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English shrub rose bush - a very prolific (and huge) pale yellow one found overhanging the pavement during daily walk period
Soo 4402 idles away at the diesel facility in Milwaukee.
Not many left and not long now until they are all history.
Omotesando Dori is lined with luxury brand flagship stores such as Prada, Dior and Tod's and smaller stores of numerous other high end brands. The window displays are innovative and eyecatching--worthy of the Japanese consumers who contribute 40% of the global luxury goods market. The Dior flagship store is designed by SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishiwaza).
Omotesando, Tokyo, 2005
Durch die Bärenfalle ist immer ein Abendteuer. 850 Höhenmeter steil aufwärts. Wer über die Stege laufen will sollte schwindelfrei sein.
German postcard by Uvachrom, series 405, no. 5438. Photo: Ufa. Die Nibelungen I (Fritz Lang, 1924). Caption: Kriemhilde's Lament.
Die Nibelungen (Fritz Lang, 1924) is one of the masterpieces of the Weimar cinema. Die Nibelungen is a duology of silent fantasy films: Die Nibelungen: Siegfried and Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache/Kriemhild's Revenge.
How Siegfried Slayed the Dragon
Die Nibelungen was produced by the Ufa and Decla studios, and it starred Austrian actor Paul Richter as the (nearly) invulnerable hero Siegfried. The screenplays were written by Fritz Lang and his wife at the time, Thea von Harbou. They were based upon the epic Nordic poem Nibelungenlied, written around AD 1200 and told through seven cantos. It is the tale of the legendary German hero Siegfried (Paul Richter), son of King Siegmund. He masters the art of forging a sword at the shop of Mime (George John). On his journey home, he hears tales from the locals about Princess Kriemhild (Margarete Schön), the beautiful sister of King Gunter of Burgundy (Theodor Loos). Siegfried decides to go to Worms, the capital of Burgundy, to win Kriemhild. On his journey to Worms, he is attacked by a dragon. Siegfried slays the dragon and bathes in his blood. This bath makes him invulnerable - except for one spot on his shoulder blade which is missed after being covered by a falling lime leaf.
How Volker, the Bard, sang of Siegfried in front of Kriemhild, and How Siegfried Came in Worms
Siegfried trespasses on the land of the Nibelungen and is attacked by Alberich, King of the Dwarves (again George John). He fights and defeats Alberich who was wearing his wonder cloak of invisibility and transformation. Alberich asks Siegfried to spare his life and in return, he gives the Treasure of the Nibelungen and the Balmung sword. While Siegfried is mesmerised by the treasure, Alberich tries to defeat him but dies in the attempt. Dying, Alberich curses all inheritors of the treasure and he and his dwarves turn to stone. Siegfried makes twelve kings as his vassals and arrives in Worms as a hero.
How Siegfried Won Brunhild for Gunther
News reaches the court that Brunhild, a queen of outstanding strength and beauty may be won only by a man capable of matching her athletic prowess. Gunther decides to woo Brunhild (Hanna Ralph) with the aid of Siegfried, to whom he promises the hand of Kriemhild if successful. The men travel to Iceland, to the kingdom of Brunhild, where Siegfried feigns vassalage to Gunther so that he can avoid Brunhild's challenge. He uses instead the cloak's power of invisibility to help Gunther beat the powerful Queen in a three-fold Amazonian battle of strength: throwing stones, throwing a spear and jumping.
How Brunhild Enters Worms and How the King Celebrate Their Wedding
The men return to Burgundy where Gunther marries Brunhild and Siegfried weds Kriemhild. Brunhild is not, however, completely defeated. She suspects deceit and says to Gunther that she is his captive but not his bride. Hagen von Tronje (Hans Adalbert Schlettow) convinces Siegfried to help. Siegfried transforms himself with the cloak into Gunther and battles Brunhild and removes her arm ring during battle after which she submits to his will. Siegfried leaves the real Gunther to consummate the marriage. Siegfried accidentally brings Brunhild's armlet with him.
How After Half a Year, Siegfried's Gift to His Bride, The Nibelungen Treasure, Arrives in Worms and How the Two Queens Quarrel With Each Other
When Kriemhild finds Brunhild's armlet, Siegfried tells her how her brother won the queen. When the Nibelungen treasure that Siegfried acquired from Alberich arrives at the court of Burgundy as Kriemhild's morning gift, the jealous Brunhild becomes more suspicious about Siegfried's feigned vassalage to Gunther. Brunhild dons the Queen Mother's jewellery and proceeds to the cathedral to enter as the first person, as is her right as Queen of Burgundy. Kriemhild and Brunhild quarrel. Brunhild ridicules Kriemhild for marrying a vassal, and Kriemhild reveals Siegfried’s and Gunther’s deception.
How Gunther Betrayed Siegfried
Brunhild demands Siegfried be killed. She lies to Gunther and tells him that Siegfried stole her maidenhood when he battled her on her wedding night. King Gunther and his uncle and loyal warrior, Hagen von Tronje (Hans Adalbert Schlettow), conspire to murder Siegfried during a hunt in the Odenwald Forest. Hagen deceives Kriemhild into telling him the vulnerable part of Siegfried's body where the leaf has fallen. She sews a cross on the spot in Siegfried's tunic. After the hunt, Hagen challenges Siegfried to a race to a nearby spring. When Siegfried is on his knees drinking, Hagen pierces him from behind with a spear.
How Kriemhild Swears Revenge to Hagen Tronje
In an evil twist of bitter revenge, Brunhild confesses that she lied about Siegfried stealing her maidenhood to avenge Gunther's deceit of her. Gunther killed his only loyal friend. Kriemhild demands her family avenge her husband's death at the hands of Siegfried, but her family is complicit in the murder, and so they protect Hagen. Kriemhild swears revenge against Hagen while a guilt-ridden Brunhild commits suicide at the foot of Siegfried's corpse laid in state in the cathedral. Kriemhild swears revenge to Hagen.
Kriemhild's Revenge
In the second film, Kriemhild's Rache/Kriemhild's Revenge, is shown how Kriemhild gets her revenge. After Siegfried's dead, Kriemhild marries Etzel, the King of the Huns. She gives birth to a child and invites her brothers to a party. She tries to persuade Etzel and the other Huns, that they kill Hagen, the murderer of Siegfried, but he is protected by her brothers. A fierce battle begins to force her brothers to give Hagen to her.
Probably no literary work has given more to Germanic arts than the Nibelungenlied. Many variations and adaptations appeared through the centuries. The most significant modern adaptation is Richard Wagner’s famous opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (1853–1874). The 1924 film Die Nibelungen is still astounding to look at. Fritz Lang gives the film a real sense of wonder by way of fantasy elements such as dwarfs, dragons and magic powers. Amazingly, such a masterpiece of cinema could have been made in the early 1920s. The standout is the dragon-slaying scene with its wonderful special effects.
Sources: Claudio Carvalho (IMDb), Thomas Staedeli (Cyranos), Encyclopedia Britannica, IMDb and Wikipedia.
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Teatro Comunale Bologna
16 - 24 Maggio 2015
Die Zauberflöte
Il flauto magico
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Interpreti
Sarastro Mika Kares
Tamino Paolo Fanale
Sprecher/Oratore Andrea Patucelli
Erster Priester/Primo sacerdote Simone Casolari e
Andrea Patucelli
Zweiter Priester/Secondo Sacerdote Maria Vittoria Stiassi e Cristiano Olivieri
Dritter Priester/Terzo sacerdote Carlo Alberto Brunelli
Könegin der Nacht/La regina della notte Christina Poulitsi
Pamina Maria Grazia Schiavo
Erste Dame/Prima Dama Diletta Rizzo Marin
Zweite Dame/Seconda Dama
Diana Mian
Dritte Dame/Terza Dama Bettina Ranch
Erster Knabe/Primo fanciullo
Marco Conti
Zweiter Knabe/Secondo fanciullo Pietro Bolognini
Dritter Knabe/Terzo fanciullo
Susanna Boninsegni
Papagena Anna Corvino
Papageno Nicola Ulivieri
Monostatos Gianluca Floris
Erster geharnischter Man/Primo uomo corazzato
Cristiano Olivieri
Zweiter geharnischter Man/Secondo uomo corazzato
Luca Gallo
Direttore Michele Mariotti
Regia Luigi De Angelis
Scene e luci Luigi De Angelis e Nicola Fagnani
Drammaturgia e costumi Chiara Lagani
Aiuto regia Gianni Marras e Giorgina Pilozzi
Assistente alla regia Greta Benini
Assistente ai costumi Paola Crespi
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Die Blätter fallen, fallen wie von weit,
als welkten in den Himmeln ferne Gärten;
sie fallen mit verneinender Gebärde.
Und in den Nächten fällt die schwere Erde
aus allen Sternen in die Einsamkeit.
Wir alle fallen. Diese Hand da fällt.
Und sieh dir andre an: es ist in allen.
Und doch ist Einer, welcher dieses Fallen
unendlich sanft in seinen Händen hält.
(Rainer Maria Rilke)
German postcard, no. 5. Photo: CCC / Constantin Film. Publicity still for Die Nibelungen, Teil 1 - Siegfried / Siegfried (Harald Reinl, 1966) with Uwe Beyer as Siegfried and Karin Dor as Brunhild.
Caption: "Es erfordert viel Mut, den Feuergürtel, der Burg Isenstein ergibt, zu durchbrechen. In der Burg findet Siegfried die schlafende Königin. Als er ihr den Ring an den Finger steckt, erwacht Brunhild wieder zum Leben. Der Bann ist gebrochen. Brunhild zeigt Siegfried ihr schönes Land und bittet ihn zu bleiben. Er aber will hinaus in die Welt, um Reiche zu erobern und Ruhm zu ernten. Zusammen mit Alberich gelangt Siegfried nach Worms, der stolzen Burg der Burgunder-Könige."
(It requires a lot of courage to break the ring of fire, which surrounds Isenstein castle. In the castle Siegfried finds the sleeping queen. As he puts the ring on her finger, Brunhild comes back to life. The spell is broken. Brunhild shows Siegfried her beautiful country and asks him to stay. But he wants out to conquer the empires and become famous. Together with Alberich, Siegfried arrives in Worms, the proud castle of the Kings of Burgundy.)
Das Mausoleum Qín Shǐhuángdìs ist eine frühchinesische Grabanlage, errichtet für den ersten chinesischen Kaiser Qín Shǐhuángdì. Mit dem Bau wurde im Jahr 221 v. Chr. begonnen, und der Kaiser wurde im Jahre 210 v. Chr. darin beigesetzt. Es ist einer der weltweit größten Grabbauten und vor allem bekannt für seine großen Soldatenfiguren, die sogenannte „Terrakotta-Armee“.
Dying Gaul (Roman), 1st or 2nd century C.E. (copy of Third Century B.C.E. Hellenistic bronze commemorating Pergamon's victory over the Gauls likely from the Sanctuary of Athena at Pergamon), marble, 93 cm high (Musei Capitolini, Rome)
Dior's scissor skirt line; left, crossover bands of black velvet on black broadcloth, slit at the back to make walking possible; shoulder lenght glacé kid gloves.
Rights: the same crossband in satin on navy broadcloth, slit in front.
Die Roboter sind von DAZ3D-Studio, der Hintergrund von mir das Kraftwerk Boxberg
Bitte zum Lesen der Sprechblase vergrößern
Die Woche / 12. Januar 1958
cover: Foto (Maria Callas)
Otto-Walter-Verlag (Olten / Schweiz)
ex libris MTP
Their interpretation of this year's display :-
THEATER OF GREENERY
The window display celebrates the beauty of nature for the festive season.
Hand crafted, a luminous baroque bestiary - echoing the motifs of the collection - makes the feminine creations shine like living sculptures.
Genève ⇀ Rue du Rhône