest. We both didn't sleep as one could imagine. At 4:am, my wife got up to go to the bathroom and turned a light on. Above the sink in the kitchen, yup, another cockroach. I chased it in my skivies and got that one too. That was it.My wife went up to the office and they were serving breakfast. She politely asked the manager/owner to speak to her in private as our problem shouldn't have been everyone else's problem. Just seemed like the polite thing to do. Well, the owner/Inn Keeper was very rude and said that "those are just bugs from the beach, you must have kept your door open at some point". I'm sorry, but I used to live in Florida and I know what a cockroach looks like and it is NOT a "beach bug". We were the "first people" to ever complain and she basically didn't believe us. My wife offered to have me bring up the two smushed cockroaches as we still had them in the trash can. She was basically abrupt and rude. "I hope you're not expecting your deposit back". Nope, didn't want any money back at all, just wanted to get out of there. Cockroaches of any kind is a sign of a deeper problem than what is on the surface and is completely unexceptable.
5 sur août 18, 2012
We had our wedding at the Beachview in June 2012 and loved it. Karen and Frank did a great job of helping to organize the weekend including the reception, and made us and all our guests feel welcome. The catering was great, including the appetizers. The floral arrangements were beautiful and really complemented our beach ceremony. Karen certainly went out of her way to make our time there memorable. It was a real treat to have our wedding at such a gorgeous location and to have Karen to help keep things running smoothly.
5 sur juillet 31, 2012
My husband and I were very pleased with our room, the delicious breakfasts, and the casual, but point on hospitality! The innkeepers are delightful!
5 sur juin 28, 2012
We're just leaving after a week long stay at The Beachview Bed and Breakfast. We could not have wished for a better place to stay. Karen, Frank and Olivia the Great Dane are wonderful hosts and exceeded all our expectations. Karen was great to make recommendations on activities, restaurants and everything else Tybee has to offer. The bed and breakfast is also dog friendly so we were able to bring our best friend along for vacation. The house and rooms are absolutely beautiful, clean and no detail has been missed. Hot breakfasts and happy hour were delicious and we looked forward to it every day. You also can't beat the location...just one block away from the beach! We can't wait to go back!
4,6 sur juin 26, 2012
Spent the weekend of June 22-24 on Tybee at Beach View. The room was spacious and beautifully decorated. An extremely comfortable bed and superior (pressed) sheets. Breakfast each morning was delicious, all homemade and generous. Evening wine and beer on the veranda with the owner, Karen... overall a very pleasant atmosphere and our most enjoyable stay on Tybee.
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Indeed, they will be.
Vindication was a sort of "passive" dps, like the opposite of a disc priest bubble, lowering the amount of damage needed to take down the target. I never bothered to do the math, but it's probably worth at least one 3.6 second autoswing from a ret pally.
Without the stamina debuff, it's basically been nerfed to an anti-melee debuff only and probably isn't worth the talent points.
I really don't understand how they say Ret Pallies are prominent in lower PvP brackets. Do you know how hard it is as a ret pally to take out a healer? Sure we have great burst, but once you've gone through your first rotation, you get to sit tight and watch the healer you just bursted down to 30% heal themselves back to full health while crying softly to yourself.
By making this no longer affect Stam it's going to be ever harder to take people out.
And on a side note, how many High-End teams have a Ret Pally on them?
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@ Nick S
Really? I don't even have a pally and I know "vindication" was awesome. Usually procs in the first swing in pvp and is also good for killing mobs (be it dailies or eternal farming or the like). If you only play a ret pally for raiding pve then I guess you could say it was stupid... but then again, you shouldn't have it anyway.


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Howard looks to be in the clear for NL MVP if it comes down to post-game interviews
October 13 2006
All of the events that influence the vote for NL MVP have happened already, but all good
Phillies fans should still be looking for ways to give Ryan Howard the
needed edge in a tight race. I'm here to do my part: post-game
You have to think at this point it's Pujols or Howard. Voters would need to give Beltran significant credit for his outstanding defensive contributions for him to have a legitimate shot, and defense often doesn't get its due in votes for the award. The numbers between Pujols and Howard are extremely close, but many would argue you would have to give the edge to Pujols, who hit for a higher average (.331 to Howard's .313), got on-base more (.431 to .425) and had a better slugging percentage (.671 to .659). Howard hit more home runs (58 to 49) and tallied more RBI (149 to 137), but Pujols is clearly the better defender.
Fortunately for us, Howard is perfect in every way. Pujols, on the other hand, just most.
Pujols was 0-for-3 with a walk last night and was doubled off of first on a fourth-inning fly ball to center. According to an article you can read here, his wasn't really in good spirits or a credit-giving mood after the performance. His assessment of Tom Glavine, who held the Cardinals to four hits in seven innings? "He wasn't good."
Hmm. He looked good to me. If he wasn't, the Cards, who have scored nine runs in their last four games, better hope the Mets don't have anyone good waiting in the wings. Maybe it was a one-time thing?
Not so much.
Before last night, the last time the Cardinals had lost was Saturday against the Padres. And what did Pujols have to say about Chris Young after Young struck out nine Cardinals in 6 2/3 scoreless innings to lead the Padres to a 3-1 win? According to this article: "I don't think he's difficult to hit." Pujols was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts and grounded into a double-play that game. He left four men on base.
Alas, while it would be nice if Pujols were a jerk he proves to have some nice things to say after all. Even about Young, who Pujols seemed to be a lot more impressed with before he shut Albert and his mates down. "That guy is amazing," Pujols said in an article you can read here. "He's tough. Now I can see why people around the league have problems beating this guy. He's real tough. He mixes his pitches really good. He doesn't throw a hard fastball, but it looks like 95 mph when he has his good stuff like his changeup and curveball."
It kind of sounds like the tale of two really different guys. One of them, apparently, really doesn't like to lose.
In the Arizona Fall League, the Big Cacti continue to struggle with their pitching, which is less than ideal considering how many of their pitchers are Phillies minor-leaguers. They fell last night to the Javelinas, 17-15, to drop to 1-2 on the season. Joseph Bisenius struggled, allowing eight runs in 1/3 of an inning. Only six of the runs were earned, but that's not really the kind of thing that's going to make many people feel much more chipper. The righty Bisenius will be 24 in September. He had an awful 2005 at Clearwater, throwing to 5.88 ERA in 40 games, but was much better this season. He spent most of '06 at Clearwater, where he went 4-1 with a 1.93 ERA in 35 games, all in relief. He allowed 48 hits and 22 walks in 60 2/3 innings while striking out 62. He also appeared in 16 games at Double-A Reading, throwing to a 3.09 ERA. At Reading he allowed just 14 hits and 8 walks in 23 1/3 innings, and struck out an impressive 33.
Jason Jaramillo was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBI. He's 3-for-7 with a walk and two doubles in the early going.
In playoff action last night, the Mets took game one of the NLCS with a 2-0 win over the Cardinals. New York got a brilliant outing from Tom Glavine, who threw seven shutout innings, allowing just four hits and two walks. In his two playoff starts this season, Glavine is now 2-0 and has thrown 13 scoreless innings. Jeff Weaver was also very good, allowing two runs on a two-run blast from Carlos Beltran in the sixth that accounted for all of the game's scoring.
Jose Valentin was 0-for-3 in the game and is now 0-for-12 with five strikeouts and two walks in the post-season. Cliff Floyd appeared to aggravate his calf injury and was replaced in left field by former Philly Endy Chavez. Carlos Delgado was 2-for-3 with two doubles and a walk after going 6-for-14 against the Dodgers in the NLDS.
Game two will be tonight and features Chris Carpenter, moved up a game due to Wednesday's rain out, against John Maine.
Game three of the ALCS will be played this afternoon. The game was originally scheduled to be played this evening, but the time was changed due to the weather, which is expected to be bleak. Speaking of bleak, the A's seem to be in a bind as the series heads to Detroit with the Tigers in control with a 2-0 lead. Rich Harden faces Kenny Rogers.


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Prague Restaurants
Potrefená Husa
Potrefená Husa Review
Potrefená Husa (aka the "Wounded Goose") is a local chain of casual restaurants and sports bars that is owned by the Prague-based Staropramen brewery, and it's quite good at what it does: serve up bar staples and beer at a good value. This branch in Nové Město is one of several scattered throughout the city. The menus vary slightly from branch to branch, but all carry a similar mix of standards like chicken wings, grilled meats, soups, pastas, and salads. The decent quality to price ratio means they're always packed, especially on nights when there's an important hockey or soccer match. You'll usually find a full selection of Staropramen beers on tap, too.
- Address: Resslova 1, Nové Město, Prague, Bohemia, 120 00 | Map It
- Phone: /224–918–691
- Website: www.potrefenahusa.cz
- Subway: Line B: Karlovo Náměstí
- Location: Nové Město (New Town)
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- Credit cards accepted.
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MacRumors has managed to obtain a display that is going to be found on the iPad 3. The display looks roughtly the same to the naked eye, but when inspected under magnification, you'll see that the pixel density is different. For every four pixels on the iPad 2, there will be sixteen pixels on the iPad 3. This means that when we today have a resolution of 1024×768, we'll get 2048×1536 on the iPad 3.
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