Orpheus

紐約時報報導，有「電影詩人」美譽的英格瑪柏格曼被視為電影史上最偉大的導演之一，與費里尼和黑澤明並列為主宰廿世紀下半葉嚴肅電影的三大導演。

法國導演塔維涅曾說：「柏格曼是第一個把形而上學，像是宗教、死亡和存在主義帶到電影中的人。但柏格曼的拿手絕活是他處理女人和男女關係的手法，他就像礦工一般挖掘純真。」 ...繼續閱讀

• 傳林黛玉扮演者 夫妻拋棄億萬家產出家 (2007年2月25日)
• 中國「林黛玉」陳曉旭出家 (2007年3月18日)
• 網友爆「黛玉」去世 好友多表示不知情 (2007年5月17日)
• 小姨證實「黛玉」病逝 遺體深圳火化 (2007年5月17日)
• 演活林黛玉 中國著名演員陳曉旭病逝 (2007年5月17日)

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俄羅斯傳奇大提琴家羅斯托波維奇的女發言人告訴法新社，這位反俄羅斯體制的象徵人物今天去世，享年八十歲。

她說：「他今天在醫院逝世。」

羅斯托波維奇生病已經有一段時間，一直在莫斯科的癌症診所接受治療。 ...繼續閱讀

許瑋倫紀念音樂會上，王心凌唱「愛你」。這真是讓人崩潰的一段。

一個多月前，台灣著名資深樂評家曹永坤因肝癌併發心臟衰竭去世，享年 79 歲，除了感嘆樂評界失去一位重量級人物，也想起了一段往事。

三年多前，因緣際會認識了台灣樂評前輩曹永坤，當時他的堂弟曹永洋，也就是志文出版社總編輯，說服他出一本回憶錄，由於曹永坤當時眼睛已動過白內障手術，視力退化，無法親自執筆，於是透過人輾轉找到了我，希望能由他口述，而我記錄整理下來出書。 ...繼續閱讀

* 在飛機上看到這則新聞，非常驚訝。（當天紐約時報照片還登錯，隔天才公告更改）

By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
Published: August 4, 2006

Correction Appended

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, the German-born soprano whose interpretations of Strauss and Mozart made her one of the most dazzling artists of her time, died yesterday at her home in Austria. She was 90. ...繼續閱讀

By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
Published: June 16, 2005

Carlo Maria Giulini, the esteemed Italian conductor, an idealistic maestro acclaimed for his refined and insightful accounts of the standard orchestral repertory and for several now classic recordings of operas by Mozart and Verdi, died on Tuesday in Brescia in northern Italy. He was 91 and lived in Bolzano, Italy. ...繼續閱讀

[The New York Times] Saul Bellow, Who Breathed Life Into American Novel, Dies at 89
By MEL GUSSOW and CHARLES McGRATH
Published: April 6, 2005

Saul Bellow, the Nobel laureate and self-proclaimed historian of society whose fictional heroes - and whose scathing, unrelenting and darkly comic examination of their struggle for meaning - gave new immediacy to the American novel in the second half of the 20th century, died yesterday at his home in Brookline, Mass. He was 89. ...繼續閱讀

By MARILYN BERGER
Published: February 11, 2005

Arthur Miller, one of the great American playwrights, whose work exposed the flaws in the fabric of the American dream, died Thursday night at his home in Roxbury, Conn. He was 89. The cause was congestive heart failure, said Julia Bolus, his assistant. ...繼續閱讀

By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
Published: January 16, 2005

The Spanish soprano Victoria de los Angeles, whose sweet-toned lyric voice and beguiling expressivity earned her a devoted following during a career of more than four decades, died overnight Friday in a hospital in Barcelona, a spokesman for the Liceu Opera there said. Ms. de los Angeles, who was 81, had been admitted to the city's Teknon clinic with cardiorespiratory problems on New Year's Eve. ...繼續閱讀