https://youtu.be/VPpd-6X3tEo



















Sending you love & best wishes. Den xx

Hello & Hugs DN Family of Friends of Mine, Greeting from
The Sunshine State of California.......

I have a story to share , I just spoke with my sister-in-law
Elisa on Wednesday. She shared that she recently had
been to our Hollywood Bowl for the summer season.
The renowned Gustavo Dudamel conducted Giselle,
such a beautiful ballet. Two most talented dancers
of the new generation graced the stage & stole
the night with multiple standing Ovations.

Sergie Polunin of Ukrain & Natalia of Russia. Elisa raved, I immediately researched also falling in love with these two beautiful artists. So happy to share the treasure given to
me by Elisa with you....

God bless wishing you & your loved ones a most
lovely & beautiful Sunday....Thank you for your
friendship , it brings meaning me & kitties.
Always Carmen, Picasso & Pasha..........



What is the story behind Giselle?
The ballet is about a peasant girl named Giselle, who dies of a broken heart after discovering her lover is betrothed to another. The Wilis, a group of supernatural women who dance men to death, summon Giselle from her grave. They target her lover for death, but Giselle's great love frees him from their grasp.

Giselle — Natalia Osipova
Albrecht — Sergei Polunin
Myrtha — Oksana Kardash
Two Wilises — Maria Beck
Two Wilises — Natalia Kleymenova
Hans — Sergey Manuylov
Bathilde — Daria Darienko
Duke — Stanislav Bukharaev
Wilfrid — Alexander Seleznev
Berthe — Yana Bolshanina
Conductor — Anton Grishanin
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre July 24, 2015






Giselle - Natalia Osipova, Sergei Polunin (1)
https://youtu.be/q9jGl0J-77E

Giselle - Natalia Osipova, Sergei Polunin (2)
https://youtu.be/Y58M2WaH8Fk

Giselle - Natalia Osipova, Sergei Polunin (3)
https://youtu.be/SFJdEPx_Qz0

N. Osipova, S. Polunin - Giselle(4) 24.07.15. Moscow
https://youtu.be/h9W5RbYkgeI

N. Osipova, S. Polunin - Giselle(5) 24.07.15. Moscow
https://youtu.be/eyxc7WYpyvA

N. Osipova, S. Polunin - Giselle(6) 24.07.15. Moscow
https://youtu.be/9eEhkaNRecw

N. Osipova, S. Polunin - Giselle(7) 24.07.15. https://youtu.be/E4eM3hSOLxM


PS: I was able to view this magnificent performance today
on youtube it brought tears of joy to my heart, to experience
our new generation of talent that graces our world. I so hope
you get to enjoy if time permits....With lots of hugs !!!!!





Sergei Polunin - Love Sergei Polunin Ballet Dancer
https://youtu.be/OLppFdpirio

Music - Reborn" by Abel Korzeniowski
https://youtu.be/OLppFdpirio

PS Again I'm not sure which production this is from
but found it to be so moving , I just had to share...

❤ Wishing You A Magical Day

Wonderful day/evening, my dear friend!

❤ Happy Day For You!! S M I L E

Our DN Family of Friends, Happy Weekend.
Love You All To THe Moon & Back.
Carmen, Picasso & Pasha ...


To Hester, all the world seemed full of melody. Even the clouds in the sky sailed slowly along in time to a stately march in her brain, or danced to the tune of a merry schottische that sounded for her ears alone. And when she saw the sunset from the hill behind her home, there was always music then — low and tender if the colors were soft and pale-tinted, grand and awful if the wind blew shreds and tatters of storm-clouds across a purpling sky. ~Eleanor H. Porter, "A Delayed Heritage," 1904
















Nuria Rial "De Santany� vaig partir" (L'Arpeggiata)
https://youtu.be/dnRhMM7S0ys



De Santany� vaig partir' from the album 'Mediterraneo' by Christina Pluhar / L'Arpeggiata

L'Arpeggiata records Cavalli: l'Amore innamorato (Armonia)
https://youtu.be/lxKZxf2EoFc


In L’Amore innamorato Christina Pluhar's ensemble L'Arpeggiata and sweet-voiced sopranos Nuria Rial and Hana Blaž�kov� offer us a gem, a rarity that cleverly borrows the title of a mysterious opera by Cavalli, thought to have been lost or perhaps never premiered.


Hana Blaž�kov� (born 2 December 1980) is a Czech soprano and harpist. She is focused on Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music, appearing internationally. She has recorded as a member of the Bach Collegium Japan, among many others.

the harpist here is Sarah Louise Ridy, a baroque harpist who plays with many groups but not Omnia. The harpist from Omnia is Jenny Evans van der Harten.

Magnificent - Singing Sublime



Christina Pluhar- L'Arpeggiata: Cavalli, L’Amore innamorato "Piante Ombrose"
https://youtu.be/8kMrkMiWR3g

Lovely weekend, dear friend!

Our DN Family of Friends,



MUSIC QUOTES IN SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts" - Jaques from As You Like It (Act II, Scene 7)














Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - Piano Concerto in G Major -
H�l�ne Grimaud, piano Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Berliner Philharmoniker
https://youtu.be/xbNoqzpbc0U


Bolero de Ravel - Gustavo Dudamel con la Wiener Philharmoniker Maurice Ravel -
https://youtu.be/C_AjezOSKdk


Bolero de Ravel - Gustavo Dudamel con la Wiener Philharmoniker Maurice Ravel -
https://youtu.be/C_AjezOSKdk















Shakespeare Quotations on Friendship

Keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key.
(All's Well That Ends Well 1.1.65-6), Countess to Bertram




Your California Family
Carmen & Felines ....