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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk <br/>(Katerina Ismailova)
Music:Dmitri ShostakovichLibretto:Shostakovich and Alexander Preis, based on the story by N. LeskovPremiere:Leningrad, January 22, 1934 Stalinists denounced Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk after a…Boris Godunov (Opera)
Music:Modest MussorgskyLibretto:from the play by Alexander Pushkin and Nikolai Karamzin's History of the Russian StatePremiere:St. Petersburg, January 27, 1874 The most majestic of all…Elliott Smith
Figure 8DreamWorks Elliott Smith, whose Miss Misery landed him an Oscar nomination after it appeared in the film Good Will Hunting, returns to the land of lost dreams, symphonic sketches, and…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Compassionate Physician
66 68 The Compassionate Physician A KIND-HEARTED Physician sitting at the bedside of a patient afflicted with an incurable and painful disease, heard a noise behind him, and turning saw a cat…Goya
Name at birth: Francisco Jose de Goya y LucientesGoya is considered the 18th Century's foremost painter and etcher of Spanish culture, known for his realistic scenes of battles, bullfights and human…Kathy Bates
Kathy BatesactressBorn: 6/28/1948Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee Academy Award-winning film, stage and television character actress whose films include Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean,…Kathy Bates Biography
Kathy BatesactressBorn: 6/28/1948Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee Academy Award-winning film, stage and television character actress whose films include Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean,…Utopia: Of Their Slaves, and of Their Marriages
Of the Travelling of the Utopians Of Their Military Discipline Of Their Slaves, and of Their Marriages "They do not make slaves of prisoners of war, except those that are taken in…Mary I, 1516–58, queen of England
(Encyclopedia) Mary I (Mary Tudor), 1516–58, queen of England (1553–58), daughter of Henry VIII and Katharine of Aragón. During the spread of Protestantism in the reign of her half-brother, Edward…Moldavia
(Encyclopedia) MoldaviaMoldaviamŏldāˈvēə [key], historic Romanian province (c.14,700 sq mi/38,100 sq km), extending from the Carpathians in Romania east to the Dnieper River in Moldova. The region…Trending
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