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The Thinker from Yehud, also known as the Thinker of Palestine, [13] is an archaeological figurine discovered during salvage excavations in the Israeli city of Yehud. The figurine, which sits atop a ceramic jug in a posture resembling "The Thinker", dates back to the Middle Bronze Age II Palestine (c. 1800–1600 BCE). It was found in a tomb ...
Riccardo Chailly OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [rikˈkardo ʃʃaˈ (j)i], French: [ʃɑji]; born 20 February 1953) is an Italian conductor. He is currently music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and of La Scala. Prior to this, he held chief conducting positions at the Gewandhausorchester (2005–2016); the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ...
Guido Cantelli, c. 1953. Guido Cantelli (Italian: [ˈɡwi.do kanˈtɛl.li]; 27 April 1920 – 24 November 1956) was an Italian orchestral conductor. Toscanini elected him his "spiritual heir" since the beginnings of his career. [1] He was named Music Director of La Scala, Milan in November 1956, but his promising career was cut short only one ...
The Academy of Music in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company (defunct) was an American opera company located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that was actively performing at the Academy of Music between 1925 and 1954. In 1955 the company merged with the Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera Company to form the Philadelphia Grand Opera ...
Alessandro Sanquirico (27 July 1777, in Milan – 12 March 1849, in Milan) was an Italian scenic designer, architect, and painter. He began his career in conjunction with leading artists of the time such as Paolo Landriani, Giovanni Pedroni, Giovanni Perego, and Georgio Fuentes. [1] Additionally, he studied architecture and perspective with ...
v. t. e. Freethought(sometimes spelled free thought) is an unorthodox attitude or belief. [1] A freethinkerholds that beliefsshould not be formed on the basis of authority, tradition, revelation, or dogma,[2]and should instead be reached by other methods such as logic, reason, and empirical observation. [citation needed]According to the Collins ...
L'ultimo giorno di Pompei influenced either directly or indirectly several other 19th-century works. When word had reached Paris of the 1827 La Scala production, which the Revue de théâtre described as representing the eruption of Vesuvius "with a frightful truth and a grandeur unthinkable in France," the French scenographer Pierre Cicéri travelled to Milan to study Sanquirico's designs and ...
Carlo Sabajno. Carlo Sabajno (1874 in Rosasco, Italy – 1938 in Milan) was an Italian conductor.From 1904 to 1932, he was the Gramophone Company's chief conductor and artistic director in Italy, responsible for some of the earliest full-length opera recordings, most of them with the orchestra of La Scala, Milan and prominent singers there.