parterre box

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• brooklynpunk says:

  Would anyone here be so kind as to talk this computer-dope as to how to down-load a .rar. music file onto my Macbook?

  Whenever I attempt it- it does sort of load– but all i wind up with is a printed file- in some sort of computerized jibberish.

  I have –finally- figured out how to down-load zip-files, but .rar. ones continue to elude me.

  I COULD ask my 13 year old niece– but she is sort of tired of holding her Uncles’s trembling ancient hand thru this brave new world….

  Thanks, much, for any advice/help!

  on December 16, 2011 at 2:04 PM
  • Pelleas says:

    I can’t imagine why you’d have a problem with the download–you do need WinRar to unzip the files, though (or something else, I would imagine there are others). What are you using to open them?

    My bigger problem with downloading files is dealing with those split into multiple parts. Without knowing what program was used to split the file, there’s no way (at least that i know of) to reassemble them after downloading.

    on December 16, 2011 at 2:17 PM
    • brooklynpunk says:

      Pelleas:

      Thanks for responding–

      In GENERAL– I just use my I-Tunes program to open the files, after they have been down-loaded ( which works fine for most un-zipped files–or mp3 down-loads)–which might be the issue, here?

      on December 16, 2011 at 2:39 PM
      • oedipe says:

        Brooklyn,

        Since you have a mac, you need a soft to convert your .rar files to, for instance, mp3. You can dowload for free (look it up on Google) a soft that is called UnRar. I don’t think the WinRar works on mac’s. Once you have installed UnRar, you just drop your files in it and the soft will convert them.

        on December 16, 2011 at 2:51 PM
        • brooklynpunk says:

          Oedipe:

          Many thanks fer that…!!

          on December 16, 2011 at 3:00 PM
        • brooklynpunk says:

          Oedipe:

          I owe you–BIG TIME- for that tip–it works like a charm- and can now listen to all those files I used to have to delete as being useless for me!

          on December 16, 2011 at 3:40 PM
        • oedipe says:

          Welcome, Brooklyn! You can just drink a glass of champagne in my honor on Christmas/Hanukkah.

          on December 16, 2011 at 3:48 PM
• peter says:

  Anyone chatting tonight for the Sirius broadcast of Hansel and Gretel?

  on December 16, 2011 at 4:23 PM
  • Camille says:

    Going to Ludwig’s birthday party.

    I love U2, peter….

    on December 16, 2011 at 5:01 PM
    • peter says:

      Save me a slice of your famous Beethoven bundt cake!

      on December 16, 2011 at 5:25 PM
• zinka says:

  http://www.youtube.com/user/MrFriendofopera

  WOW!!They made a new look to the site La Cieca made for me….What is life senza La Cieca????????????????

  on December 16, 2011 at 9:38 PM
• zinka says:

  SPLENDID!! Gorgeous Zhang as Butterfly today…Just the best of any recent lyrics….Note the slight glottal attacks ( a la Soviero)on a few phrases that give more authoprity to the drama…The lady was wonderful..Will she be back????Hope so….The Met often often does not care!!!!!

  on December 17, 2011 at 4:01 PM
• zinka says:

  SPLENDID!! Gorgeous Zhang as Butterfly today…Just the best of any recent lyrics….Note the slight glottal attacks ( a la Soviero)on a few phrases that give more authority to the drama…The lady was wonderful..Will she be back????Hope so….The Met often often does not care!!!!!

  on December 17, 2011 at 4:01 PM
  • mrmyster says:

    Zinka: well, after Butterfly’s entrance everything got
    much better – but her entrance scene was often flat,
    with a splotchy C#. I do like the quality of her voice.
    Good luck to her, and God bless!
    I hope she sings light Verdi and Mozart in addition
    to Puccini — for reasons you will understand.

    on December 17, 2011 at 5:06 PM
• zinka says:

  DAMN!!Where were those guys when we had BAUM????????????

  on December 17, 2011 at 9:22 PM
  • Clita del Toro says:

    That’s horrible! Poor guy. And I thought that his boots were too tight.

    on December 17, 2011 at 11:20 PM
• Bosah says:

  Any news on stoppage at the Met tonight? Twitter reports of Wendy White falling? Restarted so I guess she’s okay…. I hope….

  on December 17, 2011 at 10:47 PM
• MontyNostry says:

  Just watched this ‘Senza mamma’ out of curiosity (I’ve heard El-Khoury’s name and I see she is a Lindemann Artist). The voice isn’t conventionally pretty, but this is a very moving (and skilful) performance.
  

  on December 18, 2011 at 3:52 AM
• CerquettiFarrell says:

  Just got this clip from a v v good friend, a v young (23) Israeli mezzo showing great promise, Shahar Lavi. Usually singing coloratura stuff, she’d been asked to sing Mahler’s IV. Needs much more verbal acuity, but I think the voice sounds lovely, and there’s a wonderful sense of freshness and musicality. And she’s gorgeous to behold.

  on December 18, 2011 at 5:03 AM
  • bassoprofundo says:

    she’s gorgeous. I’m sold.

    by the way, when did people start using “v” for very?

    on December 18, 2011 at 5:23 AM
    • CerquettiFarrell says:

      Dunno, I guess I do.

      BTW the orchestra is the TLV academy, and quite good they are too.

      on December 18, 2011 at 5:35 AM
      • MontyNostry says:

        I think the orchestra rather steals the show there. It sounds so natural and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed — not “listen to us, we’re being faux-naïf”.

        on December 18, 2011 at 5:46 AM
    • FragendeFrau82 says:

      Bridget Jones’ Diary? V. first time I remember its use.

      on December 18, 2011 at 7:20 AM
      • MontyNostry says:

        I don’t know about teachers in the US, but Brit teachers (at least when I was at school) would put ‘v. good’ or even ‘v.v. good’ at the end of a piece of work that they considered worth a decent mark.

        on December 18, 2011 at 7:29 AM
        • armerjacquino says:

          Yes, I had the same with teachers. And its use in diaries predates Bridget, of course. You’ll find it in Waugh and Wodehouse too.

          on December 18, 2011 at 8:34 AM
• MontyNostry says:

  … by which I mean in comparison to most professional orchestras, not the singer.

  on December 18, 2011 at 5:52 AM
  • CerquettiFarrell says:

    yes I got you completely. This is the kind of approach I think Mahlar had in mind, not the horrible mugging found on Fleming’s (for example) various versions. BTW you should hear Shahar sing coloratura arias, quite fabulous.

    on December 18, 2011 at 5:57 AM
    • CerquettiFarrell says:

      Oups. Mahler

      on December 18, 2011 at 7:33 AM
    • Nerva Nelli says:

      “the horrible mugging found on Fleming’s (for example) various versions”

      Desi Halban is not just one of opera’s most celebrated sopranos, but perhaps its most convincing actress. A consummate artist, her one and only role when she stands in the spotlight is to breathe so much life into the opera’s main character that audiences lose themselves in her unforgettable performances. That is the passion of Desi Halban.

      on December 18, 2011 at 8:42 AM
      • CerquettiFarrell says:

        Not necessarily. Hmpph. Della Casa, Roschmann, Banse, Battle, von Stade, Raskin

        on December 18, 2011 at 8:44 AM
        • Nerva Nelli says:

          Not necessarily what?

          What about Margaret Price and the sublime Netania Davrath?

          on December 18, 2011 at 9:08 AM
        • CerquettiFarrell says:

          I was suggesting a range of possibilities between Halban and Fleming. Yes, Price and Davrath too.

          on December 18, 2011 at 9:18 AM
        • Nerva Nelli says:

          And Roberta Alexander!

          on December 18, 2011 at 10:37 AM