Podcasts about Opera

Paul, Kait, and Danny discuss some of their favorite “feel good” comics for the Reading Challenge Theme of the Month. They touch on newspaper classics, a film comic, and a newer release!Timestamps:00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics00:01:51 - Youth Group00:09:52 - My Neighbor Totoro00:20:09 - Nancy00:33:17 - Carnet de Voyage00:37:20 - Universal Monsters: The Phantom of the Opera #100:41:55 - Discord Picks00:42:30 - A Drifting Life00:44:21 - WrapProducer: Kait Lamphere & Danny MartinezProoflistener: Nick WhiteEditor: Zander Riggs Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVELIRCB Logo by Kyle RoseSupport us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcastBuy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1Email: ircbpodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @ircbpodcastInstagram: @ircbpodcastDiscord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9sReddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.comIRCB GoodreadsMerch: ircbpodcast.com/shop

Award-winning opera singer Joyce DiDonato and string trio Time for Three performs live portions of their song cycle, Emily — No Prisoner Be, based on the poetry of Emily Dickinson. The group will perform tonight at The Greene Space and on Thursday at Carnegie Hall.Image courtesy of Joyce DiDonato

Confira nesta edição do JR 24 Horas: A Polícia Federal investiga um suposto vazamento de dados da Receita Federal sobre ministros do Supremo Tribunal Federal e familiares. Foram cumpridos quatro mandados de busca e apreensão em São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro e Bahia. A operação foi determinada pelo ministro do STF, Alexandre de Moraes. E ainda: Bombeiros do Rio de Janeiro já fizeram mais de mil resgates no mar durante o feriado.

Este conteúdo é um trecho do nosso episódio: “#325 – Como lidar com turnover do mercado de trabalho”. Nele, Angela Duarte, Head de Operações, e Fernanda Camargos, Head de Pessoas, ambas da dti digital, revelam por que muitos líderes sabem o que fazer para reter talentos, mas poucos conseguem executar essas estratégias de forma consistente. Ficou curioso? Então, dê o play! Assuntos abordados: Impacto do turnover no mercado; Perda de conhecimento especializado; Custos de integração de talentos; Cultura do herói; Conexão humana como estratégia; Líderes que desenvolvem pessoas. Links importantes: Newsletter Dúvidas? Nos mande pelo Linkedin Contato: osagilistas@dtidigital.com.br Os Agilistas é uma iniciativa da dti digital, uma empresa WPPSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Olá, seja muito bem-vindo ao StandardsCast EP #363 ALL FLEET. Neste episódio conversamos com João Marinheiro (Gerente de Flight Standards e Cabin Standards) e Klaus Oliveira (Analista Sênior de Aeroportos Standards) sobre a IS-121-023A, que traz as diretrizes e novos processos de embarque e atividades dos Inspetores de Aviação Civil em nossas operações. Forms: https://forms.office.com/r/A23tSQXHuH Em caso de dúvidas, críticas ou sugestões, envie um e-mail para standardscast@voeazul.com.br. Este Podcast foi produzido pela Diretoria de Operações da Azul Linhas Aéreas. Em caso de divergência entre qualquer assunto técnico abordado e os documentos oficiais, os documentos prevalecerão. Todos os direitos reservados.

Un percorso tra palcoscenico, studio e insegnamento racconta come l'opera possa ancora parlare al presente, tra disciplina vocale, esperienza corale e una visione contemporanea della formazione artistica Laura Delogu incarna un'idea di canto lirico che supera l'immagine statica dell'opera e la restituisce come esperienza teatrale viva, fatta di studio, corpo, emozione e racconto. Il suo percorso attraversa formazione accademica, palcoscenico e didattica, mantenendo al centro una visione umana e concreta del lavoro artistico. Formazione e consapevolezza stilistica Dopo il diploma in Conservatorio, Laura Delogu ha consolidato la propria identità artistica attraverso l'Accademia Verdiana, corso di avvio alla carriera per giovani cantanti lirici promosso dal Teatro Regio di Parma. Un'esperienza intensa, selettiva e strutturata, che ha unito perfezionamento tecnico e pratica scenica. Il lavoro sul repertorio verdiano ha rafforzato una consapevolezza filologica fondamentale, permettendo di interpretare la musica nel rispetto del contesto storico e delle intenzioni compositive. Questa attenzione allo stile diventa, sul palco, sicurezza interpretativa e precisione narrativa. Opera come teatro totale Nel percorso di Laura Delogu, l'opera non è mai solo canto. È teatro, costruzione del personaggio, analisi del libretto e immersione emotiva. Ogni ruolo richiede uno studio minuzioso che coinvolge musica, parola e gesto scenico. Cambiare registro e adattarsi a linguaggi diversi non è un esercizio di versatilità fine a sé stesso, ma una necessità drammaturgica. L'opera diventa così un “film interiore” che prende forma attraverso la voce e il corpo, sempre in dialogo con la regia e l'ensemble. Il lavoro corale e la dimensione collettiva Accanto all'attività solistica, Laura Delogu ha maturato una lunga esperienza come corista in svariate stagioni liriche. Il coro, spesso percepito come un blocco unico, è in realtà un organismo complesso che richiede ascolto costante, rispetto reciproco e disciplina. Qui si impara il valore del lavoro di squadra e della responsabilità individuale all'interno di un progetto collettivo. Competenze che restano centrali anche nel lavoro solistico, perché l'opera è sempre un'arte condivisa. Dal palcoscenico all'insegnamento L'attività didattica rappresenta per Laura Delogu una naturale estensione del percorso artistico. Insegnare canto significa trasmettere tecnica, ma anche consapevolezza corporea e benessere mentale. Il canto coinvolge l'intero corpo e richiede equilibrio fisico ed emotivo. La lezione diventa uno spazio serio ma non giudicante, dove l'errore è parte del processo e la crescita nasce dalla fiducia. L'obiettivo non è promettere scorciatoie, ma costruire basi solide attraverso lavoro personale e costanza. Opera e presente: un dialogo possibile L'idea che l'opera sia distante dal presente viene spesso smentita dalla sua stessa materia narrativa. Le storie liriche parlano di passioni, conflitti e desideri archetipici, gli stessi che animano cinema e serie contemporanee. Per Laura il nodo non è l'attualità dell'opera, ma l'educazione all'ascolto. Avvicinarsi gradualmente, partendo dai titoli più noti come Turandot di Puccini, aiuta a riconoscere temi e motivi familiari. Una vocazione costruita nel tempo Il percorso di Laura Delogu dimostra come la vocazione artistica possa maturare anche fuori dai tempi canonici. La scelta di dedicarsi pienamente al canto è arrivata dopo altre strade, ma non per questo è stata meno radicale. Tra sacrifici, studio e palco, l'opera resta un luogo di trasformazione, capace di donare emozioni autentiche a chi ascolta. Un'arte viva, che continua a parlare al presente.

Jim and Len dig into multimodal transportation news, Epic Universe's shifting early entry lineup, and a possible successor to Josh D'Amaro before launching a new series on the history of The Great Movie Ride - including how a live performer in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion helped inspire one of Disney-MGM Studios' most ambitious opening-day attractions. NEWS • Universal selects The Boring Company to develop a resort-wide transportation system connecting parks and hotels • Epic Universe quietly reshuffles early park admission offerings mid-month • Natasha Rafalski emerges as a potential future leader of Disney Experiences • Garden Rocks concert lineup shifts major acts to Friday through Monday dates • Walt Disney World files permits tied to updates at Carousel of Progress FEATURE • How a live “Knight” performer inside Disneyland's Haunted Mansion in 1985 influenced Michael Eisner • The Main Street Cinema's Phantom of the Opera stunt and its connection to Universal Studios' early tram tour • The risks and guest reactions that ended the Haunted Mansion live-performer experiment • The origins of The Great Movie Ride's ambitious blend of live actors and animatronics For this episode's full show notes, click here. HOSTS • Jim Hill - IG: @JimHillMedia | X: @JimHillMedia | Website: JimHillMedia.com • Len Testa - IG: @len.testa | Bluesky: @lentesta.bsky.social | Website: TouringPlans.com FOLLOW • Facebook: JimHillMediaNews • Instagram: JimHillMedia • TikTok: JimHillMedia SUPPORT Support the show and access bonus episodes and additional content at Patreon.com/JimHillMedia. PRODUCTION CREDITS Edited by Dave Grey Produced by Eric Hersey - Strong Minded Agency SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by Unlocked Magic. Save on Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando tickets at UnlockedMagic.com. If you would like to sponsor a show on the Jim Hill Media Podcast Network, reach out today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim and Len dig into multimodal transportation news, Epic Universe's shifting early entry lineup, and a possible successor to Josh D'Amaro before launching a new series on the history of The Great Movie Ride - including how a live performer in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion helped inspire one of Disney-MGM Studios' most ambitious opening-day attractions. NEWS • Universal selects The Boring Company to develop a resort-wide transportation system connecting parks and hotels • Epic Universe quietly reshuffles early park admission offerings mid-month • Natasha Rafalski emerges as a potential future leader of Disney Experiences • Garden Rocks concert lineup shifts major acts to Friday through Monday dates • Walt Disney World files permits tied to updates at Carousel of Progress FEATURE • How a live “Knight” performer inside Disneyland's Haunted Mansion in 1985 influenced Michael Eisner • The Main Street Cinema's Phantom of the Opera stunt and its connection to Universal Studios' early tram tour • The risks and guest reactions that ended the Haunted Mansion live-performer experiment • The origins of The Great Movie Ride's ambitious blend of live actors and animatronics For this episode's full show notes, click here. HOSTS • Jim Hill - IG: @JimHillMedia | X: @JimHillMedia | Website: JimHillMedia.com • Len Testa - IG: @len.testa | Bluesky: @lentesta.bsky.social | Website: TouringPlans.com FOLLOW • Facebook: JimHillMediaNews • Instagram: JimHillMedia • TikTok: JimHillMedia SUPPORT Support the show and access bonus episodes and additional content at Patreon.com/JimHillMedia. PRODUCTION CREDITS Edited by Dave Grey Produced by Eric Hersey - Strong Minded Agency SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by Unlocked Magic. Save on Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando tickets at UnlockedMagic.com. If you would like to sponsor a show on the Jim Hill Media Podcast Network, reach out today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No final do século XIX, o chamado Estado Livre do Congo foi apresentado à comunidade internacional como um projeto civilizatório e filantrópico sob a liderança do rei Leopoldo II da Bélgica, mas na prática transformou-se em um regime de exploração brutal voltado à extração de borracha e marfim. A imposição de metas impossíveis, o trabalho forçado, as punições coletivas, as mutilações e as execuções produziram uma catástrofe demográfica de enormes proporções, denunciada ainda à época por missionários, jornalistas e diplomatas. A violência sistemática contra as populações congolesas expôs as contradições do imperialismo europeu e provocou um escândalo internacional que acabou levando à incorporação do território pelo Estado belga em 1908, encerrando o domínio pessoal de Leopoldo II. Convidamos Evander Ruthieri da Silva para analisar o funcionamento do Estado Livre do Congo, os mecanismos de violência e exploração implementados no território e o debate historiográfico sobre a dimensão desses crimes, discutindo inclusive se é possível ou não classificá-los como genocídio.Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@iclesrodrigues⁠⁠⁠Adquira o curso História: da pesquisa à escrita por apenas R$ 49,90 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CLICANDO AQUI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Adquira o curso A Operação Historiográfica para Michel de Certeau por apenas R$ 24,90 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CLICANDO AQUI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Adquira o curso O ofício do historiador para Marc Bloch por apenas R$ 29,90 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CLICANDO AQUI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Colabore com nosso trabalho em ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠apoia.se/obrigahistoria⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Carnaval é com a INSIDER. Usando o cupom HISTORIAFM na sua primeira compra na Insider, você ganha 20% de desconto e mais 5% se o pagamento for via Pix! Acesse o site pelo link ⁠https://creators.insiderstore.com.br/HISTORIAFM⁠ e aproveite! #insiderstore

A Secretaria de Meio Ambiente, Infraestrutura e Logística (Semil) intensificou o plano operacional das oito travessias litorâneas de São Paulo para o feriado de Carnaval. A ação integra a Operação Verão e ocorre até 18 de fevereiro. A expectativa é de alta de 10% no fluxo de passageiros em relação à baixa temporada.

La protagonista di questa puntata di "Pillole di Sanremo" è Patty Pravo che torna a Sanremo 2026 con il brano "Opera".Emoji:

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A cura di Paolo PellegriniVincenzo Bellini, La sonnambulaAmina, Joan SutherlandElvino, Nicolai GeddaRodolfo, Giorgio TozziLisa, Jeanette ScovottiTeresa, Gladys KrieseAlessio, Louis SgarroNotaio, Arthur GrahamCoro e Orchestra del Metropolitan Opera di New YorkSilvio Varviso, direttore

Celulares foram recuperados com ação rápida das polícias e tecnologia também foi determinante na captura de procurados pela Justiça

Jeho nejnovější isncenace Zlato Rýna měla premiéru tento čtvrtek, reportáž ze zkoušek nabídneme v dnešním pořadu. Přidáme i rozhovor s Martinem Poštou, který za projekt Signal Space dostal tento týden "audiovizuálního oscara". Připravila Michaela Vetešková.

In this week's mini-sode, we're shining the spotlight on one of the most iconic Broadway musicals, "The Phantom of the Opera"! Obviously everyone has heard of this show, and there is good reason as to why it's the longest running production in Broadway history!Support the showHost/ Production/ Editing: Brennan StefanikMusic: Dylan KaufmanGraphic Design: Jordan Vongsithi@batobroadway on Instagram, Threads, and TikTokPatreon.com/batobroadway

Erick, Rock, Carcará, Batata, Coptulio, Miqueias, Villas Boas e Paganotto se reúnem para o Fala Glauber News. O programa vai ao ar segundas, quartas e sextas, das 16h00 às 20h00.QUER FAZER PARTE DISSO? ENTÃO BOOORAAA. VEM COM A GENTE E INTERAJA NESSA TRANSMISSÃO AO VIVO!!!VIIIIIIIIBRA!!! INSCREVA-SE NO NOSSO NOVO CANAL:  @falaglaubernews  CONHEÇA MAIS DOS NOSSOS PATROCINADORES:

The Phantom of the Opera (2004) - While in London, I discovered the greatness of the Joel Schumacher film

No “Estadão Analisa” desta sexta-feira, 13, Carlos Andreazza fala sobre o ministro Dias Toffoli que decidiu deixar a relatoria das investigações sobre fraudes no Banco Master. A decisão foi anunciada pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal após reunião dos dez ministros da Corte. Em nota assinada por todos os magistrados do tribunal, o STF informou que não há suspeição ou impedimento de Toffoli, e que ele atendeu a todos os pedidos formulados pela Polícia Federal e pela Procuradoria-Geral da República (PGR). Como não houve declaração de impedimento ou suspeição, Toffoli continua apto a votar no processo em caso de julgamento. Isso se o próximo relator sorteado pertencer à Segunda Turma também, o colegiado que Toffoli integra. Se o próximo relator integrar a Primeira Turma, o caso será deslocado para o colegiado vizinho e Toffoli não participará de julgamentos. Assine por R$1,90/mês e tenha acesso ilimitado ao conteúdo do Estadão.Acesse: https://bit.ly/oferta-estadao O 'Estadão Analisa' é transmitido ao vivo de segunda a sexta-feira, às 7h, no Youtube e redes sociais do Estadão. Também disponível no agregador de podcasts de sua preferência. Apresentação: Carlos AndreazzaEdição/Produção: Jefferson PerlebergCoordenação: Renan PagliarusiSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A cura di Paolo PellegriniGiacomo Puccini, ToscaFloria Tosca, Maria CallasMario Cavaradossi, Renato CioniIl Barone Scarpia, Tito GobbiCesare Angelotti, Victor GodfreyIl Sagrestano, Eric GarrettSpoletta, Robert BowmanSciarrone, Dennis WicksUn carceriere, Edgar BonifaceUn pastorello, David SellarCoro e Orchestra del Royal Opera House, Covent GardenCarlo Felice Cillario, direttore

Plan your weekend entertainment, from events, movies and theatre to TV shows. Lunch with Pippa Hudson is CapeTalk’s mid-afternoon show. This 2-hour respite from hard news encourages the audience to take the time to explore, taste, read and reflect. The show - presented by former journalist, baker and water sports enthusiast Pippa Hudson - is unashamedly lifestyle driven. Popular features include a daily profile interview #OnTheCouch at 1:10pm. Consumer issues are in the spotlight every Wednesday while the team also unpacks all things related to health, wealth & the environment. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Lunch with Pippa Hudson Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays between 13:00 and 15:00 (SA Time) to Lunch with Pippa Hudson broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/MdSlWEs or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/fDJWe69 Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Phantom of the Opera (2004) - While in London, I discovered the greatness of the Joel Schumacher film

Neste vídeo,entenda como dois terrenos do ex-jogador Ronaldinho Gaúcho, localizados em Porto Alegre, foram utilizados como lastro para a captação de R$ 330 milhões através de Certificados de Recebíveis Imobiliários (CRIs). A investigação aponta que a operação ocorreu sem o conhecimento de Ronaldinho, envolvendo obras inexistentes e um "circuito fechado" de dinheiro destinado a inflar artificialmente o balanço do Banco Master e da gestora Reag. Entenda o que é um CRI, como funcionava a engenharia financeira por trás da gestão de Daniel Vorcaro e por que o Banco Central decretou a intervenção e liquidação extrajudicial da instituição após a Operação Compliance Zero. Analisamos os argumentos da defesa de Ronaldinho Gaúcho e o impacto social de fraudes que dependem mais de narrativas do que de ativos reais.

Confira nesta edição do JR 24 Horas: A Polícia Civil de São Paulo realizou, nesta quinta-feira (12), uma operação contra um esquema de lavagem de dinheiro da máfia chinesa no Brasil. A Justiça autorizou o cumprimento de 20 mandados de busca e apreensão e três de prisão em São Paulo e Santa Catarina, além do bloqueio de bens e valores que podem chegar a R$ 36 bilhões. Segundo as investigações, mais de R$ 1 bilhão teriam sido movimentados pelos suspeitos, que atuam no mercado de vendas de produtos eletrônicos pela internet. Um dos presos na operação seria um dos chefes de uma facção criminosa. E ainda: Novo ataque da Rússia contra a Ucrânia deixa milhares de pessoas sem água e energia. 

Confira nesta edição do JR 24 Horas: Duas pessoas foram presas em uma operação que investiga um esquema de lavagem de dinheiro ligado à máfia chinesa, no Brasil. O grupo teria movimentado mais de R$ 1 bilhão sete meses e teria ligação com o PCC. Segundo a investigação, a quadrilha vendia produtos eletrônicos na internet e usava notas fiscais frias para desviar dinheiro para empresas de fachada. Assim, conseguia sonegar impostos e dificultar o rastreamento dos órgãos de controle. Os agentes cumpriram mandados de busca e de prisão em São Paulo e Santa Catarina. Quatro carros de luxo foram apreendidos e mais de R$ 1 bilhão bloqueados. E ainda: Menina de 8 anos baleada em assalto na Baixada Fluminense está em estado grave.

Toffoli admite ser sócio de empresa que vendeu resort e nega amizade ou pagamentos de Vorcaro. Menina de 13 anos que sofreu estupro coletivo só foi liberada depois que um dos criminosos recebeu uma ligação. Operação em SP e SC mira organização chinesa ligada ao PCC por lavagem na venda de eletrônicos com movimentação de R$ 1,1 bilhão. Quaest: por que quase metade dos brasileiros dizem que a economia piorou nos últimos 12 meses? Atleta ucraniano é desclassificado dos Jogos Olímpicos por capacete com homenagem a mortos na guerra.

What does it take to throw the most viral murder mystery parties in New York City? How do you go from pin-up modeling in Pittsburgh to walking for Vaquera at Paris Fashion Week? What happens when Rick Owens calls your name at a casting—but not for the runway?Sol and Michael sit down with Born DuBois—model, stylist, creative director, personal shopper, and the woman i-D Magazine called "A Star is Born"—for her very first podcast. Born has quietly become one of the most interesting people in New York fashion, juggling more jobs than anyone can count while throwing immersive murder mystery dinner parties that have attracted everyone from Interview Magazine stylists to Ella Emhoff.The trio get into everything: how Born writes 20-page plays for her murder mysteries with no outline, her Vaquera runway debut and the surreal experience of having her face printed on the entire collection at Paris Fashion Week, a Maybelline casting where she showed up in a latex bodysuit and was asked to dance, her ASAP Rocky audition that became a monologue about Amish country, accidentally getting high on cold medicine for a Nike billboard shoot at Madison Square Garden, moving to New York to get on SNL, getting kicked out of improv class for being too funny, the story behind her Numero Berlin cover, styling on a $300 budget, and why Lady Gaga's Joanne changed her life while she was shredding papers in a freezing basement. We also chat about Phantom of the Opera, Rick Owens trying to shave her eyebrows for TikTok, street casting in NYC, designing mugs on the Lower East Side, and Balenciaga Speed Hunters. We hope you enjoy as much as we did recording!Lots of love!SolEpisode Tags: Born DuBois, murder mystery party NYC, viral murder mystery, fashion model podcast, i-D Magazine, Vaquera runway, Vaquera Paris Fashion Week, Rick Owens casting, Nike model, Maybelline casting, modeling audition stories, fashion industry jobs, immersive theater NYC, fashion podcast 2026, menswear podcast, Numero Berlin, ASAP Rocky, street casting NYC, modeling career advice, fashion styling tips, Ella Emhoff, Prada, Balenciaga Speed Hunters, personal shopping on a budget, Paris Fashion Week model, Lady Gaga Joanne, Pair of Kings podcast, how to throw a murder mystery party, how to become a model, creative director fashion, thrift fashion, vintage clothing NYC, fashion week behind the scenes, dinner theater New YorkSol Thompson and Michael Smith explore the world and subcultures of fashion, interviewing creators, personalities, and industry insiders to highlight the new vanguard of the fashion world. Subscribe for weekly uploads of the podcast, and don't forgot to follow us on our social channels for additional content, and join our discord to access what we've dubbed “the happiest place in fashion”.Message us with Business Inquiries at pairofkingspod@gmail.comSubscribe to get early access to podcasts and videos, and participate in exclusive giveaways for $4 a month Links: Instagram TikTok Twitter/X Sol's Substack (One Size Fits All) Sol's Instagram Michael's Instagram Michael's TikTok

The Israel Opera is performing a world premier of the new original opera, in Hebrew, of The Dybbuk. Composed by the renown composer Yosef Bardanashvili, the first operatic adaption of the Jewish classic will open February 18 for just five performances. Director and librettist Ido Ricklin told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that he reinvented the classic S. Ansky play to give the protagonists Leah a more universal aspect. (photo: Yossi Tzveker) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Confira os destaques do Jornal da Manhã desta quarta-feira (11): Um ataque a tiros em uma escola de ensino médio em Tumbler Ridge, na província da Colúmbia Britânica, no Canadá, deixou pelo menos dez pessoas mortas, segundo a Polícia Montada Real Canadense (RCMP). Seis vítimas foram encontradas dentro da unidade escolar e outras duas em uma residência ligada ao caso. Uma pessoa morreu a caminho do hospital, enquanto a suspeita foi localizada sem vida dentro da escola. Duas vítimas em estado grave foram transportadas de helicóptero para hospitais, e outras 25 com ferimentos leves recebem atendimento médico. O presidente da Câmara dos Deputados, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), defendeu a decisão do ministro do STF Flávio Dino que determinou a revisão dos chamados penduricalhos do funcionalismo público. Durante participação na CEO Conference Brasil 2026, promovida pelo BTG Pactual, Motta afirmou que o magistrado “foi feliz” e ajudou a trazer visibilidade para um tema sensível envolvendo supersalários e benefícios adicionais no setor público. O ex-ministro da Fazenda Maílson da Nóbrega defendeu a atuação do Banco Central no caso envolvendo o Banco Master durante o lançamento de seu novo livro, “O Brasil ainda pode ser um país rico?”. Levantamento divulgado por Futura/Apex nesta terça-feira (10) apresenta projeções para a eleição presidencial de 2026 e indica que o presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva aparece atrás do senador Flávio Bolsonaro e do governador Tarcísio de Freitas em simulações de 2º turno. O estudo também avaliou cenários de 1º turno, nos quais Lula empata tecnicamente com Flávio Bolsonaro. As forças dos Estados Unidos posicionaram mísseis em lançadores montados em caminhões na base aérea de Al-Udeid, no Catar, a maior instalação militar americana no Oriente Médio. A movimentação ocorre em meio ao aumento das tensões com o Irã desde janeiro e levanta preocupações sobre uma possível escalada militar na região. O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva se reuniu no Palácio do Planalto com o presidente nacional do PSB, João Campos, e ouviu um pedido para que o vice-presidente Geraldo Alckmin permaneça na chapa que disputará a reeleição. O encontro ocorre após Lula admitir pela primeira vez a possibilidade de mudanças na composição eleitoral para o próximo pleito. O ministro da Justiça, Wellington César Lima e Silva, afirmou não ver problemas na realização de uma consulta popular sobre a redução da maioridade penal para todos os crimes, sinalizando uma mudança de discurso dentro do governo. Segundo ele, a possibilidade está prevista no substitutivo da PEC da Segurança Pública que ainda está em discussão no Congresso e não representa uma medida imediata. Um estudo do Ipea aponta que a eventual adoção da jornada de 40 horas semanais, com o fim da escala 6x1, pode elevar o custo médio do trabalho celetista em 7,84%. Apesar disso, a nota técnica indica que o impacto total para as empresas tende a ser parcialmente compensado em vários setores da economia. Para falar sobre o assunto, a Jovem Pan entrevista Pedro Facchini, diretor da Abrasel SP. A Polícia Federal deflagrou a terceira fase da Operação Barco de Papel para investigar crimes contra o sistema financeiro e possíveis tentativas de obstrução de investigações. Durante o cumprimento de mandados de busca e apreensão em Balneário Camboriú e Itapema, em Santa Catarina, um dos ocupantes de um apartamento jogou uma mala com dinheiro em espécie pela janela no momento da chegada dos agentes. Além do montante recuperado, a PF apreendeu veículos de luxo e celulares. Essas e outras notícias você acompanha no Jornal da Manhã. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Confira nesta edição do JR 24 Horas: A Polícia Federal fez uma operação, em cinco estados, para combater crimes sexuais. A ação aconteceu em São Paulo, no Ceará, Paraná, Santa Catarina e na Bahia. Três suspeitos foram presos. Os criminosos dopavam vítimas para produzir imagens de conteúdo sexual, que depois eram vendidas e expostas na internet. E ainda: Polícia fecha camarote em Salvador (BA) por suspeita de lavagem de dinheiro.

In this episode of "Serious Fun With Opera," a "Behind the Curtain" miniseries, Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano interviews UCLA's Chair of Musicology, Bob Fink, about musical minimalism--a term that "Philip Glass would not answer to," he says, but that is a "quintessentially American form." They discuss the concepts of trance, aural wallpaper, and the sublime, all swirling around Philip Glass's "Akhnaten', coming up on the LA Opera stage. Get your tickets now at LAOpera.org.

This week, Madison Opera will present its first world-premiere show in more than 30 years. “Everlasting Faint” is a true-crime ghost story opera with music by Madison composer Scott Gendel and libretto by Sandra Flores-Strand. To get up to speed for this momentous event, host Bianca Martin spoke with Scott and Madison Opera's General Director Kathryn Smith about the new show and the do's and don'ts for opera newbies.

Na manhã desta segunda-feira, 9 de fevereiro de 2026, o Aeroporto de Congonhas foi palco de uma operação policial impactante. Sérgio Antônio Lopes, de 60 anos, comandante da Latam, foi preso dentro da cabine de comando momentos antes de decolar para o Rio de Janeiro. A prisão faz parte da "Operação Apertem os Cintos", conduzida pela 4ª Delegacia de Repressão à Pedofilia (DHPP). Segundo as investigações da Polícia Civil de São Paulo, o piloto é suspeito de liderar uma rede de exploração sexual infantil que operava há pelo menos oito anos. O caso choca não apenas pela gravidade dos abusos, mas pela participação de familiares das vítimas: a mãe e a avó de crianças abusadas também foram detidas, suspeitas de aliciarem e venderem o acesso às menores em troca de pagamentos. Neste vídeo, conheça o passo a passo da investigação, o perfil do suspeito, as acusações que pesam sobre a rede criminosa e o posicionamento da companhia aérea. Analisamos também a recorrência desses padrões de crimes em redes organizadas e a importância da vigilância social.

Subsecretário-geral para Operações de Paz, alertou o Conselho de Segurança para situação marcada por confrontos armados em várias regiões, deslocações em massa e restrições severas ao trabalho humanitário.

Confira nesta edição do JR 24 Horas: O governo federal iniciou um projeto piloto que disponibiliza linhas de crédito para famílias inscritas no Cadastro Único (CadÚnico) voltadas a empreendedores. O programa terá duração inicial de três meses e estará acessível nas agências da Caixa Econômica Federal localizadas em ⁠São Paulo⁠, ⁠Rio de Janeiro⁠ e Belo Horizonte. Os empréstimos oferecidos variam entre R$ 500 e R$ 21 mil e contam com taxas de juros reduzidas. Os beneficiários terão prazos que vão de quatro a 12 meses para quitar os valores. Além disso, o programa inclui garantias fornecidas pelo Fundo Garantidor de Operações e isenta os tomadores do Imposto sobre Operações Financeiras (IOF). E Ainda: Acordo Mercosul-UE pode ser aprovado em comissão do Congresso.

February 8, 2026Join hosts Tony Moore, Michael Mattes, Justin Hareld, and Araceli Aviles, as they recap episodes of Days of Our Lives from the week of February 2-6, 2026.This week on Dishin' Days, Stefano's dearest loved ones, as well as his most tortured victims, say a final goodbye to the Phoenix. Elsewhere, Vivian spins her tale, Rachel makes a move, and JJ inserts his thoughts where no one wants them. Thank you to everyone for joining us as Dishin' Days celebrates 11 years! Here's to many more!Be sure to follow us on all social media platforms:Facebook: DishinDaysShowInstagram: @dishindaysTwitter: dishindays

The Phantom of the Opera returns to Detroit, and this is the version you want to see. A tour based on Hal Prince's original direction with expanded beautiful sets and an all time cast. Check out Miranda and Jess's in depth thoughts here. The Phantom of the Opera will be playing at the Detroit Opera house February 4 - February 15 2026! Get your tickets here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ao longo do século XIX e início do XX, a região Sul do Brasil recebeu intensos fluxos de imigração europeia, especialmente de alemães, italianos e outros grupos, em um contexto de políticas estatais voltadas à ocupação territorial, ao fortalecimento da pequena propriedade e à substituição do trabalho escravizado por mão de obra livre. Com o passar do tempo, essas experiências históricas foram reinterpretadas e instrumentalizadas na construção do chamado mito da excepcionalidade sulista, que atribui ao Sul uma suposta superioridade cultural, moral e econômica em relação ao restante do país. Essa narrativa, ancorada em leituras seletivas da origem dos imigrantes, do trabalho agrícola e do desenvolvimento regional, ignora conflitos sociais, desigualdades, violências e a inserção do Sul nas dinâmicas mais amplas da história brasileira, contribuindo para visões distorcidas sobre identidade, progresso e pertencimento nacional. Convidamos Paulo Pinheiro Machado para discutir como se formou o mito da excepcionalidade sulista, o papel da imigração europeia nessa construção, as políticas e interesses que sustentaram essa narrativa e os limites históricos dessa interpretação sobre o Sul do Brasil.Instagram: ⁠⁠@iclesrodrigues⁠⁠Adquira o curso História: da pesquisa à escrita por apenas R$ 49,90 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CLICANDO AQUI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Adquira o curso A Operação Historiográfica para Michel de Certeau por apenas R$ 24,90 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CLICANDO AQUI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Adquira o curso O ofício do historiador para Marc Bloch por apenas R$ 29,90 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CLICANDO AQUI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Colabore com nosso trabalho em ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠apoia.se/obrigahistoria⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A hora de ser novo cliente é essa! Usando o cupom HISTORIAFM na sua primeira compra na Insider, você ganha 20% de desconto! Acesse o site pelo link https://creators.insiderstore.com.br/HISTORIAFM e aproveite! #insiderstore

Bobz & Chad took the podcast on the road and recorded this one live from a couch in Perth — pure holiday debrief energy.We're talking:Belting tunes at Sing Out-Loud's West End Vs Broadway Musical Sing-Along at The CamfieldBobz's brilliantly organised hens night + Chad's gloriously makeshift bucksGoing feral cheering the Scorchers at Optus Stadium, then inevitably sliding into The Cas (Crown Casino)A perfect, sun-drenched day trip to Yanchep and Lancelin — a proper memory-lane moment for BobzBobz scoring her very first piece of Perth Bears merch (milestone unlocked)And somehow spiralling into a full movie-musical marathon: the complete High School Musical trilogy, Phantom of the Opera (2004), and the gloriously chaotic Aussie classic The Pirate Movie (1982)That's the lot.If you love aimless holiday stories, and passionate movie-musical debates — hit play.

In this episode, we look at how the classic black & white Universal movie monsters tap into universal fears, and how you can use that to create compelling villains in your book. This coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Dragonskull: Shield of the Knight, Book #2 in the Dragonskull series, (as excellently narrated by Brad Wills) at my Payhip store: GARETH50 The coupon code is valid through February 16, 2026. So if you need a new audiobook this winter, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 289 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is February 6, 2026, and today we are discussing how you can use the Universal monsters to write interesting villains. Before we get into that, we will have Coupon of the Week and an update on my current writing and publishing projects. First up is Coupon of the Week and this week's coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Dragonskull: Shield of the Knight, Book #2 of my Dragonskull series (as excellently narrated by Brad Wills), at my Payhip store. And that code is GARETH50. And as always, the coupon code and the link to my Payhip store will be available in the show notes. This coupon code is valid through February 16th, 2026, so if you need a new audiobook to get you through the middle of February, we have got you covered. Now let's see where I'm at with my current writing and publishing projects. As of this recording, I am 63,000 words into Cloak of Summoning and I am almost but not quite halfway through my outline. So this is definitely going to be a long book and it's probably going to come out in the first part of March because it's long enough that it will take me a while to finish writing it and then to edit and proof it and everything else. So I'm making good progress on it. It was a very productive week, but I am still not even halfway through, so I think it's probably going to be March. I am also 5,000 words into Blade of Wraiths. That will be the fourth book of my epic fantasy Blades of Ruin series, and that will probably be in April, if all goes well. In audiobook news, Blade of Shadows (as narrated by Brad Wills) is done and it is slowly starting to roll out to the various platforms. I think as of this recording, the only place it is live right now is my Payhip store and Google Play, but hopefully by the time I record the next episode, it will be available at even more stores than that. Hollis McCarthy is working on Cloak of Titans and I think she's about halfway or two thirds of the way through recording, so we should be able to get that to you before too much longer. So that is where I'm at with my current writing and publishing and audiobook projects. 00:02:13 Main Topic: Universal Monsters, Universal Fears, and Creating Villains Now our main topic, which is the Universal monsters and the universal fears and how you can use that to create villains. One idea a writer can use to create compelling villains is to tap into some of the universal fears, and in some ways, those universal fears are embodied by the classic Universal monster movies. I mentioned before that in Halloween of 2025, I saw that a bunch of the old black and white Universal monster movies were on Prime Video. So I watched them for the first time since I was a kid, and I was pleased to see that they held up pretty well for movies that are nearly a century old, especially considering these were some of the very first movies ever made with sound and the filmmakers were kind of figuring it out as they went along. Dracula is a bit uneven because they tried to cram the stage play version of the book into a 70 minute movie, which really doesn't work, though Bela Lugosi's performance as Dracula and Edward Van Sloan as Van Helsing really carried the movie and helped define the characters in the public eye, but the others are all good and Bride of Frankenstein is legitimately a great movie, but why have these particular movies lasted so long in the public consciousness? For that matter, why do people keep coming back to new versions and new stories of Dracula and Frankenstein's Creature and all the others? Partly it's because these characters are in the public domain and you can use them without getting sued. True, but there's a lot of stuff in the public domain that doesn't see the light of day nearly as often as these classic monsters. I think it's because the classic monsters tap into the universal (small U) fears or classic archetypes of the things that people fear in real life. It's interesting to note that most of the classic Universal monsters were either originally humans who became monstrous or creations by humans that turn monstrous. Essentially, the monsters tap into archetypal fears and are exaggerated versions of villains and monsters we might actually encounter on a day-to-day basis. What do I mean? Let's expound. First up, Dracula. Count Dracula is in some ways the easiest metaphor to explain. He's an aristocratic vampire that feeds upon people and gives them nothing but evil in return. Perhaps he will pass on his own immortality to some of his victims, but it's a cursed and hellish form of immortality and any vampires that he creates are essentially his slaves, sometimes his mindless slaves. Dracula is the fear of the Evil Elite. This of course, takes many different forms in the modern era, but it is very much alive and well. The various conspiracy theories that the elite of society might be devil worshippers or engaged in sinister cults are definitely Dracula adjacent (and based on recent news reports, it indeed appears at least some of these conspiracy theories turned out to be accurate). More prosaically, "rent seeking behavior" is often characterized as vampirism. Rent seeking behavior is defined as finding ways to extract profit without adding value by manipulating the legal or regulatory environment. The landlord who raises rent by $500 a month for no reason. A software developer who reduces features while raising the subscription price or a financier who manipulates the regulations for an industry while investing in it are good examples of rent seeking behavior that is metaphorically vampiric. For that matter, it can be downright mundane. The middle manager who bullies his employees and then takes all the credit for their work is a very boring and unpleasant, but nonetheless, an all too common example of the vampire metaphor in real life. Frankenstein's monster is a much easier metaphor to explain now than it would've been before ChatGPT went mainstream. There is always a fear that we will be destroyed by the works of our own hands, especially in the last a hundred years since the creation of nuclear technology and gene editing. Probably most famous examples of that in science fiction are The Terminator and The Matrix movies series. However, these days the metaphor for Frankenstein's monster is almost ridiculously easy. We have generative AI to fulfill the metaphor of Frankenstein's monster for us. Karl Marx famously said that history repeats twice, the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. Nuclear weapons as a metaphor for Frankenstein's monster was a tragedy but generative AI is a farce. The tech bros sold it as this omniscient mind that could solve all problems and eliminate all jobs. What we've actually gotten is an imbecilic chatbot that makes a lot of mistakes, can't remember anything, can't actually do anything right, inflicts widespread damage to the economy, drives up electricity costs, and makes existing products like Windows 11 and Google search much worse. It's like as if Frankenstein's monster was really, really stupid and wanted you to add glue to your pizza to keep the cheese from sliding off. The Wolf Man, of course, is a metaphor for the potentially bestial nature of man. We all know, of course, or are eventually forced to learn that human beings have a dark side that can come out in times of anger and stress. Civilization is sometimes a thin veneer over the animalistic side of humans. Sometimes the veneer grows even thinner and the dark side comes raging out in riots and wars and mass slaughter. For Larry Talbot, the original Wolf Man in the movie, his situation is even more terrifying. He's a rational man who believes in science and psychology and doesn't believe in things like werewolves. Yet when he is bitten, he nonetheless loses control and transforms into the Wolf Man. He doesn't want to transform and attack people, but he has lost control of himself to the werewolf curse, and so he does. In a sense, all humans are werewolves in that we have a monstrous side that can come out under the right or the wrong conditions. The worst of us embrace that fact, just as in medieval legends, sometimes people would make pacts with the devil to become werewolves. The Invisible Man was originally a science fiction story, which means that the Invisible Man represents a new fear created by science. "Transhumanism" is an idea that eventually humans will merge with machines and evolve and become something new. Naturally, many people think this is a bad idea, and so a new idea has emerged: "posthumans" or humans that have been so modified by science that they are no longer recognizably human. So far, this has remained mostly science fiction, but you can see the glimmers of it beginning in biology and medical science. There's a reason performance enhancing drugs are banned in most sports. Genetic engineering opens up the possibility that corporations could create their own custom humans, essentially their own posthumans. The possibilities for abuse in such situations are sadly endless. So the Invisible Man, like Frankenstein's Creature, taps into the fear of science or more accurately the fear of what horrors science might create. On the surface, the Creature from the Black Lagoon is a monster story about a creature that carries off a pretty girl. I think it taps into a deeper fear, however, namely that the world is older and stranger and more alien and incomprehensible than we can possibly know. Like hardcore creationists say that the earth is 6,000 years old or so, and the traditional scientific view is that the earth has been around for four and a half billion years or so, and both groups have detailed charts explaining why their theories are correct, but what if they're both wrong? Oceanographers say that we don't fully understand the oceans. And a common theory among UFO people is that UFOs emerged from hidden bases at the bottom of the ocean, inaccessible by any human. There are other theories that there have been entire civilizations such as Atlantis that have vanished without a trace and were more advanced than our own, or that all of human civilization is a cycle that constantly destroys itself and restarts without a memory of its previous failures, or that aliens have influenced and controlled human history or that aliens created the earth and this is all some sort of elaborate science experiment. Of course, all these theories are likely bunk. Probably. I think it is true to say that not only is the world stranger than we know, it is stranger than the human mind is actually capable of comprehending. And depending on how far that goes, that could be a terrifying thought. So the Creature from the Black Lagoon, the idea that some race of fishmen lurks beneath the waves that we don't know about, taps into that fear. Like The Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Mummy on the surface is another story about the monster who wants the girl since Imhotep waits 3,000 years for his love to be reincarnated. But I think this taps into a deeper fear, namely that we can't escape history, that no matter what we do or how hard we try, history will catch up to us (whether our own personal history or national history). Political philosopher Francis Fukuyama famously wrote a book called The End of History and The Last Man in 1992, arguing that with the collapse of Communism, liberal democracy was the final form of government achieved by mankind and it would have no serious competitors in the future. This was a nice dream, but I think it's fair to say that the last 34 years since 1992 have proven that thesis profoundly wrong. History is definitely not over and in every domestic or international political crisis of the last 34 years, you can trace its roots back for decades or even centuries. It took 3,000 years for the dead hand of Imhotep to affect the present, but it usually doesn't take nearly that long for history to have negative effects in the present world. The Phantom of the Opera is considered one of the Universal monsters, but I don't think he really taps into a deeper fear, maybe just to be wary of a creepy guy who lives in a theater basement and is unhealthily obsessed with the leading actress. Honestly, that just seems like good common sense. Maybe poor Christine Daae just needs some pepper spray or a good solid shotgun. In conclusion, I think each of these Universal monsters remains popular because they tap into a deeper, more profound fear. So if you're a writer looking to create a memorable villain, you could do worse than to follow those universal fears. You don't even explicitly have to write horror, science fiction, or fantasy to do it. In a mystery novel, you could have a Dracula type villain in the form of a slumlord who traps his tenants with restrictive lease agreements to bleed them dry financially or an Invisible Man villain in the form of a scientist who is illegally injecting college athletes with an experimental drug without their knowledge. The Wolf Man appears quite often in detective and thriller fiction as a serial killer or some other kind of violent criminal. Naturally we cannot escape history, so the Mummy can appear as a conflict that had its roots in events that happened decades ago. Of course, the range for universal fear villains in science fiction and fantasy is much greater. Then you don't even have to be metaphorical. So hopefully this look at the Universal monsters and the universal fears they tap into will give you some good tips and ideas for writing villains in your book. So that's it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes in https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy, and we'll see you all next week.  

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Wine Barrels, Duomo Marble, and Florence: Paoletti Custom Guitars at NAMM 2026I've been away from Florence for 25 years. I didn't know there was a guitar company like this back home.At NAMM 2026, I found Filippo Martini from Paoletti Custom Guitars—a boutique manufacturer based in the heart of Tuscany, building instruments that are equal parts guitar and artwork.Paoletti does something no one else does: they build guitars from chestnut wood sourced from Italian wine barrels. The material offers a wide harmonic spectrum, but it's difficult to work with. You need to know how to handle it. Founder Fabrizio Paoletti figured it out, and now every guitar they produce shows the natural grain—no opaque finishes, no hiding the wood.The craftsmanship runs deep. Bridges, pickguards, pickups—all made in-house. Necks carved from Canadian maple, roasted on-site. 99% of the process happens in Tuscany. As Filippo put it, "Kilometer zero." Zero miles. Everything local except the screws.Their model is 100% custom. You don't buy a Paoletti off the rack. You tell them your style, your sound, the genre you play. They build around your vision while keeping the Italian essence intact—chestnut wood, Italian-made components, tailored to your idea.But what stopped me cold was the Duomo collection.Eight individual guitars, each hand-engraved by Fabrizio Paoletti himself. Three years of work. The subject: Florence's cathedral—the Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore.This isn't just decoration. Paoletti secured an official partnership with the Opera del Duomo, the authority that oversees the cathedral. The back of each guitar reproduces the marble floor pattern from inside the Duomo. And when the collection is complete this October, every guitar will contain an actual piece of marble from the cathedral.I got shivers standing there.This is what happens when guitar making meets Italian heritage. It's not about specs or market positioning. It's about place, history, and craft passed down through generations.Filippo invited me to visit the workshop in Florence when I return in April. I'm going. I want to see where this happens—where wine barrel wood becomes an instrument, where cathedral marble gets embedded into a guitar body, where a team of artisans builds one-of-one pieces for players around the world.Florence is known for many things. Leather. Art. Architecture. The Renaissance itself. Now I know it's also home to some of the most distinctive guitars being made anywhere.Paoletti proves that boutique doesn't mean small ambitions. They're partnering with galleries in Dubai, working with the Duomo authorities, and bringing Florence to NAMM.Not bad for a company I didn't even know existed until I walked the show floor and heard an Italian accent.Sometimes you find home in unexpected places.Marco Ciappelli interviews Filippo Martini from Paoletti Custom Guitars at NAMM 2026 for ITSPmagazine.Part of ITSPmagazine's On Location Coverage at NAMM 2026.

Grammy award-winning opera singer Joyce DiDonato brings her latest album tour home to Kansas City. “Emily – No Prisoner Be,” explores the work of one of America's greatest poets, Emily Dickinson.

Confira os destaques de Os Pingos nos Is desta sexta-feira (06):Um laudo médico elaborado por peritos da Polícia Federal aponta que Jair Bolsonaro (PL) possui doenças crônicas, mas tem condições de permanecer preso na Papuda. O relatório deve embasar a decisão do ministro Alexandre de Moraes sobre o pedido de prisão domiciliar apresentado pela defesa do ex-presidente. A Polícia Federal deflagrou a Operação Zona Cinzenta para investigar investimentos da Previdência do Amapá no Banco Master. A ação mira dirigentes do órgão e apura a aplicação de mais de R$ 400 milhões em recursos públicos. O ministro Dias Toffoli determinou o envio de processos relacionados ao Banco Master para a primeira instância da Justiça Federal, ao entender que parte das investigações não envolve autoridades com foro privilegiado. A decisão já impacta casos no Rio de Janeiro e em São Paulo.O presidente do PP, Ciro Nogueira, se reuniu com Lula na Granja do Torto em busca de um acordo político para as eleições no Piauí. A articulação envolve a renovação do mandato de senador e pode redefinir alianças no estado. O ex-deputado federal Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP) cobrou publicamente maior engajamento da direita na pré-candidatura de Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) à Presidência em 2026. A manifestação reforça a tentativa do grupo de unificar aliados e acelerar articulações políticas para a disputa eleitoral. O ministro Aroldo Cedraz, do Tribunal de Contas da União, decidiu manter o repasse de R$ 1 milhão à escola de samba Acadêmicos de Niterói, mesmo após recomendação contrária da área técnica do tribunal. A controvérsia envolve o samba-enredo em homenagem ao presidente Lula e um pedido do partido Novo que apontava possível desvio de finalidade. O vice-presidente Geraldo Alckmin respondeu às declarações de José Dirceu, que classificou a aliança com Lula como um acordo político. Alckmin agradeceu a confiança do ex-ministro e afirmou que a decisão sobre a próxima chapa presidencial será tomada no momento oportuno. Você confere essas e outras notícias em Os Pingos nos Is.

For more than a century, the Melrose Symphony Orchestra has been performing for the community, sharing the joy of live music with people of all ages. This winter, they've been busy preparing for a pair of concerts in March that will appeal to opera lovers, local kids, and everyone in between! Yoichi Udagawa, the Symphony's longtime Conductor and Musical Director, returns to the show to talk with Nichole about the Orchestra's storied history, how they try to make classical music accessible to every music lover, and details of the upcoming shows.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The term "classical music" includes a wide variety of music and artists. This hour we take a look at what that category really means. We celebrate the form and help you figure out how to start listening to the genre. Plus, how video game music is bringing new listeners to classical music and live orchestras. GUESTS: Matthew Aucoin: American composer, conductor, writer, pianist, and a 2018 MacArthur Fellow. He is author of “The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera” and is co-founder of the American Modern Opera Company. His opera “Euridyce” was produced by the Metropolitan Opera in 2021, making him the youngest composer in nearly a century to have an opera produced by The Met Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch: Author of “Declassified: A Low-Key Guide to the High-Strung World of Classical Music”. She is also a violinist who has performed in venues around the world Carolyn Kuan: Music Director of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. In 2025, she led the acclaimed world premiere of Huang Ruo’s "The Monkey King" at San Francisco Opera. Her recording of Huang Ruo’s "An American Soldier" with the American Composers Orchestra received a 2026 Grammy nomination J. Aaron Hardwick: An internationally active professional conductor, professor of music at Wake Forest University, and Director of the Wake Forest University Symphony Orchestra, recognized for his work in classical and contemporary repertoire and innovative orchestral programming, including video game music MUSIC FEATURED (in order): Symphony No. 5 I. Trauermarsch – Gustav Mahler, Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic 21 Hungarian Dances No. 5 – Johannes Brahms, Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic Revolucion Diamantina Act IV: Speaking the unspeakable – Gabriela Ortiz, Gustavo Dudamel, LA Phil Don’t Look Down I. Hammerspace – Christopher Cerrone, Sandbox Percussion Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter” IV. Molto Allegro – W.A. Mozart, Seiji Ozawa, Mito Chamber Orchestra String Quartet No. 8 II. Allegro molto – Dmitri Shostakovich, Dover Quartet 6 Bagatelles for Wind Quintet III. Allegro grazioso – Gyorgy Ligeti, Claudio Abbado, Chamber Orchestra of Europe Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Felix Mendelssohn, Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra An American Soldier Act II Scene 1: Hey Danny – Huang Ruo, Carolyn Kuan, American Composers' Orchestra Hi – Caroline Shaw CUT FOR TIME The Monkey King Act II Scene 3 – Huang Ruo, Carolyn Kuan, San Francisco Opera Tears of the Kingdom Main Theme – Manaka Kataoka Temple of Time Theme Montage – The Legend of Zelda NES (1986) Style – Loeder Music Ocarina of Time (1998) – Koji Kondo Breath of the Wild (2017) – Yasuaki Iwata Planetrise – Inon Zur (Starfield) Lumiere – Lorien Testard (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) CUT FOR TIME Atsu’s Theme – Toma Otowa (Ghost of Yōtei) CUT FOR TIME The Perfect Wave – Austin Wintory Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everyone loves a masquerade, where one gets to be someone completely different – at least until the clock strikes midnight. In this season opener, the questions of who we are, who people see us as, and who we'd like to be start early, as one magical evening kicks off a series of events that are sure to turn the Ton a-tizzy. Benedict is a rake, Sophie is a servant, and somehow Lady Whistledown is still a main character. It's season four, and we're about to go downstairs. Featuring: - So many servants - Definitions of a rake, definitions of self - Finding the right person - Introducing the boy diamond - Big villain energy - Curiosity, fascination, surprise - A Cinderella story Here are is the media we talk about in this episode: - An Offer from a Gentleman, a book by Julia Quinn - Romancing Mr Bridgerton, a book by Julia Quinn - Bridgerton, a television series - Jodi's WWDD episode on virginity - Jodi's WWDD episode on romance series - The Consummate Virgin by Jodi McAlister - The Duke and I by Julia Quinn - When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn - It's in His Kiss by Julia Quinn - Lord Byron - Heated Rivalry, a television adaptation - Queen Charlotte, a mini-series - Queen Charlotte, a WWDD special episode featuring Maxine Beneba Clarke - Cinderella, a fairytale - Joan of Arc - A Midsummer's Night Dream, a play by William Shakespeare - The Princess Bride, a film by Rob Reiner - Cleopatra - Marc Antony - Zeus - ‘Life in Technocolour', a song by Coldplay - ‘Masquerade', a song from The Phantom of the Opera, a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Bachelor, a reality TV show - The Bachelorette, a reality TV show ‘ DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love', a song by Usher - ‘Never Let You Go', a song by Third Eye Blind - Wicked, a musical by Stephen Schwartz - Ever After, a film by Andy Tennant Some extra notes: - Both Mrs Wilson and John the Footman have been regulars since season one - The Queen is dressed as the Queen of Hearts at the masquerade Our guest host this episode is the seriously smart, seriously sassy Jodi McAlister. You can hear more from Jodi by following her on instagram and tiktok and by reading her latest novel, An Academic Affair. For your TBR, Jodi has recommended Power Moves by Leesa Ronald. Jodi says the characters ‘sprang to life' for her and called the book ‘compelling'. Don't forget you can find us on facebook @bridgertonpod and instagram and bluesky @wwddpod and join the conversation using the hashtag #WWDDpod. Please follow us on your favourite podcast provider! Leaving a 5-star rating and a review will not only help us find more listeners, but also help you find joy and beauty in your world. This episode was recorded on the traditional and unceded land of the Kaurna, Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people. Our editor is Ben McKenzie of Splendid Chaps Productions. If you need production work completed, you can find them here: splendidchaps.com

*Cue Kyle's Opera voice. TODAY ON THE SHOW, Kyle's purse has an odor so we smell it. Yeah, you read that right haha. Then, we help Emily who was NOT invited to her sister's wedding. Why? Let's find out. We may even have a potential follow up tomorrow or next week! Plus, Payton has a BRIDGERTON GAME and Rich enlightens us on the newest East Valley hot topic, SOURDOUGH WILLIE! All of this and MUCH MORE!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.