Kathryn Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz) finding one of the girls fleeing in a wood I watched this film for the first time last night. It’s an important film which I hope more people saw than I fear did (I suspect it was not a mass entertainment even if it played in mainstream cinemas). It’s a kind [...]
Archive for the ‘mozart’ Category
Whistleblower: the difference class makes; Rachel Weisz heir to Helen Mirren’s Prime Suspect
Posted in 20th century culture, actresses, mozart, mystery-murder book, mystery-suspense, political novels/films, politics, rape, sexual experience, Slavery, visual art, women's art, womens' films, tagged Helen Mirren, heroine's text, Prime Suspect, Rachel Weisz, wife abuse on April 12, 2012 | 6 Comments »
West End Cinema Opera & Ballet seasons
Posted in 20th century culture, Film adaptations, mozart, Music, opera, Theater, tagged Don Giovanni, Esmeralda, il trittico, puccini, West End cinema on February 22, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Don Giovanni — the costuming was effective Dear friends and readers, Tonight Jim and I began our third season of opera and ballet at the West End Cinema, Georgetown, DC. It was here we saw Fiennes’ Coriolanus this past Saturday. I’ve not been writing about these (how much can I write?) but we have seen [...]
EC/ASECS Conference on Liberty in the long 18th century at Penn State: Thomson, the black Mozart, Edgeworth/Behn
Posted in 18th century, 18th century novels, 18th century poetry, book history, conference report, Conferences, feminism, French novels, mozart, Music, women's novels, tagged aphra behn, book illustrations, heroine's text, james thomson, Joseph Bologne, maria edgeworth on November 26, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Temple of the Muses, Scotland, dedicated to James Thomson, author of The Seasons Dear friends and readers, My third and last blog report on our East Central Region meeting on the theme of liberty in the long 18th century at Penn State: late Saturday afternoon and early Sunday morning. This last afternoon I heard a [...]
An historically faithful (!) Don Giovanni on HD at the movies
Posted in 18th century, Costume drama, film studies, later 17th century, Met HDOperas, mozart, Music, Musical, opera, painting, Theater, Uncategorized, tagged HD opera on October 30, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Don Giovanni brooding (Mariusz Kwiecien) I must say that I have seen nobody on stage who has been a more interesting Character than that compound of Cruelty & Lust — Jane Austen, on a pantomime-burlesque, Don Juan, or the Libertine Destroyed, adapted from Thomas Shadwell’s Libertine, 15 Sept 1813 Dear friends and readers, I am [...]
Curious Women and Misunderstood Men at Wolf Trap
Posted in 18th century, feminism, mozart, Music, Musical, opera, Plays, Theater, tagged goldoni, wolf trap on June 18, 2011 | 3 Comments »
The curious women: Marcy Stonikas as Rosaura, Florindo’s girlfriend; Ashlyn Rust as Eleonora, Lelio’s wife; Lindsay Ammann as Beatrice, Ottavio’s wife Dear friends and readers, Tonight was our first of four nights at Wolf Trap this summer. We brought a picnic supper from Whole Foods, a bottle of Riesling white wine and ate out on [...]
