Gustav Mahler’s.. Symphony n° 5
Gustav.. Mahler’s..
Symphony.. N° 5..
Is.. intoxicating..
Listening to it.. I am transported into a place of great imagination..
Deep.. emotions..
Feelings..
Of.. divine love…
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Personalities in History
Marie Curie.. Scientific Icon
“Dans.. les pas de..
Marie.. Curie”..
Following..
In the.. footsteps of..
Marie.. Curie..
For an hour and a half.. watching a film-documentary on her life journey..
I was enthralled and in complete awe of this.. amazing woman…
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André Malraux.. My Inspiration…
André Malraux…
French… author…
Social… critic…
Flamboyant… statesman…
Captivates… me…
My total admiration for everything French in general.. Paris.. in particular.. and mostly for the enigmatic and powerful intellect of…
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Frédéric Chopin.. Romantic Genius…
Frédéric Chopin…
Fryderyk…
Buried… was his… “heart”…
In his much loved homeland…
Poland…
Beneath an epitaph…
“For where your treasure is…
There will your heart be also”…
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If Only Walls Could Talk… Hôtel de Talleyrand
If only walls could talk… then this elegant 18th century private home (hôtel particulier) in the centre of Paris would fill our ears for hours. Known today as the Hôtel de Talleyrand, it was originally designed and built between 1767 and 1769 for Louis Phélypeaux, Comte de Saint-Florentin, one of the most influential figures of the reign of Louis XV…
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Les Soeurs de Napoleon… at the Musée Marmottan Monet…
The… exhibition…
“Les Soeurs de NAPOLEON”…
“Trois destins italiens”…
At… the…
Musée Marmottan Monet…
Was a… vision of beauty…
Elegance… charm…
Power…
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Marie Duplessis.. Mon Dieu.. Quelle Femme…
How… could…
A… semi-illiterate waif…
From… Nonant-le-Pin…
Normandy… France…
Emerge… as the toast…
Of 19th century… Paris…
Who… inspired…
Operas… plays…
Novels… films… ballets…
Marie… Duplessis…
Inspired Alexandre Dumas to write the 1848 novel “La Dame aux Camélias”…
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Maria Callas… La Divina…
Maria Callas…
Singing… Puccini’s….
Madame Butterfly Act II…
“Un bel di vedremo”…
Is the… closest thing to heaven…
The Diva… touches…
The very core… of a broken heart….
A… woman’s…
Fatal… love…
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Rudolf Nureyev… Homage to a Legend…
“Le.. Tzar…
De la… Dance”…
Mesmeric…
Hypnotic…
A snake charmer… a cobra…
He electrified… his public…
His magnificence… illuminated…
His… chiselled beauty…
Powerful… physique…
A… dark soul…
“He… was unparalleled”…
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Sarah Bernhardt… “La Divine”….
Sarah Bernhardt…
Possibly… the most famous actress… the world has ever known…
Has… always been…
For… me…
A… fascination…
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