Marilyn Horne Marilyn Horne (born January 16, 1934) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in roles requiring a large sound, beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages. Biography[edit] Horne was born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, but moved with her parents to Long Beach, California, when she was 11. At the age of 13, she became part of the newly formed Los Angeles Concert Youth Chorus. She studied voice under William Vennard at the University of Southern California School of Music and participated in Lotte Lehmann's vocal master classes.[1] Career[edit] Her first major breakthrough came when her singing ability was recognized by Igor Stravinsky; her operatic career began when he invited her to perform in the 1956 Venice festival. She was highly acclaimed for her performance as Marie in Alban Berg's Wozzeck at the inauguration of Gelsenkirchen's new opera house on May 22, 1960. Horne received many honors during her career.
DLC comienza a trabaja con la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón La Universidad del Sagrado Corazón (USC) y la agencia de la Cruz & Associates (DLC) se unen en un nueva relación profesional. Juntos comenzarán a trabajar para potenciar la educación integral de los estudiantes. “Sin lugar a dudas es un gran honor llegar a la casa de Sagrado Corazón. Nos unen muchos años de esfuerzos en conjunto”, dijo René de la Cruz, fundador y CEO de DLC. “Ser parte de una visión de cambio dirigida a fortalecer una educación completa para los estudiantes es algo que nos llena de mucha satisfacción. Nos honra la confianza que la Universidad ha depositado en nosotros”, añadió. Este junte también conmemora en grande el aniversario de ambas instituciones, pues este año DLC y USC cumplen 30 y 135 años de fundación respectivamente. “Comenzamos una nueva etapa con una visión dirigida a reforzar las cualidades del estudiante para facultarlo a tener criterio propio y sentido de propósito.
Grace Bumbry Grace Bumbry (born January 4, 1937), an American opera singer, is considered one of the leading mezzo-sopranos of her generation, as well as a major soprano for many years. She was a member of a pioneering generation of singers who followed Marian Anderson (including Leontyne Price, Martina Arroyo, Shirley Verrett and Reri Grist) in the world of classical music and paved the way for future African-American opera and classical singers. Bumbry's voice was rich and sizable, possessing a wide range, and was capable of producing a very distinctive plangent tone. From mezzo to soprano to mezzo[edit] Bumbry's career in the world of opera was a remarkable and long one, if somewhat controversial. Early life and career[edit] She gained international renown when she was cast by Wieland Wagner (Richard Wagner's grandson) as Venus at Bayreuth in 1961, at age 24, the first black singer to appear there, which earned her the title "Black Venus". In 1963, she married the Polish-born tenor Erwin Jaeckel.
Johnnie Walker's 'Keep Walking' Gets an Update With an Ode to Joy Johnnie Walker is calling on a diverse cast of characters -- from actor Jude Law and a race car driver to a psychologist who studies happiness -- as it overhauls its 16-year-old "Keep Walking" campaign. The new effort will be Johnnie Walker's "largest ever global marketing campaign," according to the Scotch brand. The new tagline, "Joy Will Take You Further. That, of course, is a pretty heady notion for a booze brand. The updated tone comes under Anomaly, which took over from BBH late last year as the brand's global agency of record. Mr. A 90-second version of the first TV ad includes celebrities and other personalities that the brand says exhibit a joyful outlook on life, including Mr. To read more about the campaign, head over to AdAge.com.
Metro Makeovers for the Abandoned Stations of Paris Anyone who wants to make a swimming pool out of an abandoned metro station neglected for 75 years, has definitely got my attention. The ghosts of the Parisian underground could soon be resurrected if city voters play their cards right in the upcoming mayoral elections. Promising candidate, Nathalie Koziuscot-Morizet, who would become the first female to ever hold the post in the capital, has released the first sketches of her plans to reclaim the city of light’s abandoned stations. (Update: Nathalie Koziuscot-Morizet did not win the election, but this is still pretty cool anyway). Up on the candidate’s drawing board we have several proposals to revive the stations from their solitude, including my personal favourite, the swimming pool (just imagine doing laps down an old subway track), a theatre (think of the acoustics), a restaurant, an art gallery and a nightclub. This is what the station used as a model in the architect’s sketches currently looks like today… From the Vault
The Apple bias is real If there's one constant on the consumer tech calendar, it's iPhone reviews day. Happening sometime between the announcement and the release of the latest iPhone, it manifests itself with glowing accounts of the latest Apple smartphone at the top of the page, and irate accusations of Apple-favoring bias in the comments at the bottom. This is as reliable a phenomenon as today's autumnal equinox. The funny thing is that everyone's right. Readers are right to claim that the iPhone is treated differently from other smartphones, and reviewers are correct in doing so. Apple makes more in quarterly profit than many of its mobile competitors are worth, and the success and failure of its smartphone plays a large role in shaping the fate of multiple related industries. The bias is almost everywhere and spreading fast Consider the scale of Apple’s achievement every year. Riding the iPhone’s coattails to sales is a proven business strategy Nobody wants to miss the next iTunes train
Tesla Autopilot fail videos emerge, because nobody likes to listen It hasn't been a week, but already, fail videos of Tesla's new Autopilot software are popping up on YouTube. This is not unexpected, as the automaker's founder, Elon Musk, admitted that it's still technically in a beta-testing phase. Still, it has the potential to send the tech-averse into a frenzy, especially when the media gets involved. The only problem with this is that it's not the car's fault as much as it is the driver's. Tesla made explicit mention, both during its press conference and afterwards on its website, that the driver should remain in control of the vehicle at all times. If you look at the two videos below, you'll see why it's important to keep your hands on the steering wheel. This flagrant disregard for the rules is what will doom semi-autonomous driving before it truly takes off. Thus far, the videos seem to have no affect on Musk's plan to expand Autopilot to markets outside the United States, as evidenced in this tweet from earlier this morning.
Do the new Apple watch ads feel Gap-y to you? Editor's Pick As tech advertising of late has started to blur together into one big emotional marshmallow, Apple appears to be taking a different tack in its latest ads for the Apple Watch. Steering clear of the zeitgeist of product as emotional connector, the series of spots seems to take a page out of playbooks of fashion brands and retailers such as the Gap or Target. Their spare, design-minded tableaux feature one or two actors against simple backdrops, accompanied by a cool selection of tunes. We can't help wonder if the influence of Apple's big name fashion hires is spilling over into the marketing.
Twitter And Facebook May Be The Best Way To Get Lawmakers' Attention How Hillary Clinton would regulate Wall Street. Nothing exposes the chasm between the activist wing and the donor class of the Democratic Party like the regulation of Wall Street. The desire to assail too-big-to-fail-banks energizes the left and has propelled Senator Elizabeth Warren and the presidential campaign of . But some of the party’s most prodigious donors come from the financial industry and don’t much care for its vilification. And Bill Clinton’s administration oversaw the deregulation on Wall Street. All that makes the question of how would regulate the financial sector a crucial test of her campaign to win the Democratic nomination. With a plan she released Thursday, we got a first glimpse of how she would walk that balance beam. The short version: Directionally, Mrs. Photo Mrs. Rather, her plan focuses on a series of changes to incentivize the biggest banks to shrink and simplify. The Dodd-Frank law gave regulators a broad range of powers to oversee “systemically important” institutions. If Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.