Next stop: Tenerife

In the next days (from 29th Dez till 1st Jan) I will be in Tenerife. The weather in Portugal is very cold and I tought to myself: why not Tenerife to begin the new 2007?

Within a few days I will send you the report about how it was and write some words about that lovely island in the midle of the Atlantic Ocean...

VI Gala de Ópera da Universidade de Lisboa

Tive ontem à noite o privilégio de assistir na aula magna à VI Gala de Ópera da Universidade de Lisboa. Aqui ficam alguns dos temas que tive prazer de ouvir.

MOZART, W. Amadeus
Die Zauberflöte
AberturaDie Zauberflöte
Papagena, Papagena, Papagena! www.youtube.com/watch?v=87UE2GC5db0
Die Strahlen der Sonne vertreiben die Nacht
Don Giovanni
Già la mensa è preparata
L’ultima prova dell’amor mio
Che grido è questo mai
Don Giovanni, a cenar teco
Da qual tremore insólito
ROSSINI, Gioacchino
La Gazza Ladra
Abertura
VERDI, Giuseppe
La Traviata
Di Madride noi siam mattadori
VERDI, Giuseppe
Rigoletto
Mio padre! … Tutte le feste al tempio
Schiudete, ire al carcer
PUCCINI, GiacomoMadama ButterflyAdesso voi siete per me
VERDI, GiusepeAida http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1cAE8aceKg&mode=related&search=
Gloria all’Egitto, ad Iside

Fantástico…e ainda por cima grátis!

Poema sobre a Primavera

Aqui vai um poema enviado pelo Artur Lopes, um grande amigo e estudante brilhante de alemão. Vale a pena ler. Aqui vai....

IM FRÜHLING

Leise sank von dunklen Schritten der Schnee,
Im Schatten des Baums
Heben die Rosigen Lider Liebende.

Immer folgt den dunklen Rufen der Schiffer
Stern und Nacht;
Und die Ruder schlagen leise im Takt.

Balde an verfallener Mauer blühen
Die Veilchen,
Ergrünt so stille die Schläfe des Einsamen.

The Earth: Our Home Planet

"Looking outward to the blackness of space, sprinkled with the glory of a universe of lights, I saw majesty - but no welcome. Below was a welcoming planet. There, contained in the thin, moving, incredibly fragile shell of the biosphere is everything that is dear to you, all the human drama and comedy. That's where life is; that's were all the good stuff is."- Loren Acton, USA (Astronaut)