Entries by Bruno

All Boundaries are Conventions

All Boundaries are Conventions Scene, from Cloud Atlas (2012) “I climb the steps of the Scot monument every morning and all becomes clear. Wish I could make you see this brightness. Don’t worry, all is well. All is so perfectly, damnably well. I understand now, that boundaries between noise and sound are conventions. All boundaries […]

Oh, my country so beautiful and lost!

A real touching moment in Opera history: At a performance of Nabucco at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, conductor Riccardo Muti made a short speech after “Va pensiero” choir, protesting cuts in Italy’s arts budget, then asked the audience to sing along in support of culture and patriotism.