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Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈverdi]; 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century. His works are frequently performed in opera houses throughout the world and, transcending the boundaries of the genre, some of his themes have long since taken root in popular culture – such as "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto, "Va, pensiero" (The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) from Nabucco, "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (The Drinking Song) from La traviata and the "Grand March" from Aida.
Verdi’s masterworks dominate the standard opera repertoire a century and a half after their composition.
Verdi was born the son of Carlo Giuseppe Verdi and Luigia Uttini in Le Roncole, a village near Busseto, then in the Département Taro which was a part of the First French Empire after the annexation of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza. The baptismal register, on 11 October lists him as being "born yesterday", but since days were often considered to begin at sunset, this could have meant either 9 or 10 October. The next day, he was baptized in the Roman Catholic Church in Latin as Joseph Fortuninus Franciscus. The day after that (Tuesday), Verdi's father took his newborn the three miles to Busseto, where the baby was recorded as Joseph Fortunin François; the clerk wrote in French. "So it happened that for the civil and temporal world Verdi was born a Frenchman."
Jonas Kaufmann (born 10 July 1969) is a German operatic tenor. Although he has sung a variety of leading roles including both the Mozart and Wagner repertoire, he is particularly known for his performances in spinto roles such as Don José in Carmen, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur, and the title role in Don Carlos.
Kaufmann was born in Munich. His father worked for an insurance company, and his mother was a kindergarten teacher. He had one older sister. He started studying piano when he was eight, and he sang in his elementary school choir. Although he studied for math entrance exams, in the summer of 1989 he began his vocal training at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. While studying, he sang some small roles at the Bavarian State Opera. He graduated from school in 1994.
In 1995, after a vocal crisis, Kaufmann received help from American baritone Michael Rhodes who taught him a "new way of singing" and how to become "more relaxed in my voice and in myself." In Kaufmann's book Meinen die wirklich mich? he said, "To find a Michael Rhodes that can really help you and bring you to success is really a great stroke of luck."
Actors: Emiliano Dante (producer), Emiliano Dante (composer), Emiliano Dante (director), Emiliano Dante (writer), Emiliano Dante (actor), Stefano Saverioni (producer), Stefano Saverioni (actor), Fabrizio Croci (producer), Marco Valeri (actor), Fabrizio Croci (actor), Chiara Curci (costume designer), Alessandro Ferrari (actor), Edoardo Caroccia (actor), Chiara Curci (actress), Roberto Lattanzio (actor),
Plot: 2005, year of the death of John Paul II. Luca Bianco is a Christian fundamentalist, obsessed by Islam and by an extremely racist view of Christianity. He spends his time in the study of the Bible. The only person he's in contact with is a woman who comes daily to interview him. He talks to her about his past, about his religious and political belief, about his work and his marriage. She records every conversation on tape, day by day. From this very minimal situation, we jump to a different moment of Luca Bianco's life. It's summer, Luca loses his job, his marriage in in crisis. In the worst moment a engineer named Massimiliano Gorgia - a Christian fundamentalist himself - hires him as a car driver. From this moment, through a very complex plot, we are inside an international intrigue based on the clash of the civilizations on a side, on the difference between individual and politic ethics on the other.
Keywords: arab, catholic, christian-fundamentalism, christianity, civilization, clash, claustrophobia, deconstruction, europe, fundamentalismActors: Roberto De Francesco (actor), Fiona Shaw (actress), Claudio Spadaro (actor), Jacopo Quadri (editor), Mario Martone (director), Mario Martone (writer), Beppe Chierici (actor), Luca Barbareschi (actor), Anna Bonaiuto (actress), Luca Zingaretti (actor), Serge Lalou (producer), Renato Carpentieri (actor), Toni Servillo (actor), Ivan Franek (actor), Giorgio Magliulo (producer),
Genres: History,Actors: Plácido Domingo (actor), Francesco Maria Piave (writer), James Levine (actor), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (actor), Michel Sénéchal (actor), Roberto Scandiuzzi (actor), Giancarlo del Monaco (miscellaneous crew), James Courtney (actor), Hao Jiang Tian (actor), Jane Shaulis (actress), Duque de Rivas (writer), Sharon Sweet (actress), Christopher Schaldenbrand (actor), Gloria Scalchi (actress), Vladimir Chernov (actor),
Genres: Music,Actors: Paul Dooley (actor), Tony Montana (actor), Dane Clark (actor), Tom Berenger (actor), Eva Z. Cabrera (miscellaneous crew), Bruce Broughton (composer), Joseph G. Aulisi (costume designer), Daphne Zuniga (actress), Adrian Paul (actor), Larry Kaplan (miscellaneous crew), Chick Vennera (actor), Charles Mcdonald (miscellaneous crew), Al Rodrigo (actor), Pembroke J. Herring (editor), Donald P. Bellisario (director),
Plot: A New York priest with blood ties to the Mafia uses the auspices of the Church to protect the mistress of a murdered Mafia Don--who is being hunted by hitmen in the employ of her lover's widow.
Keywords: adultery, ambulance, arm-wound, artist's-loft, artist's-studio, baptism, basketball, bathrobe, bonfire, cafeActors: Yves-André Hubert (director), Montserrat Caballé (actress), Renato Bruson (actor), Luigi Roni (actor), Grace Bumbry (actress), Jaume Aragall (actor), Alain Vernhes (actor), Simon Estes (actor), Choeur de Radio France (actor), Orchestre national de France (actor), Jean-Claude Auvray (miscellaneous crew), Thomas Fulton (actor), Jean-Louis Elie (actor), Guy Gabelle (actor), Alain Perraton (actor),
Genres: Music,Actors: Victor Hugo (writer), Plácido Domingo (actor), Francesco Maria Piave (writer), Luca Ronconi (miscellaneous crew), Franca Squarciapino (costume designer), Mirella Freni (actress), Nicolai Ghiaurov (actor), Riccardo Muti (actor), Renato Bruson (actor), Preben Montel (director), Gianfranco Manganotti (actor), Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala (actor), Antonello Madau Díaz (miscellaneous crew), Coro del Teatro alla Scala (actor), Alfredo Giacomotti (actor),
Genres: Drama, Music,Actors: Montserrat Caballé (actress), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (actor), Sherrill Milnes (actor), Frederica von Stade (actress), Grace Bumbry (actress), Paul Plishka (actor), Franco Corelli (actor), John Macurdy (actor), Leo Goeke (actor), Lucine Amara (actress), Cesare Siepi (actor), Rod MacWherter (actor), Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (actor), Tania Karina (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Nicolai Ghiaurov (actor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (actor), Georg Solti (actor), Grace Bumbry (actress), Renata Tebaldi (actress), Martti Talvela (actor), Carlo Bergonzi (actor),
Genres: Music,Actors: Renata Tebaldi (actress), Franco Corelli (actor), Renato Capecchi (actor), Ettore Bastianini (actor), Boris Christoff (actor), Francesco Molinari Pradelli (actor), Oralia Dominguez (actress),
Genres: Music,Actors: Friedrich Schiller (writer), Robert Merrill (actor), Jussi Björling (actor),
Genres: Music,