Thursday, August 20, 2020

Part 2A- Traditional Chinese Teaching Methodology

Part 1- Introduction to Chinese Characters

All 100,000 Chinese characters are merely different combinations of 400 simple pictographs and ideographs (think Egyptian hieroglyphs). In order to rapidly learn Chinese characters and successfully retain them, the secret is to first thoroughly master these 400 basic pictographic components!


Our radical approach ("部首", ha ha) to quickly mastering copious amounts of Chinese characters is this: Learn the basic pictographic components 幺 艹 白 木 before attempting to the learn the Chinese character 藥.

Consider for a moment that in chemistry you learn the basic elements of the periodic table before learning more complex compounds. Similarly, in phonetic languages like English you learn the basic phonetic symbols A B C before you learn a complex word like "medicine". Our online curriculum utilizes this same logical "building block" methodology to learn Chinese characters.

Try it out for FREE at www.ABCsOfChinese.com

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Lucia di Lammermoor: "Chi mi frena in tal momento?" (Act II FInale)



Act II finale from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. Natalie Dessay (Lucia), Joseph Calleja (Edgardo), Matthew Plenk (Arturo), Ludovic Tézier (Enrico), Kwangchul Yuon (Raimondo). Production: Mary Zimmerman. Conductor: Patrick Summers. Live in HD 2011
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Monday, August 17, 2020

Maria Callas - Greatest Opera Arias | Tosca, La Traviata, Norma, La Bohè...



Maria Callas (December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was a Greek-American soprano, and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations. Her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini and further, to the works of Verdi and Puccini; and, in her early career, to the music dramas of Wagner. Her musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina.

MARIA CALLAS - OPERA ARIAS

00:00 UNA VOCE POCO FA • Gioacchino Rossini “Il Barbiere Di Siviglia”
06:48 VISSI D’ARTE • Giacomo Puccini “Tosca”
10:04 ADDIO DEL PASSATO • Giuseppe Verdi “La Traviata”
13:31 SICILIANA • Giuseppe Verdi “I Vespri Siciliani”
17:30 CASTA DIVA • Vincenzo Bellini “Norma”
24:45 SÌ, MI CHIAMANO MIMÌ • Giacomo Puccini “La Bohème”
29:32 UN BEL DÌ VEDREMO • Giacomo Puccini “Madama Butterfly”
34:02 AH, FORS’È LUI – SEMPRE LIBERA • Giuseppe Verdi “La Traviata”
42:21 PACE, PACE MIO DIO • Giuseppe Verdi “La Forza Del Destino”
48:46 QUAL FIAMMA AVEA NEL GUARDO • Ruggero Leoncavallo “I Pagliacci”
53:28 EBBEN NE ANDRÒ LONTANA • Alfredo Catalani “La Wally”
58:16 MIO BABBINO CARO • Giacomo Puccini “Gianni Schicchi”
1:00:48 MADRE MIA • Amilcare Ponchielli “La Gioconda”
1:02:41 QUANDO, RAPITO IN ESTASI • Gaetano Donizetti “Lucia Di Lammermoor”
1:07:41 TACEA LA NOTTE PLACIDA • Giuseppe Verdi “Il Trovatore”
1:13:50 SPARGI D’AMARO PIANTO • Gaetano Donizetti “Lucia di Lammermoor”
1:18:00 GIASON! DEI TUOI FIGLI LA MADRE • Luigi Cherubini “Medea”
1:25:27 SIGNORE, ASCOLTA • Giacomo Puccini “Turandot”
1:27:56 OMBRA LEGGERA • Giacomo Meyerbeer “Il Perdono Di Ploermel”
1:33:35 SUICIDIO! • Amilcare Ponchielli “La Gioconda”
1:38:11 CARO NOME • Giuseppe Verdi “Rigoletto”
1:44:56 HO VISTO IL FIGLIO SUL MATERNO SEN • Richard Wagner “Parsifal”
1:52:44 UNA MACCHIA È QUI TUTTORA • Giuseppe Verdi “Macbeth”