fusillo

"A bit like when I saw 'The Son's Room'. The more I watched Kim Rossi Stuart..." ---> I think you're confusing him with Stefano Accorsi... Still, Celestini is great.

"... or to the rediscovered opera arias masterfully performed in concert form by Cecilia Bartoli." ---> Apparently, the die-hard opera lovers are not too fond of Bartoli: (http://ilcorrieredellagrisi.blogspot.com/2010/07/norma-di-bellini-by-cecilia-bartoli.html)

@Nevruz: And who the hell is Fusiilo?!?

@Nico63: "The first time I heard 'Desertshore' by Nico (my nickname is ALSO a tribute to her), it reminded me of (and gave similar emotions to) Hildegard von Bingen. Boom!" ---> Well, come on, I was almost right. :-) And since you mentioned it, I’d be curious to know what associations come to your mind while listening to Burzum, but I won’t ask you because I’m afraid of the answer. Jokes aside, of course you can hear whatever you want in the music of Tizio, Caio, and Sempronio, that’s only natural... However, there is a problem of form (musical form, mind you, not talking about good manners) that, in my opinion, cannot be overlooked even when expressing personal impressions, and that distances classical music and rockers by astronomical measures. The comparisons made by you and Madama therefore seem forced, misleading, and even unnecessary. So, in short, it’s good not to vulgarize classical music, as someone said, but the reverse is also true: Rock has its own dignity; mixing the cards only leads to confusion and misunderstanding, and sometimes even generates monsters, as I’ve mentioned in my first intervention... Bye, and hello to Odradek and everyone else.

"Let him be praised, the Amadè, the first true "punk in spirit" in history." ---> Yeah, punk in spirit and metalhead in body...

"As for the dark atmospheres, proto-dark, proto-doom, proto-apocalyptic folk, etc. etc., I point out, in addition to the already mentioned Wagner (first and foremost Parsifal, not to mention the finale of Tristan und Isolde), Gustav Mahler, particularly the Ninth Symphony and the Kindertotenlieder." ---> Soon it will turn out that the music of Devo is influenced by the works of Josquin Desprez....

Well, maybe it’s because in the end Allevi truly becomes a classical composer... This way of approaching the classics creates real monsters. One example is the televised "Rigoletto" aired at the beginning of September by RAI and shown worldwide. It looked like a drama series, like "Distretto di Polizia" or something like that. Lots of close-ups on the grimaces, the sweat, and the spit of the singers. A Duke of Mantua who looked like one of De Filippi’s kids (by the way, always out of breath and dripping with sweat), a Placido Domingo out of role, etc... All of this maybe to bring young people closer to opera... But come on... And it was directed by Marco Bellocchio, you know, not just any fool...

I couldn't care less about Baricco the man. His books are still crap. The last time I saw him on TV? Last December on Fazio's show in a special dedicated to "Carmen" that opened the season at La Scala. Guests: Barenboim, Abbado, and Pollini. A beautiful broadcast, by the way. But then Baricco came on to explain the plot of Bizet's opera. He did a terrible job.

Well, I've seen the two Batmans and The Prestige. Three bad movies. "The Prestige" is just nonsense.