Orpheus-逝者如斯

瑞典名導柏格曼去世

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:07:58 +0800

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...);

「林黛玉」陳曉旭病逝遺體深圳火化

Tue, 22 May 2007 07:05:50 +0800

【大紀元5月17日訊】（大紀元綜合報導）昨日下午，有網友爆料稱，「林妹妹」陳曉旭因乳腺癌已經過世。這一消息立刻激起千層浪，因為陳家人刻意保密，關於陳曉旭去世的消息直到晚上11點多才得到證實。陳曉旭這位小姨透露：陳曉旭因乳腺癌於5月13日晚在深圳去世，遺體於16日晚送往深圳殯儀館，將於17 日火化。（詳全文）

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大提琴家羅斯托波維奇病逝

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:31:32 +0800

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...);

歡樂與悲涼，還有被遺留下來的人

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:49:23 +0800

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。

紀念資深樂評家曹永坤先生

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:36:00 +0800

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...);

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Opera Singer, Dies at 90

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 01:30:37 +0800

* 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...);

[NYT] Carlo Maria Giulini, Master Italian Conductor, Dies at 91

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 23:24:40 +0800

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...);

美國諾貝爾文學獎得主索爾‧貝婁逝世

Thu, 07 Apr 2005 08:09:10 +0800

[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...);

[NYT] Arthur Miller, Moral Voice of American Stage, Dies at 89

Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:58:40 +0800

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...);

[NYT] Victoria de los Angeles, Soprano, Dies at 81

Tue, 18 Jan 2005 09:20:57 +0800

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...);

[NYT] Susan Sontag, Social Critic With Verve, Dies at 71

Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:27:18 +0800

Photo credit/copyright: Annie Leibovitz, courtesy of the artist

By MARGALIT FOX

Published: December 28, 2004

Susan Sontag, the novelist, essayist and critic whose impassioned advocacy of the avant-garde and equally impassioned political pronouncements made her one of the most lionized presences - and one of the most polarizing - in 20th-century letters, died yesterday morning in Manhattan. She was 71 and lived in Manhattan. (繼續閱讀...);

[WP] Cultural Author, Activist Was a Fearless Thinker

Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:26:20 +0800

Susan Sontag: 1933.1.16-2004.12.28

Susan Sontag characterized her motivations simply: to "know everything," starting with literature.

By Adam Bernstein Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 29, 2004; Page A01

Susan Sontag, 71, the American intellectual who engaged and enraged equally with her insights into high and low culture, died yesterday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. She had leukemia. (繼續閱讀...);

Voice of an Angel: Renata Tebaldi

Mon, 20 Dec 2004 17:55:09 +0800

圖片：女高音提芭蒂，1955 年於紐約大都會歌劇院。

被譽為二戰後最傑出歌劇天后之一，指揮家托斯卡尼尼稱讚她擁有「天使一般的聲音」的義大利戲劇女高音提芭蒂，纏綿病榻多年之後，19日在聖馬利諾的家中逝世，享年82歲。

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[BBC] Deconstruction icon Derrida dies

Sat, 09 Oct 2004 17:23:59 +0800

Jacques Derrida, one of France's most famous philosophers, has died at the age of 74.

Derrida, who suffered from cancer, died in a Paris hospital on Friday night.

The Algerian-born philosopher is best known for his "deconstruction theory" - unpicking the way text is put together in order to reveal its hidden meanings.

Fellow academics have charged that Derrida's writings are "absurd", but his mark on modern thinking is undisputed, correspondents say.

In his long career, he taught at the Sorbonne and at several American universities. (繼續閱讀...);