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Reviews by Josmar Lopes
http://josmarlopes.wordpress.com/
Brazilian culture and history (as well as music, opera, the arts), films in general, sci-fi/fantasy/horror films in particular, TV, opera history, reviews and personalities, pop music, pop culture personalities, bossa nova, soccer. I was invited to submit my blog by Emma on Dec 6, 2012.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 426 )
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Flames Over Rio 2016: Brazil’s President ‘Burns’ as the World Watches the...
Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 OlympicsCelebrate Bad Times, Come On!It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. And it most certainly wasn’t part of anyone’s game... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2016 SOCIETY -
Her Eyes Were Fixed on Bette Davis (Part Two): This is Your Cinematic Life
Paul Henreid Bette Davis in Now, Voyager (1942)THE QUEEN “B” OF HOLLYWOOD MADE HERSELF AT HOME IN OUR LIVING ROOM — AND IN MY MOTHER’S HEARTObviously, my... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
‘Manon Lescaut,’ ‘Madama Butterfly,’ and the Met’s Latest Love Couple (Part One)
Des Grieux (Roberto Alagna) Manon (Kristine Opolais) in Act IV of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut (Photo: Ken Howard)Life Imitates ArtThey were known in the... Read more
Posted on 13 August 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
Met Opera Roundup: The Matters That Matter at the Opera
Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center (Photo: John Glines)And Now, a Word from Our SponsorThis has been a heck of a year for opera houses in general,... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
Men and Women, Love and Lust: The Rivalries and Passions of the Met’s ‘Il...
Count di Luna (Dmitri Hvorostovsky) Leonora (Anna Netrebko) wrestle with Verdi’s Il Trovatore (Photo: Marty Sohl/Met Opera)Highs Cs and Low BsLampooned and... Read more
Posted on 13 July 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
Sprinkle a Little ‘Turandot,’ Seasoned with a Dash of ‘Cav’ and ‘Pag’ (Part Two)...
Marco Berti Nina Stemme in the Finale to Act III of Turandot (Met Opera)Two for the Price of OneThe January 30, 2016 broadcast of Puccini’s Turandot featured... Read more
Posted on 04 July 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
Brazilian Dream Team — Möeller & Botelho (Part Three): Celebrating 25 Years of...
Brazilian Dream Team: Charles Moeller Claudio BotelhoTime to Remember…A lot has happened in Brazil these past few months. Read more
Posted on 25 June 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
‘Monsters, John! Monsters from the Id’ — The Brave New World of ‘Forbidden...
United Planets Space Cruise C-57D, approaching the Forbidden PlanetThe familiar and faintly comforting sound of Leo the Lion — MGM’s symbol of quality and... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
Leading Man on Fire — A Denzel Washington Primer (Part Four): Dial ‘M’ for Mo’...
Bleek Gilliam (Denzel Washington) practicing imaginary scales in Mo’ Better Blues (1990)Play for Your SupperFrom the reverse racism and self-loathing of A... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
A Jazzman Supreme — Miles Davis, Dark Prince
Miles Davis (1926-1991), playing in France, ca. 1967It was that voice. Harsh, gruff, low, and gravely, like crumbled up shreds of sandpaper. And that sullen... Read more
Posted on 21 May 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
‘Mefistofele’ — ‘Ecco Il Mondo’: The Devil’s in the Details of Boito’s Opera...
It’s intermission time at the online “opera house.”With that in mind, our feature for today is the much ballyhooed connection between Mefistofele’s creator,... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
Sprinkle a Little ‘Turandot,’ Seasoned with a Dash of ‘Cav’ and ‘Pag’ (Part One)...
Welcome Back!Nina Stemme as the icy Princess Turandot (Photo: Marty Sohl/Met Opera)Juggling work, family, and leisure-time activities can be hard on one’s body... Read more
Posted on 07 May 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
‘Mad, Mad, the World’s Gone Mad’ — Wagner’s ‘Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg’ as...
The Kodak Theatre where American Idol took placeAct Three: “The Final Showdown”Second (and last) Scene of Act Three: The setting is inside St. Read more
Posted on 30 April 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
‘Star Wars,’ the Original Series (Part Five): ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ (and How)
Chewie, Leia, C-3PO Han Solo onboard the Millennium FalconOnce More unto the Breach!Having helped Luke Skywalker out in the Rebel Alliance’s plan to rid the... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
Met Opera Odds and Ends: ‘Hansel and Gretel’ — A Baker’s Dozen and Children’s...
Hansel and Gretel: Having their cake at the Met (classicalsource.com)Those Were the Days…Incorrectly termed a “children’s opera,” Engelbert Humperdinck’s... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
What’s Eating Johnny Depp? The Actor at Age 50: A Mid-Career Retrospective...
Johnny Depp Vanessa Paradis (thesun.co.uk)Adventures in ParadisHaving befriended the trippy gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson in real life — and whose... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
Julio Mazzei, the Cosmos and the Untold Story of the Man Behind the Glasses (Par...
Who’s That Guy?Professor Julio Mazzei (left) Franz Beckenbauer (Photo: Getty Images)Less than a minute into the 2006 documentary Once in a Lifetime: The... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
‘Les Pêcheurs De Perles’ and ‘Tannhäuser’ (Part Two) — Wagner, Bizet and...
The Imperfect WagneritesMet Tannhäuser revival (metopera.org)There was a decided distinction between George Bizet’s exotic scoring and the so-called “music of... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
Tchaikovsky in the Triangle: ‘Eugene Onegin’ in Concert at North Carolina Opera...
Lensky Onegin’s duel (Painting by Ilya Repin)Moscow on the HudsonI love Russian opera! The plots, the drama, the characters, the music — anything and... Read more
Posted on 12 March 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
‘What is Bossa Nova?’ — Variations on a Theme by One of the Genre’s Cultural...
Bossa Nova legend Carlos Lyra (Photo: New York Times)It’s not often that one gets to communicate with a living legend. Carlos Lyra — known also by the diminutiv... Read more
Posted on 05 March 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA