New York gays are not happy with the stale and heterosexually interpreted "Eugene Onegin". They demand to see and hear their most favorite, beloved, adored and longed for Russian gay opera diva!
Oh, ain't he gorgeous? I think I am going to fall in love with him! Sexy!
Ария Путина из оперы "Валдайский Клуб":
В.ПУТИН: "за их… что «за их», подскажите…" [?"за яйца"?!]
РЕПЛИКА: "За их ориентацию."
В.ПУТИН: "За их ориентацию, правильно."
Mike Nova comments:
Суфлёр,
Подскажите ему… подскажите…
Подскажите ему. Подскажите.
Подскажите ему! Подскажите!
Подскажите ему!! Подскажите!!
Please! Пожалуйста! Por Favor!
Подскажите ему!!! Подскажите!!!
(Ведь без подсказок он не может!)
Vovchick! Это ведь дети в школе проходят. А ты всё ещё не знаешь!
Published on Aug 25, 2012
Great voices of BOLSHOI
Sergey Lemeshev (1902-1977). tenor, soloist of the Bolshoi theatre (1931-1956).
Lensky's aria and duel from "Eugene Onegin" by Ppetr Tchaikovsky. Rec. 1960 (TV). Onegin - Zaretzky - Igor Mikhaylov.
More Lemeshev's video see on this DVD - http://aquarius-classic.ru/album?aid=...
Сергей Яковлевич Лемешев (1902-1977), тенор, солист Большого театра (1931-1956). Ария Ленского и сцена дуэли из оперы П. И. Чайковского "Евгений Онегин". Запись 1960 г. (ТВ), Онегин - Евгений Белов, Зарецкий - Игорь Михайлов.
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Uploaded on Jan 20, 2008
Сцена дуэли Онегина и Ленского
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"Владимир, ты не прав! Ты не прав!"
Uploaded on Aug 30, 2010
Евгений Онегин (П.И. Чайковского), Действие 2ое Картина 1ая.
The Metropolitan Opera's production of Tchaikovsky's most popular opera.
You can find an English translation of the libretto at (choose English language at top of page - D/E toggle):
http://www.opera-guide.ch/libretto.ph...
This part begins after Triquet's serenade for Tatiana.
ONEGIN
Aren't you dancing, Lensky?
You're standing around like some Childe Harold!
What's up with you?
LENSKY
With me? Nothing.
I'm admiring you;
What a fine friend you are!
Performers: Renee Fleming (Tatiana), Elena Zaremba (Olga), Ramon Vargas (Lenski), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Onegin), Svetlana Volkova (Mme. Larina), Larisa Shevchenko (Filippyevna), Sergei Aleksashkin (Prince Gremin), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (Monsieur Triquet), Richard Bernstein (Zaretsky), Keith Miller (Captain), and Linda Gelinas and Sam Meredith (Dancers).
Production: Robert Carsen
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Act 2, Scene 1: The ballroom of the Larin house.
When the dancing resumes, Lenski jealously confronts Onegin. Madame Larina begs the men not to quarrel in her house, but Lenski cannot be placated. He renounces his friendship with Onegin in front of all the guests, and challenges Onegin to a duel, which the latter is forced, with many misgivings, to accept.
There is a bilingual (Russian-English) libretto (sorry for the small print) at:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38305237/Eu...
Mike Nova: Чайковского мы любим, конечно, не потому что он был гей. Мы его просто любим, каким он был. И его сексуальность была центральной частью, сердцевиной его души, и без своей души он не был бы Чайковским и не смог бы подарить нам свою музыку.
Mike Nova: А ужасное происходит, и очень даже ужасное происходит: люди, которые не способны справляться со своими собственными латентными гомосексуальными импульсами, проецируют ненависть к самим себе на других и это ведёт к насилию. Некоторые молодые люди в России со средним или ниже среднего интеллектуальным уровнем и обременённые своей болезненной гомофобией, не способны понимать этот новый "закон" и воспринимают его как призыв к насилию против геев и чувствуют что они этот призыв должны выполнить, чтобы доказать самим себе, что они - "настоящие натуралы", особенно если их подначивают, прямо или непрямо, Церковь и общество.
Давайте посмотрим и почитаем:
Sunday, September 15, 2013
A screen shot from a video purportedly showing a man being threatened at gunpoint while being forced to sodomize himself with a bottle.
Sep 2, 2013 - Россия: новые законы привели к всплеску насилия против ...смелости гомофобным группировкам активизировать нападения на геев, ...
May 14, 2013 - ... произошедшее жестоким примером роста насилия в отношении... данных о количестве преступных действий против геев в России ...
Sep 2, 2013 - По словам российских геев, хулиганы, избивающие их, ... гей-бары отказались от водки в знак протеста против ущемления прав ...
Также смотрите материалы на эту тему в этом блоге и многие материалы на английском.
Конечно, это происходит иногда везде и антигомосексуальные законы и практики всё ещё существуют во многих странах и местах. Но если Россия - это Европейская страна, она должна разделять Европейские ценности. И ответственность государства и лидеров - не идти на поводу у сил тьмы, нетерпимости и насилия, но обеспечивать справедливость и равные права для всех и поддерживать мир и гражданское согласие в обществе, давать возможность всем на здоровое состояние души и на здоровый образ жизни. Прогрессивное государство и лидеры должны вести и просвещать, но не вестись на поводу из соображений беспринципного популизма. Давать ордена, медали и почётные грамоты - очень легко и приятно, но более важно обеспечить тем, кто их получают и тем, кто их не получают, право на равенство и уважение со стороны общества, так же как и всем остальным. "Демографическая проблема" никакого отношения к этой теме не имеет: людей в наши дни невозможно как-то заставить или склонить к тому, что они не чувствуют и чего они не хотят делать только для того, чтобы они рожали детей и решали таким образом "демографическая проблему", и было бы очень глупо пытаться это делать на государственном уровне. И они будут несчастливыми и их дети. Come to your senses, guys!
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Г.МОРГАН:
... И второй вопрос. Я действительно восхищаюсь разнообразием вашей страны. Россия – великая страна, но, безусловно, в условиях разнообразия есть противоречие ценностей, и это требует уважения между людьми, уважения большинства к меньшинству и наоборот. Я хотел бы свободы любви вне зависимости от проявления и формы, хотелось бы видеть распространения в вашей стране без угнетения, без страха, что кто‑то будет побит или убит.
В.ПУТИН: Давайте начнём с последней части Вашего вопроса. У нас нет никакого угнетения по половому принципу. В России нет законов, наказывающих сексуальные меньшинства за их… что «за их», подскажите…
РЕПЛИКА: За их ориентацию.
В.ПУТИН: За их ориентацию, правильно. Поэтому здесь нечего беспокоиться.
У нас принят закон, согласно которому запрещена пропаганда среди несовершеннолетних. Но я Вам скажу ещё раз: и в Вашей стране, и во всех европейских странах, и в России существует большая проблема, связанная с народонаселением, демографическая проблема. Рождаемость низкая, вымирают европейцы, вы понимаете это или нет? Однополые браки детей не производят. За счёт мигрантов вы хотите выживать? Вам и мигранты тоже не нравятся, потому что общество не может адаптировать такое количество мигрантов. Ваш выбор является таким, какой он есть во многих странах: признание однополых браков, право усыновления и так далее. Но позвольте нам сделать наш собственный выбор, как мы его видим для собственной страны.
Что касается прав, то повторяю ещё раз: представители сексуальных меньшинств у нас никак в правах не ограничены. Нет ограничений, у нас нет законов, ограничивающих их в чём бы то ни было: ни на работе, ни в других сферах деятельности нет такого. Я уже многократно говорил, я общаюсь с этими людьми, вручаю им даже государственные награды, медали и так далее, если они заслужили это, осуществляя свою деятельность в искусстве, на предприятиях и так далее. Это нормальное дело в нашей политической практике. Не нужно нагнетать того, чего нет. Это избыточные страхи.
В некоторых странах, кстати говоря, до сих пор сохраняется уголовная ответственность за гомосексуализм, скажем. В некоторых штатах США есть до сих пор уголовная ответственность. И Федеральный суд против этого, он считает, что это неконституционно, но отменить пока никак не может. Но это же есть, понимаете? Почему так всем нравится такой акцент сделать на России? Не надо нагнетать ничего, ничего страшного здесь нет.
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Gay Rights Groups Disrupt New York Met Opening Night
25 September 2013 | Issue 5220
Scott Wooledge / Queer Nation NY / AP
Anti-Putin protesters demonstrating outside the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center in New York on Monday.
As opera lovers inside New York City's Metropolitan Opera sat in silent anticipation of the new season's first sounds, what they heard was not the introduction to Pyotr Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" but shouts of protest against recently passed legislation that bans the promotion of LGBT relationships in Russia.
"Putin, end your war on Russian gays!" shouted a member of a New York-based LGBT organization, unfurling a rainbow flag. His three colleagues joined him, chanting "Anna, your silence is killing Russian gays! Valery, your silence is killing Russian gays!"
The activists inside the theater were peacefully escorted out. A few dozen protestors also gathered Monday evening in front of the theater, part of the Lincoln Center arts complex on the west side of Manhattan.
Jere Keys / Flickr
Protest flyer being handed out at Metropolitan Opera Gala on Sept. 23.
Valery Gergiyev, Russia's most famous conductor and the head of St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theater, is conducting for the Metropolitan's performances of “Eugene Onegin,” while Mariisnky soloist Anna Netrebko plays one of the two lead roles. Netrebko, who holds dual Russian and Austrian citizenship and currently resides in Vienna, is one of international opera's leading lights.
Both Netrebko and Gergiyev have also been vocal supporters of President
Vladimir Putin, who signed the anti-gay “propaganda” bill into law earlier this year and has led a drive by Russian authorities to promote conservative values.
After the incident, Netrebko issued a statement on her Facebook page saying, "As an artist, it is my great joy to collaborate with all of my wonderful colleagues — regardless of their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. I have never and will never discriminate against anyone."
She did not mention the Russian law specifically. Gergiyev has declined to comment.
"Eugene Onegin" is a staple of the Russian opera canon, and many musicologists believe that Tchaikovsky's score for the opera based on Alexander Pushkin's verse novel was strongly driven by resentment of his own homosexuality.
Peter Gelb, the director of the Metropolitan, wrote an op-ed for Bloomberg News this weekend, explaining that he deplores Russia's anti-gay law but did not want to dedicate the theater's performances to the protesters' cause. He also said he was "proud to present Russia's great gay composer."
The Metropolitan's new season will be dominated by Russian music, with Dmitry Shostakovich's "The Nose" and Alexander Borodin's "Prince Igor" operas joining "Eugene Onegin" on the season's playbill.
As opera lovers in New York City's Metropolitan Opera froze in silent anticipation of the new season's first sounds, what they heard was not the introduction to Pyotr Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin," but shouts of protest against the recen...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Gay-Rights Activists Disrupt Metropolitan Opera
Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko was heckled by an audience member at the Met.
Gay-rights protesters have disrupted the gala opening of Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
They were protesting a new Russian law banning "propaganda on nontraditional sexual relationships," which was signed in June by President Vladimir Putin.
Before the start of the performance on September 23, one man in the audience shouted, "Putin, end your war on Russian gays!"
The protester also criticized the performance's two Russian stars, opera singer Anna Netrebko and conductor Valery Gergiev.
Both Netrebko and Gergiev were vocal supporters of Putin in his last election.
The man addressed the two, shouting, "Anna, your silence is killing Russian gays!
Valery, your silence is killing Russian gays!"
Gay-rights activists also staged a protest outside the Metropolitan Opera before the performance began.
Based on reporting by nyt.com and buzzfeed.com
Gay-rights protesters have disrupted the gala opening of Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
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Between Barilla pasta's anti-gay jab, the IOC ignoring reality and a Russian activist's death, times aren't rosy for LGBT community
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Gay rights activists hold a banner reading "Homophobia - the religion of bullies" in Red Square, Moscow Photograph: Evgeny Feldman/AP
Sometimes it really does suck to be gay. In addition to the usual hard work – the recruiting of innocents, the destruction of the institution of marriage, compulsory brunch – there's been an unusually high volume of international bigotry and bad news to put up with this week.
Take the recent diss from Guido Barilla, the chairman of his family's famous pasta company. He
announced on air that he would never feature a gay family in one of Barilla's ads. Clearly unaware that gay people can actually hear what he says on the radio, Barilla
added that he had "no respect for adoption by gay families because this concerns a person who is not able to choose." He then encouraged those of us who found his statements offensive to eat another brand.
Within hours, Italian activists and politicians obliged by calling for a boycott. The hashtag "
#boycottbarrilla!" began trending on Twitter and popping up all over Facebook, along with a
trove of
brilliant satiric
images. American blogger John Aravosis, who speaks Italian, nailed the lid on by providing a
helpful translation of Barilla's remarks on his Americablog site, plus regular updates of Barilla's frantic attempts to backtrack. At last count, he and the company had issued
three separate statements, including one non-sequiturial rambling from Barilla about women's central role in the family, plus an awful "I'm-sorry-if-anyone-was-offended" pseudo-apology that only made him sound like a bigger jerk than ever.
Surpassing even Barilla's unique blend of homophobia and cynicism, the International Olympic Committee issued a
statement that it is "fully convinced that
Russia will respect the Olympic charter, which prohibits discrimination of any kind". There are two major obstacles to understanding how the IOC reached this conclusion. The first is the
extensive documentation, via every imaginable form of media, of Russia's persecution of LGBT people under the country's new,
virulently homophobic laws. The second is the IOC charter itself, which states – as this
helpful image from
Boycott Sochi 2014 reminds us – "Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic movement". It also compels the IOC to "fight against" and "take action against" what the charter calls "discrimination of any kind".
Anyone who wants to know what's responsible for the IOC's strange blindness to the purpose of its own charter – its conviction that none of the anti-gay witch hunt now in full swing in Russia counts as "discrimination" so long as a mob doesn't actually disrupt the figure skating – need look no further than the
bottles of Coca-Cola artfully placed in front of the IOC members at their press conference. It's clear that the Olympics – under the auspices of the IOC and the Olympics' top
sponsors, including Coke, Visa, General Electric, McDonald's, Procter & Gamble – are no longer about integrity or even sport. The occasional glimpse of skiing or snowboarding is just a brief interruption between commercials.
One can only hope that their same deep focus on market forces, along with a
wave of protests urging
action, will continue to rattle these corporations, possibly even to the point of actually doing something. They would do well to contemplate the effect on their brand of
being linked to everything that
happens under their logos in
Sochi and the damage of winding up on the wrong side of history.
The Metropolitan Opera ignored pleas to dedicate its opening night to Russia's LGBT population as a protest against the country's draconian anti-gay laws. This, despite featuring a production of "Eugene Onegin" written by the closeted gay Russian composer Tchaikovsky, directed by two lesbians (Deborah Warner and Fiona Shaw), and featuring two Putin enthusiasts – the conductor Valery Gergiev and the soprano Anna Netrebko. Ultimately, LGBT activists carried the day by bringing so much attention, through outside pickets and an inside action, that every newspaper review devoted half of their coverage to the plight of Russian gays. But it's disturbing to see the Met deploy the IOC's same twisted arguments – that somehow holding the Olympics in Russia, or featuring two major Putin supporters in one's cast isn't a political statement, but protesting either of those actions is.
Finally, in a huge loss to all human rights supporters, Russian LGBT activist
Alexei Davydov died at the age of 36. He was the first to challenge Russia's new "gay propaganda law" by standing on the steps of the Children's Library in Moscow with a sign reading "Gay is normal." Millions of people around the world watched the
TV footage of him being hauled off by the police. The police also
broke his arm in 2011, after arresting him at a protest defending freedom of assembly for all Russians. Being a gay activist in Russia, and therefore, unemployable, Davydov died poor. His friends are now scrambling to raise funds for his funeral.
Don't hold your breath.
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LGBT activist Alexey Davydov - GS
Here’s a Facebook post of mine you might find useful: “Russian LGBT activist Alexei Davydov, one of the participants in the previous action at which activists displayed a banner reading “Homophobia is the religion of trashy people,” has been arrested for an act of solitary protest carried out on Kaluzhskaya Square. Davydov unfurled a banner displaying the words, “Being gay is normal” in front of a children’s library. Davydov had previously applied for permission to hold the action and was denied on the basis of the new law prohibiting the “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations amongst minors,” making this refusal the first official application of the federal law.
This courageous action can be considered one of the first steps towards establishing the range of applicability of the new, ambiguous law. So far, it confirms the law’s symbolic nature, as it has been applied only in a situation deliberately designed to provoke it into effect. It has not been reported whether he will actually be charged under the new law.
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Published on 9/24/13 6:37 AM Last Update on 9.29.13
