Lyceum English 2
Hello and welcome to the virtual world ! If you are not already submerged by books, movies, blogs, websites etc… here are a few suggestions that might interest you.
Book Passage Conversations with Authors
This is a live interview with authors in a lovely bookshop in Mill Valley, California. You can listen at any time for two weeks after the live interview ; you just need to register (free) and then watch the interview when you like. Recently I have listened to Isabel Allende and Colum McCann, both highly interesting. I’d really like to read Colum McCann’s new book Apeirogon about two men who lost their daughters, one Jewish and one Palestinian. Their shared grief created a strong bond of friendship between them.
https://www.bookpassage.com/conversations-authors
British Institute of Florence Library Cultural Programme Wednesday evening talks :
you can listen to these talks on Wednesdays at 6 pm (or later online) by registering (free). So far I have listened to two talks about the architecture, history and art in Florence. On April 29 I enjoyed listening to Helen Farrell speak about the pandemic in Florence and the way people have learned to adapt. The audience can ask questions at the end. I enjoy the feeling of « being » in the British Institute in Florence, looking out the window at the Arno and seeing the people who live there now.
History of Art
I found a fantastic series of lectures on art history on youtube. I have listened to several modules, each based on a different artist or group of artists. Here is the link to module 8 on Giorgione and Bellini . You can choose other modules easily.
Operas
I watched the ballet Nutcracker at the Zurich opera house and was delighted by the costumes, the music, the choreography. There will be a number of operas online available to stream on certain dates :
May 1-3 Nabucco
May 8-10 Romeo and Juliet
May 15-17 Wozzeck
May 21-24 Werther
May 29-June 1 Rigoletto
or
https://www.opernhaus.ch/en/spielplan/streaming/
The MET also has nightly operas online. So far I have only managed to watch the Gala evening when opera singers performed from their living rooms all over the world. An amazing experience !
Take a look at all the operas scheduled for this week :
https://www.metopera.org/user-information/nightly-met-opera-streams/week-8/
Pamela