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Today:

- I had a wonderful treat. Went to an NZ Opera Co performance of Mansfield Park, a chamber opera based on Jane Austen’s novel. It was brilliant! Wonderful singers and all round great show. I really appreciated that they did an afternoon performance, as fatigue means I struggle with evening events.

- I enjoyed my morning walk

- leftovers made for an easy but delicious dinner

Recommend for an android web browser to replace Firefox?

I've heard of:

#vivaldi #libreWolf #waterfox #zen #opera

Not all of them have #Android clients which is a requirement for me.

What's the preferred privacy-focused non-ad #browser these days for phones?

I liked Firefox after I left chrome, and now Vivaldi seems acceptable so far.

I don't need sync, would like extensions, and I have to be able to use external password manager.

Let's the opinions fly! Thanks.

Was zu machen den ganzen Tag nach der Wahl? Wie wäre es mit 5 Stunden Oper?

staatstheater-darmstadt.de/ver

🕓 16:00
📍 Staatstheater Darmstdt

Tristan: Daniel Kirch
Isolde: Magdalena Anna Hoffmann
Marke: Johannes Seokhoon Moon
Kurwenal: Julian Orlishausen
Melot: Matthew Vickers
Brangäne: Solgerd Isalv
Junger Seeman: Ricardo Garcia
Hirt: Marco Mondrágon
Steuermann: Jared Ice

Dirigat: Daniel Cohen
Regie: Eva-Maria Höckmayr

www.staatstheater-darmstadt.deTristan und Isolde | Staatstheater Darmstadt

Classical composer Edmund Dédé was born in New Orleans in 1827 but left the city for France in the 1850s as the rights of Black people in the U.S. became more restricted in the years before the Civil War. In Bordeaux, where he had a prestigious position at the Grand Théâtre, he wrote his grand opera, "Morgiane." But after his death in 1902, the manuscript vanished. It was discovered in Harvard's archive in 2007 and is believed to be the first complete opera by an African American. Last week, it had its concert premiere, co-produced by Opera Lafayette and OperaCréole. Here's @CNN's story about the losing and finding of the piece. Click the second link to join a mailing list so you can watch the livestream.

flip.it/ApJjTH

operalafayette.org/newsletter

#Music #Opera #BlackHistory @blackmastodon #History @histodons #EdmundDede

CNN · He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 yearsBy Chelsea Bailey

#PolymathReadingChallenge book 3 (History of Music)

Honestly I never really got the whole opera thing, but now I am suspecting they were teaching it wrong in Music class. This book was a wild ride, more adventurous than any novel a writer could have come up with. Da Ponte is a holy fool, a hopeless romantic, a charming idiot, an annoying genius, an easy mark, a talented poet, a self-absorbed weirdo, and an all-around fascinating character.

„Als [Opernsängerin] ein bisschen durch den Kakao gezogen wird Megan Marie Hart in der Rolle der «Eitlen»; ihr hat Valtinoni einige preziöse Spitzentöne in die Partie hineinkomponiert – und Ausstatterin Hägebarth das Haar so hochtoupiert, als stünde die Diva am gleichen Abend in Anwesenheit des Sonnenkönigs auf einer feudalen Bühne.“ 👀

„Wer hätte gedacht, dass eine rote Rose so schön singen kann?” ❤️

Vielen Dank, Jürgen Otten & #Opernwelt!