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The Book List of 2024

The goal to read at least 12 book in 2024, has been accomplished! Here is my list: What is Freemansory  by Andreas D. Stavrianou (Greek) I am the Warrior of the Book  by Soti Kythreoti The Murder at the Vicarage   by  Agatha Christie From the Earth to the Moon  by  Jules Verne The Secrets of a Royal Portrait  by Eleni Poyiadji Richter The Return  by Spyros Panayiotou (Greek) The Adventures of Huckleberry  Finn by Mark Twain Zorba the Greek  by  Nikos Kazantzakis The European Union  by European Commission The Business of the 21st Century  by Robert T. Kiyosaki The Generations of Silence  by Andri Polydorou (Greek) The Mind Management  by Dr. Steven Peters Think and Grow Rich  by Napoleon Hill (2nd read) Forbes - October 2023 issue The Psychological side of Money  by Giorgos Pinteris (Greek) Cyprus in the Past (Gravures)  by Andros Pavlides(Greek) Love & Friendship   by Jane Austen Don Giova...
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Can Classical Singing be [Instagram] Creative?

  CAN OPERA BE CREATIVE? Of course. Opera is creative (I can hear you shouting). Opera has the magical wand to combine all artforms together, i.e. Music (Instagram & Classical Singing) Acting Dancing (Ballet) Costumes - Costume Design & Costume Making Scenery - Set Design and Set Building Props Creation Lights - Light Design Directing (Director and Music Director) and possibly many more! However, in the age of Social Media, can Opera or further more Classical Singing be Instagram Creative? Well, yes. If you consider that it combines all artforms together. How can it be VISUALLY CREATIVE though (through Instagram)? Well, apart from the singing and the different opera houses that are being posted on social media, (especially on Instagram), let us take a look at the things that contribute to those performances. Let's begin with the Artists themselves. Compliment their Musicality, Artistry, Talent and admire their costumes! Have you ever thought of how many costumes, suits or d...

"Art Completes What Nature Cannot Bring to Finish" - Aristotle

 "Art completes what nature cannot bring to finish. The artist gives us knowledge of nature's unrealized ends" - Aristotle 2024

"Art is a Higher Type of Knowledge Than Experience" - Aristotle

"Art is a higher type of knowledge than experience" - Aristotle 2024

"The Aim of Art..."

  "The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance"- Aristotle 2024

Opera - 'Le Nozze Di Figaro' - Dove Sono

The aria "Dove Sono i bei momenti" from W.A.Mozart's opera "Le Nozze di Figaro" which translates to " Where are those happy moments " is sung by the Countess (soprano), during  Act 3, Scene 8 ( The Aria Database ).  Countess Rossina Almaviva is the young Rosina form Gioachino Rossibi's opera The Barber of Seville (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), who is now married to the Count she fell in love with.  ( Oxford Reference ) In this aria, the Countess is sitting in her room, waiting for her maid Susanna to arrive. She is expecting an update on their plan to teach a lesson to her husband, the Count. While waiting, the countess is thinking about the plan, whether she would like to proceed with it or not, while at the same time thinking of the happy moments she spent with the husband, but are now gone. ( Madison Opera ) Musically, the recitativo before the aria creates a dramatic atmosphere as her anger for the Count grows stronger. During the aria however, the...

Opera - Le Nozze di Figaro - Synopsis

  Roles: Count Almaviva - Baritone Countess Rosina - Count Almaviva's wife - Soprano Figaro - The Count's servant - Baritone Susanna - Figaro's fiance and Countess Rosina's maid - Soprano Cherubino - A page boy - Mezzo Soprano Doctor Bartolo - Doctor - Bass Marcellina  - Doctor Bartolo's housekeeper - Mezzo Soprano Don Basilio  - Music Teacher - Tenor Antonio  - Gardener - Bass Barbarina  - The Gardener's daughter - Soprano Don Curzio  - Lawyer - Tenor Villagers, peasants, servants, wedding guests - Chorus ACT 1 In Seville, Figaro and Sussana are getting ready for their wedding and  Susanna admits to Figaro that the Count tried to seduce her. Figaro wants to take revenge.  In the meantime, Dr. Bartolo and Marcellina run into Susanna.  Marcellina and Susanna are rude to each other since they both know that  Marcellina wants to marry Figaro. She keeps on reminding Figaro of their contract, by which he is obliged to return the money he had ...