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Verdi: A bold request
Verdi: A bold request by Leticia Marie Sanchez Verdi: A bold request by Leticia Marie Sanchez The following correspondence in the form of abridged letters between Giuseppe Verdi and one very unusual opera-goer, Prospero Bertani: Much Honoured Signor Verdi, Reggio, May 7, 1872 On the second of this month, attracted by the sensation which your…
Read MoreGetty Villa Chefs and the Bacchae..
Chefs at the Getty Villa are already preparing the menu for the concessions available on the nights of the performances of Bacchae, opening September 6th. Treatsinclude the edible butterfly on this chocolate tart. The pleasure-seeking Dionysus would certainly approve of this Cultural Cocktail for the senses!
Read MoreSneak Preview: Bacchae at the Getty Villa- opening September 6th
Sneak Preview: Bacchae at the Getty Villa- opening September 6th by Leticia Marie Sanchez Dionysus (aka Bacchus in Roman) was a busy deity; he was the god of, among other things, wine, winemaking, religious ecstasy, madness and the theater. Multi-tasking Dionysus: “I wear many hats, er, Ivy Crowns.” Different visual clues can let you know that the deity…
Read MoreBeyond Civilized- Von Bulow vis a vis Wagner
Cosima Liszt, the daughter of the illustrious composer Franz Liszt, married conductor and pianist Hans Von Bulow. While married to Von Bulow, she became pregnant three times with the offspring of German composer Richard Wagner, bearing Wagner three children: Isolde, Ava, and Siegfried. Although she initially denied the affair, Cosima eventually left Von Bulow to move in with Wagner.…
Read MoreSalvador Dalí and the Cauliflower-stuffed Rolls Royce
by Leticia Marie Sanchez Salvador Dalí mastered the art of creating his own image. Dalí shocked audiences everywhere with his flamboyant persona. A limousine or taxi was just too dull for the outrageous surrealist. So Mr. Dali drove a Rolls Royce stuffed to the brim with…. cauliflower. The veggie-mobile was the…
Read MoreA FOR ART- Icons of Style- A Century of Fashion Photography- A MUST SEE at the Getty Center
A for Art ICONS OF STYLE: A CENTURY OF FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY- A MUST SEE AT THE GETTY CENTER By Leticia Marie Sanchez June 26–October 21, 2018 Icons of Style at the Getty is NOT-TO-BE MISSED for a myriad of reasons. Firstly, the presentation itself is visually compelling. Iconographic fashion photography surround dynamic costumes ranging from Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, Madeleine Vionnet, Madame Grès, Issey Miyake,…
Read MoreMonet’s Water Lillies at L’Orangerie- Paris
At Monet’s opening at L’Orangerie Art critic Louis Gillet declared, “An Astonishing painting, without pattern, without borders… there is no sky no horizon hardly any perspective or stable points of reference enabling the viewer to orient himself, just completely arbitrary boundaries between actual space and pictorial space.” MUSÉE DE L’ORANGERIE Jardin des Tuileries Place de la Concorde 75001…
Read MoreMonet’s Water Lillies at L’Orangerie- Paris
At Monet’s opening at L’Orangerie Art critic Louis Gillet declared, “An Astonishing painting, without pattern, without borders… there is no sky no horizon hardly any perspective or stable points of reference enabling the viewer to orient himself, just completely arbitrary boundaries between actual space and pictorial space.” MUSÉE DE L’ORANGERIE Jardin des Tuileries Place de la Concorde 75001…
Read MoreReview: Gustav Klimt at l’Atelier des Lumières- PARIS- a MUST SEE
Gustav Klimt at L’ Atelier des Lumières – A MUST SEE in Paris a dazzling immersion of lights in the City of Lights By Leticia Marie Sanchez All Photography and text © 2018 Leticia Marie Sanchez This month’s Cultural Cocktail recipe includes 2 Oz of Gustav Klimt, A Dash of Beethoven, A Sprinkle of Wagner, and a Splash of Visual Splendor– Enjoy! The perfect Cultural Cocktail involves a…
Read MoreCultural Cocktail Hour reports from Paris: Garnier and the Paris Opera
A brief history of Le Palais Garnier: Persona Non Grata and the Opera Bombs By Leticia Marie Sanchez All Paris Photography and Text © 2012 Leticia Marie Sanchez Persona Non Grata On the exuberant opening night at Le Palais Garnier, the Paris opera, one person was not on the guest list: Charles Garnier, the opera’s architect. In…
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