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likely place for her to be

[opera streams]

#opera tag #operablr

wonderingwheretheleopardsare

I'M DEMON FREE BITCH!!

Stolen from @theonion

#meaning my titties and the horse

aarchval

Florence Henri, Autoportrait, 1928.

#art #photography

likeniobe

just finished watching the 1979 tinker tailor soldier spy miniseries... huge night for people who love vain self deluding losers

#one of the best dramas ever made for television #ian richardson's fluttering eyes in this moment such a nice little choice #also the nunc dimittis setting in the end credits is a+#i rented this from kim's video back when it was a going concern #and not a novelty at the alamo #tinker tailor soldier spy #spoilers i guess?

alfredsnightmare

#all-timer #the last of sheila #film

unulf0

thinking of her...

chui chai ( a sort of solo dance ) of akashtalai, guardian of longka's airspace in the ramakien. she wasn't present in the ramayana, but i have a feeling she may have been an offshoot of the sea guardian ( ผีเสื้อสมุทร, who i also have quite a bit to say about, but i'll save that for another time ). the lyrics are a blazon, not really anything of note in them. may translate them later.

her role in the story itself is that of yet another "monster of the day," one-time enemy, but like several other such characters, she's taken on a life off the stage. akashtalai has become something of an underrated queer icon, due to how her appearance and movements lie in between the measured elegance of the "lady" archetype ( ตัวนาง ) and the forcefulness of the stereotypically masculine "yaksha" archetype ( ตัวยักษ์ ).

#i really like this #dance

Andrew Scott is what you get when you take a Dirk Bogarde, shake him around a little bit, and let him grow up in the 1990s instead of the 1930s

#txt #film

Opera Streams: Mid-Late July 2026

17th: Villa Belcanto, a pasticcio from Mascarade Opera. Featuring young artists singing arias from Tchaikovsky, Handel, and Donizetti. Free!

18th: Mozart's Così fan tutte from the Verbier Festival. Concert presentation. Featuring Johanna Wallroth, Rebecka Wallroth, Luca Pisaroni and Konstantin Krimmel. Free (with registration)!

24th: Verdi's Falstaff from Gran Teatre del Liceu. Featuring Luca Salsi, Lucas Meachem, and Daniela Barcellona. Free!

24th: Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle from the Verbier Festival. Concert presentation preceded by Mozart's Symphony No. 38. Featuring Gerald Finley and Magdalena Kožená. Free (with registration)!

26th: Wagner's Rienzi [alt link] from Bayreuther Festspiele. The first-ever performance of this opera at Bayreuth, in honor of the 150th birthday of the festival. Featuring Andreas Schager, Andreas Bauer Kanabas, and Jennifer Holloway. Subscription on Stage+, free on ARD Mediathek (geolocking may apply).

Lieder/concert: Magdalena Kožená sings Schumann's Dichterliebe on the 21st, Lea Desandre sings Vivaldi and Konstantin Krimmel sings Schubert's Winterreise on the 31st; all are free.

Archive notes: Tcherniakov's productions of Die Walküre and Siegfried from 2022 stream free starting on the 24th.

#sisters playing sisters in cosi cute #lots of free instrumental concerts from verbier on medici coming up #opera streams #opera tag #opera #operablr #gerald finley #mozart #magdalena kozena #lieder #richard wagner #konstantin krimmel

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#opera tag #operablr #film #opera

mollybeenoel

Rest in Peace, Sam Neill (1947-2026) 🕊️

#i believe this is the duck named after charlie pickering #sam neill #vale sam

moviemoods

🎬 In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

#sam neill #film

youngdeerengineer

Derek Jarman 1968

Photographed by Ray Dean

#derek jarman #photography

Ways to replace John Barnaby if Neil Dudgeon ever decides to leave Midsomer Murders:

Third heretofore unseen Barnaby cousin

Troy's back and he's gay now

Guest detective every week

Denmark conquers Britain and Birgitte Poulsen takes over

Jones is back but so many years of undercover work have changed him and it turns into a Sad Detective Show

Robocop Joyce Barnaby

#midsomer murders #troy did a lot of work on himself to overcome internalized homophobia #he didn't actually realize until year seven of therapy #his shrink was at the end of her rope by year 5 but he got there in the end #all the beautiful women in midsomer want to save jones from his beautiful sadness #unfortunately a great deal of them turn out to be murderers. he becomes sadder #and thus even more attractive to the beautiful murderous women #but he's too busy with the sadness to realise #sorry i've been doing a lot around the apartment and put midsomer on in the background and i had to get this out of my system

normasshearer

We've still got a few minutes.

BRIEF ENCOUNTER 1945, dir. David Lean

#film

morsesnotes

Ask me no more, for fear I should reply; Others have held their tongues, and so can I, Hundreds have died, and told no tale before: Ask me no more, for fear I should reply — How one was true and one was clean of stain And one was braver than the heavens are high, And one was fond of me: and all are slain. Ask me no more, for fear I should reply. -- Alfred Edward Housman

#this episode is very specifically set in july 1967 #something else that happened in july 1967 was the passing of the sexual offences act 1967 #it passed the commons on the 4th the lords on the 13th and received royal assent on the 27th #max knows what he's doing #oh max i love you #endeavour

Hello! I love your blog so so much, the resources you provide r invaluable!! I’m planning to watch Peter Grimes for the first time with a friend who’s new to Britten. When I showed them The Turn of the Screw I accidentally picked an absolutely godawful production that I fear hampered their experience.

Any recommended productions for first time viewers? Thank you!

Thank you for such kind words! Unfortunately, I am not a great person to answer this question, as my knowledge of Grimes video recordings is pretty much nil. I wish I could help!

So many Turn of the Screw directors fumble right at the start. The horror must grow. (For anyone wanting a starter TotS, I'd go with Glyndebourne 2011).

#ask #there doesn't seem to be any video with clayton which surprised me

derring-do

Captain Vere listening to his men singing below decks

#because i was reminded of this #opera tag #billy budd

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