Comments on: you saved ALL our past issues? :-O http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2007/08/22/you-saved-all-our-past-issues-o/ Dialogue with the readers of the newsletter Buongiorno Venezia Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:54:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Cat Bauer http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2007/08/22/you-saved-all-our-past-issues-o/#comment-1340 Cat Bauer Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:46:23 +0000 http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2007/08/22/you-saved-all-our-past-issues-o/#comment-1340 This is from my blog, Rosalba. I posted a link to your newsletter over there:) Ciao, Cat September 10, 2007 - Monday Ennio Morricone in Piazza San Marco Tonight, unexpectedly, I had the wonderful opportunity to see Ennio Morricone's concert in Piazza San Marco. We don't know exactly who said it, either Napoleon or Alfred de Musset, but one of them called it "The drawing room of Europe" or "The World's Most Beautiful Drawing Room" (Maybe de Musset said the first, and Napoleon the second.) In any event, that is what it looked like tonight: The world's most beautiful drawing room. Almost the entire Piazza was packed. In typical Venetian confusion, nobody could figure out how to enter, and everyone wandered all over the place. But once we finally got settled, it was magical. There were Murano glass chandeliers over the stage. Every window in the Piazza has a light in the form of a candle. People were hushed and polite. Venice was hushed and polite. It seemed the entire town was there -- I am curious as to what the actual number of people was because there wasn't an empty seat and the seats stretched all the way back to the Clock. The sound was spectacular. And it was even surround-sound... when suddenly some brass came from behind. The orchestra was brilliant. And the voices... There were about 80-90 human voices, half female, half male, and then half again: soprano/alto, tenor/baritone. You forget how many wonderful film scores Morricone is responsible for -- more than 400. Tonight the weather in Venice is perfect. Cool. Clear. Peaceful. It was a concert for peace. Tomorrow (well, actually, today as I write this) is September 11th, and there will be another concert in the evening. The Casino organized this event. I have been talking a lot with the Casino lately. We have a new young director, Carlo Pagan, whom I just adore. 40% of the income of Venice comes from the Casino... I think I mentioned this before. And everyone is a tad cynical and says, yeah, right, sure. But, really, I went around over there recently, and they are putting it back into the city. Carlo is working his butt off; he really loves Venice; he is Venetian. He put the Maria Callas exhibit that was at the Casino into the Post Office at Rialto, so you can stop over there and check that out. The concert ended with "In Earth as it is in Heaven" from "The Mission" and that is exactly what it seemed like: in earth as it is in heaven. xoxo Cat This is from my blog, Rosalba. I posted a link to your newsletter over there:)

Ciao,
Cat

September 10, 2007 - Monday

Ennio Morricone in Piazza San Marco

Tonight, unexpectedly, I had the wonderful opportunity to see Ennio Morricone’s concert in Piazza San Marco. We don’t know exactly who said it, either Napoleon or Alfred de Musset, but one of them called it “The drawing room of Europe” or “The World’s Most Beautiful Drawing Room” (Maybe de Musset said the first, and Napoleon the second.) In any event, that is what it looked like tonight: The world’s most beautiful drawing room.

Almost the entire Piazza was packed. In typical Venetian confusion, nobody could figure out how to enter, and everyone wandered all over the place. But once we finally got settled, it was magical.

There were Murano glass chandeliers over the stage. Every window in the Piazza has a light in the form of a candle. People were hushed and polite. Venice was hushed and polite. It seemed the entire town was there — I am curious as to what the actual number of people was because there wasn’t an empty seat and the seats stretched all the way back to the Clock.

The sound was spectacular. And it was even surround-sound… when suddenly some brass came from behind.

The orchestra was brilliant. And the voices… There were about 80-90 human voices, half female, half male, and then half again: soprano/alto, tenor/baritone. You forget how many wonderful film scores Morricone is responsible for — more than 400.

Tonight the weather in Venice is perfect. Cool. Clear. Peaceful. It was a concert for peace. Tomorrow (well, actually, today as I write this) is September 11th, and there will be another concert in the evening. The Casino organized this event. I have been talking a lot with the Casino lately. We have a new young director, Carlo Pagan, whom I just adore. 40% of the income of Venice comes from the Casino… I think I mentioned this before. And everyone is a tad cynical and says, yeah, right, sure. But, really, I went around over there recently, and they are putting it back into the city. Carlo is working his butt off; he really loves Venice; he is Venetian. He put the Maria Callas exhibit that was at the Casino into the Post Office at Rialto, so you can stop over there and check that out.

The concert ended with “In Earth as it is in Heaven” from “The Mission” and that is exactly what it seemed like: in earth as it is in heaven.

xoxo
Cat

]]> By: kent http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2007/08/22/you-saved-all-our-past-issues-o/#comment-1627 kent Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:59:23 +0000 http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2007/08/22/you-saved-all-our-past-issues-o/#comment-1627 So have you died or what? It's been two months since anything new's been posted here! k So have you died or what? It’s been two months since anything new’s been posted here!
k

]]> By: T.A. Seligman http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2007/08/22/you-saved-all-our-past-issues-o/#comment-1695 T.A. Seligman Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:16:16 +0000 http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2007/08/22/you-saved-all-our-past-issues-o/#comment-1695 Creating a new vaporetto line for residents makes no sense at all! Why not just improve the current system by adding a few boats an increasing their frequency? I hate to say this, but t's beginning to sound as if the Venetians are biting the hand that feeds them. Creating a new vaporetto line for residents makes no sense at all! Why not just improve the current system by adding a few boats an increasing their frequency? I hate to say this, but t’s beginning to sound as if the Venetians are biting the hand that feeds them.

]]> By: veniceanorak http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2007/08/22/you-saved-all-our-past-issues-o/#comment-1774 veniceanorak Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:42:58 +0000 http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2007/08/22/you-saved-all-our-past-issues-o/#comment-1774 Has this blog closed now? Has this blog closed now?

]]> By: buongiornovenezia http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2007/08/22/you-saved-all-our-past-issues-o/#comment-2039 buongiornovenezia Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:15:16 +0000 http://blog.buongiornovenezia.com/2007/08/22/you-saved-all-our-past-issues-o/#comment-2039 hehehe.... they tried to kill me softly... but i'm still here :-D hehehe…. they tried to kill me softly… but i’m still here :-D

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