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San Francisco’s award-winning LAMPLIGHTERS MUSIC THEATRE warp drive into the 25th Century with their 44th annual Champagne Gala Fundraiser. After sustaining damage to the main engines and losing their fuel supply during an asteroid storm, Captain James T. Quirk and his landing party beam down onto a strange planet – D’Oyle Quatre - in search of diatonic crystals. The crew find themselves in the midst of a never-ending war between factions and to make matters worse a strange portal keeps sucking people out to who-knows-where. Can they save the planet and the ship by ending the war or will the dreaded BORG assimilate the Savoyards and wipe out all traces of their culture? Where on D’Oyle Quatre does that portal go? And what is the trouble with trebles anyway?
Patrons are invited to come early to browse the many items in our silent auction. After the full-length show the audience are invited to join the costumed cast and crew in the green room for a champagne party.
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Herbst Theatre, War Memorial, San Francisco
415-392 4400 • cityboxoffice.com
Tickets: $50-95
Sunday 15th November, 2009 4pm
The Halloween season is almost upon us again. It’s interesting as you study cultures around the world how different things are celebrated. In traditional Chinese cultures, costumes are used in many rituals, plays and dances. It’s not uncommon to see the two-man dragon dance during the open ceremony of a business or around the New Years time. Likewise, you’ll find a rich history of costumes used in various opera productions, such as the Monkey King and his Pig Lord sidekick.
Chinese costumes, can also be worn during days that signify happiness and festivity, like the Halloween. Be a Chinese princess or a Chinese girl-warrior by wearing the Chinese dresses. Boys can be Bruce Lee, the Monkey King or be an animal in the Zodiac.
The Basics
The Chinese national costume is pretty and festive used on its own. However,for those who want to celebrate in their favorite Chinese story personalities,handy things around the house can be added to the basic Chinese costume.
1. Chinese Dress - Qi Pao
Qi Pao - This Chinese Dress is elegant and festive in its own right. Qi Pao means banner dress when translated. It usually has a high neck and slits on the sides. Designs can vary to flatter the woman's good features and hide the less than perfect features. Qi Pao for young girls can also be gotten in different colors and materials. For active young girls a Qi Pao dress-pants is a good idea.
2. Chinese pants set for boys
For boys, the traditional costume pants set is a must-have set. The top has a mandarin collar with long sleeves.Pants are loose and flowing. Some costume sets include hats with pigtails or hoods.
Dressing up
It is a good idea to gather the following from around the house before starting to mix and match.
Getting sequined Chinese slippers or kung fu shoes from a nearby department store can be a good idea. It can be worn several times if you like wearing costumes for every event (or regularly, since they are comfortable). These can also be ordered online.
Mom's silk skirts in shiny fabrics, dad's silk robes may also be looted. If your family has wigs lying around the house, keep those. It may turn out useful for completing your desired look. Beautiful fabrics, scarves, bead necklaces,even table runners can be added to your collection of materials. Craft flowers, satin ribbons can also be added to the hair.
Chinese Princess
Do this with: girl's empire cut long dress/ other long dresses in plain design, in shiny fabric and plain design can also be used as a base garment when dressing up as a Chinese princess. An empire cut spaghetti strap will also do nicely. This can be topped over by a long robe/ blouse with butterfly sleeves(These tunic blouses were in fashion 3? 4? Years ago so mom may still have one in her closet.)
Hair can be fixed in a double bun, one on each side of the head, or let some of the hair flow. Beads can also be strung through the hair. Sashes can be tied around the waist, or can be used as hang down designs for the belt.
2. Lady White Snake
Similar to the Chinese Princess, although wear a white costume. May also bring a toy snake and put a pillow by the tummy to look pregnant.
3. Chinese Girl-Warrior
Like Mulan or Yu Shu Lien/ Jen Yu in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Do this with :
-Cheongsam dress-pants set
-Toy Sword or toy bows and arrows
-Kungfu shoes/ other shoes
Wear the pants set and shoes, sling over the toy weapons and youre done. Mom may also fix Warrior's hair into a neat hair style fit for battle.
4. Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee is one of my favorites to see. Strong, mysterious, and handsome, what girl wouldn't swoon for this guy. A costume to look like him is also quite easy to recreate. The easiest version of him is to go topless with a pair of black Kung Fu pants and Kung Fu shoes (or if those are hard to get, black wrestling shoes and black sweat pants).
But some of us aren’t fortunate enough to live in a warm environment,so another option is Bruce Lee in a yellow and black sweat suit as he wore in Game of Death. Or you could go for the Kato look from his appearance in the TV show, Green Hornet
5. Monkey King
Do this with :
-Boys Traditional Black Kung Fu pants set
-Monkey mask or face crayons
-Stick
duet Vera Trifanova and Helmut Frantz "Schenkt Man Sich Rosen in Tirol" (When You Give Roses)
from the operetta Der Vogelhändler by Carl Zeller
2006 New Year concert Heidelberg conductor Guenther Stegmueller
Vera Trifanova coloratura soprano
Вера Трифанова колоратурное сопрано
Vera Trifanova - coloratura soprano
Vera Trifanova - coloratura soprano
Vera Trifanova - coloratura soprano
Vera Trifanova - coloratura soprano
Vera Trifanova - coloratura sopran
Vera Trifanova - coloratura soprano
Vera Trifanova - coloratura soprano
Vera Trifanova - coloratura soprano
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At http://www.veratrifanova.com is a new site of Vera Trifanova, coloratura soprano. Apart from information common to such resources, such as the bioghraphy, the repertoire, concert schedule and photos, the site features a large number of the recordings and videos of the singer's concert performances in avi, mp3, mpeg and wma formats.
Among those are such classical coloratura arias as Mozart's Koenigin Der Nacht, Hofman's Olympia, R. Strauss' Zerbinetta, Johan Strauss' Adele as well as such jewels of oratorial and baroque music as Handel's Gloria In Excelsis Deo, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, Bach's Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen and Melani's cantata Qual mormorio giocondo.
Vera Trifanova graduated cum laude from the Mannheim Opera School in Germany. While she was studying there, in 2003, she became a finalist of the Viotii contest in Italy, then a semi-finalist of the Queen Elizabeth contest in Belgium in 2004 and debuted in the opera theater in Baden-Baden and Heidelberg Staatstheater.
The singer often takes her opera and baroque programmes on the road with orchestras directed by such conductors as Klaus Arp, Heinz-Rüdiger Drengemann, Klaus Eisenmann, Ronald Techet, Peter Schumann, Markus Zepp and Volker Christ.
At a jubilee festival in Zwingenberg in 2007, Vera performed the aria of Koenigin Der Nacht in Mozarts's Die Zauberflute. The next year she performed in the premiere of «Hands in the cave» by the contemporary composer Carola Gribari in Heidelberg.
This year Vera Trifanova is graduating from the Musikhochschule Mannheim post-graduate department.
Her site features articles in the German Press covering her work. Below are some excerpts from these publications.
«Eine Paradepartie für die russische Koloratursopranistin Vera Trifanova, die den mörderischen Koloraturen gestochen klares Profil, furiosen Schwung und glitzernde Klangschönheit gab. Hohe Präsenz,
virtuose Attacke verband sie dabei mit großer Musikalität. (Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, 07.08.2007)
«Eine ganz grosse Freude bedeutete der Auftritt der aus Moskau stammenden Sopranistin Vera Trifanova ,deren Domaene die Operette ist....Die stimme hat einen sehr beachtlichen Tonumfang und ein ausgeglichenes,sehr schoen klingendes Timbre in allen Lagen und allen Staerkegraden mit Schallkraft, Tragfaehigkeit und Resonanz.... Sie sang einfuehlsam wie ein Engel und selbstbewusst wie eine Koenigin». (Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, 09.12.2008)
«Die russische Sopranistin Vera Trifanova ist eine Virtuosin, die das Schwierigste mit der größten Leichtigkeit und Brillanz singt». (Darmstadter Echo, 08.01.2007)
Mannheim, Germany, 2007
Piano: Andreas Sorg
Vera Trifanova coloratura soprano
Вера Трифанова колоратурное сопрано coloratura soprano
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Вера Трифанова колоратурное сопрано coloratura soprano
New Year concert 2006 Germany
conductor Guenther Stegmueller
2008 Zwingenberg Festival
Вера Трифанова колоратурное сопрано coloratura soprano
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Zwingenberg Festival Germany 2007
Вера Трифанова колоратурное сопрано
coloratura soprano
Zwingenberg Festival Germany 2007
Вера Трифанова колоратурное сопрано coloratura soprano
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