Second Day at Rio Convention Week-Renowned `Stubborn` Brazilian choreographer Deborah and Author`s Rights in an Age of Artificial Intelligence
Anyone who has spent enough time in Brazil will agree with this observer that there are ` certain` coincidences which only occur in this part of the world. Rio Convention Week is chock full of events and with more visitors than one would ever imagine but somehow this observer managed without planning to end up […]
Segundo dia da Semana da Convenção do Rio – A renomada coreógrafa brasileira Deborah e os direitos autorais na era da inteligência artificial
Qualquer pessoa que já tenha passado algum tempo no Brasil concordará com este observador que há certas coincidências no ar que só ocorrem nesta parte do mundo. A Rio Convention Week está repleta de eventos e com mais visitantes do que se poderia imaginar, mas de alguma forma este observador conseguiu participar daqueles que de […]
Wednesday 13 August at Rio Innovation Week—Regenerative Fashion, Artificial Intelligence and CyberPunk
If French futurist and science fiction writer Jules (1828-1905, `20,000 Leagues Under the Sea`) Verne could attend Rio Innovation Week 2025 at Pier Maua, downtown Rio de Janeiro, he would feel right at home. Billed as `the biggest conference on technology and innovation, ` even a superficial visit to the annual convention– which ends this […]
Quarta-feira, 13 de agosto, na Rio Innovation Week — Moda regenerativa, inteligência artificial e cyberpunk
Se o futurista e escritor de ficção científica francês Júlio Verne (1828-1905, autor de “20.000 léguas submarinas”) pudesse participar da Rio Innovation Week 2025 no Píer Mauá, no centro do Rio de Janeiro, ele se sentiria em casa. Anunciada como “a maior conferência sobre tecnologia e inovação”, mesmo uma visita superficial à convenção anual, que […]
Vigésimo terceiro festival literário da FLIP em Paraty, Brasil
A 23ª edição do Festival Internacional de Literatura de Paraty (FLIP), que se encerrou no domingo, 3 de agosto de 2025, apresentou – pelo menos para este veterano de quatro FLIPs – tendências atuais da escrita contemporânea no Brasil e no exterior, com ênfase no feminismo. Tendo participado da recente Bienal do Livro no Rio […]
FLIP`s Twenty-third literature festival in Paraty, Brazil
The 23rd edition of the Paraty International Festival of Literature (FLIP) which concluded on Sunday 3 August 2025 displayed –-at least to this veteran of four FLIPs—current tendencies of contemporary writing both in Brazil and abroad and an emphasis on feminism. Having attended the recent Biennale Book fair in Rio de Janeiro, this observer noted […]
Vale do Café, no Rio de Janeiro: mais do que grãos de café
Localizado no estado do Rio de Janeiro, o “Vale do Café” tem maisdo que grãos de café, mas uma cultura rica e colorida, incluindo clínicas de cura voltadas para a natureza, um festival anual de música, uma variedade de produtos alimentícios saudáveis e uma mini versão zoológica da Disneylândia, entre outras atrações para oferecer aos […]
Rio de Janeiro’ s Cafe Valley: More than coffee beans
Located in Rio de Janeiro state, “Coffee Valley” or” O Vale do Café,” has morethan coffee beans but a rich, colorful culture including back- to- nature healing clinics, an annual music festival, a variety of health food products and a mini zoological answer to Disneyland among other treats to offer a visitor.There are an estimated […]
The Living Legacy of Nise da Silveira at the VII Seminar on Image Reading:Echoes of Jung in the Workshops of the Unconscious
by Susie Verde On 25 and 26 July 2025, the beautiful Rio de Janeiro Art Museum (MAR) hosted the VII Seminar on Image Reading: The “Epistemology of Nise da Silveira,” bringing together mental health professionals from different regions of Brazil in an aesthetic, clinical and deeply human experience. The seminar featured high-level presentations during which […]
O Legado Vivo de Nise da Silveira no VII Seminário Leitura deImagens: Ecos de Jung nos Ateliês do Inconsciente
por Susie Verde Nos dias 25 e 26 de julho de 2025, o belíssimo Museu de Arte do Rio deJaneiro (MAR) acolheu o VII Seminário Leitura de Imagens: AEpistemologia de Nise da Silveira, reunindo profissionais da saúde mentalde diversas regiões do Brasil em uma experiência estética, clínica eprofundamente humana.O seminário foi marcado por apresentações de […]
‘I Dreamt About You´: Brazilian play reveals a promising playwright
Whom have you ever dreamt of being? A movie or TV soap opera star, a handsome or beautiful being, a film director or famous cinema maker or someone living a more adventuresome and glamorous than yourself? This is one of the themes touched on in an excellent duo performance by veteran actress -playwright-director Carioca (Sao […]
“Eu sonhei com você”: peça brasileira revela uma dramaturga promissora
Quem você já sonhou em ser? Uma estrela de cinema ou novela, alguém bonito ou bonita, um diretor de cinema ou cineasta famoso, ou alguém que vive uma vida mais aventureira e glamorosa do que a sua? Esse é um dos temas abordados em uma excelente performance dupla da veterana atriz, dramaturga e diretora carioca […]
“Tropical Trench”, o último livro de Ruy Castro e uma segunda visita à Bienal do Livro do Rio
Apesar do antigo local dos Jogos Olímpicos do Rio de 2016 ficar tão longe da minha residência aqui em Copacabana, este leitor ávido decidiu voltar à Bienal do Rio no que imaginei ser uma terça-feira tranquila. Por sugestão de outro amante da literatura, evitei pegar um táxi e peguei o metrô de Copacabana até a […]
“Tropical Trench” Ruy Castro´s latest book and a second visit to Rio´s Book Biennale
Despite the former site of the 2016 Summer Olympic games in Rio being so far from my residence here in Copacabana, this bookworm decided to return to the Rio Biennale on what I imagined would be a quiet Tuesday. At the suggestion of another literature lover, I avoided a taxi and took the Metro from […]
Minha escritora favorita: a nigeriano-americana Adichie visita o Brasil
Apesar de ter crescido lendo, admirando e amando escritores anglo-saxões ou americanos como Sinclair Lewis, Theodore Dreiser, Phillip Roth, Saul Bellow, Graham Greene( ingaterra) e os jornalistas americanos Pete Hamill e Jimmy Breslin, ela, uma nigeriano-americana, é minha escritora favorita hoje.Ela escreve tão bem (ou melhor) quanto os ícones acima e fala inglês melhor do […]
My Favorite Writer: Nigerian-American Adichie visits Brazil
Despite the fact that I grew up reading, admiring and loving Anglo-Saxon or American writers like Sinclair Lewis, Theodore Dreiser, Phillip Roth, Saul Bellow,and Britain’ s Graham Greene, and American journalists Pete Hamill Jimmy Breslin, she, a Nigerian-American is my favorite writer today. She writes just as well (or better) than the above icons and […]
They Can´t Take That Away from Me: An Unforgettable Evening as A GUEST oboist with Mauricio Einhorn!
I am always amazed how music takes us into new worlds! For example, this oboist-composer has resided in this tropical paradise called Rio de Janeiro over fifty years because music brought me to Brazil to play with the Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira after my studies and work in Germany. More recently, after attending at a local […]
Eles não podem tirar isso de mim: uma noite inesquecível como oboísta convidado com Mauricio Einhorn!
Sempre me surpreendo com a forma como a música nos leva a novos mundos!Por exemplo, este oboísta e compositor reside neste paraíso tropical chamado Rio de Janeiro há mais de cinquenta anos, porque a música me trouxe ao Brasil para tocar com a Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira após meus estudos e trabalho na Alemanha.Mais recentemente, depois […]
The MERCHANT of Venice: Shakespeare is never outdated! (at Rio de Janeiro´s Teatro Nelson Rodrigues until 15 June)
“Theater is wonderful. I love how it enriches our life,” commented one of our party of theatergoers in our Uber as we departed from the downtown Teatro Nelson Rodrigues theater after opening night at the updated, imaginative version of Shakespeare´s “The Merchant of Venice.” Meanwhile in another Uber a couple who were unpleasantly surprised by […]
O COMERCIANTE de Veneza: Shakespeare nunca está desatualizado! (no Teatro Nelson Rodrigues, no Rio de Janeiro, até 15 de junho)
“O teatro é maravilhoso. Adoro como ele enriquece a nossa vida”, comentou um dos espectadores em nosso Uber quando saímos do Teatro Nelson Rodrigues, no centro da cidade, após a noite de estreia da versão atualizada e imaginativa de ‘O Mercador de Veneza’, de Shakespeare. Enquanto isso, em outro Uber, um casal que foi desagradavelmente […]
Pianist Sonia Rubinsky Continues Tradition of GREAT Pianists in Brazil
Among the biggest secrets to the outside world (—which only seems to know this planet called Brazil as most famous for samba and Carnaval—) is the long tradition of outstanding Brazilian pianists. Guiomar Novaes, Magdalena Tagliaferro, Jacques Klein, Cristina Ortiz, Arnaldo Cohen, Roberto Szidon, Arthur Moreira Lima and of course Nelson Freire, are only some […]
A pianista Sonia Rubinsky continua a tradição de GRANDES pianistas no Brasil
Entre os maiores segredos para o mundo exterior (que só parece conhecer este planeta chamado Brasil como o mais famoso pelo samba e pelo Carnaval) está a longa tradição de excelentes pianistas brasileiros. Guiomar Novaes, Magdalena Tagliaferro, Jacques Klein, Cristina Ortiz, Arnaldo Cohen, Roberto Szidon, Arthur Moreira Lima e, é claro, Nelson Freire, são apenas […]
Radio (MEC-FM) Days or Camerata Music Viva on Concert Hall
Does anyone in the younger generation listen to the radio these days? This is my query almost 48 hours after participating in yet another program on Rio de Janeiro´s Radio-MEC Fm ´s “Sala de Concerto” last Friday at exactly 5 pm ending exactly at 6 pm. For those musicians and non-musicians who have never done […]
Dias da Rádio (MEC-FM) ou Camerata Music Viva na Sala de Concertos
Será que alguém da geração mais jovem ouve rádio hoje em dia? Essa é a minha pergunta quase 48 horas depois de participar de mais um programa na “Sala do Concerto” da Rádio MEC Fm do Rio de Janeiro na última sexta-feira, exatamente às 17 horas, terminando exatamente às 18 horas. Para os músicos e […]
“Senhor Diretor”, monólogo no Teatro Poeira, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro (terça e quarta, 20hs) até 23 de abril
Sobre o que deve tratar uma obra dramática, seja ela uma peça ou um filme: um acontecimento altamente dramático ou a suposta monotonia da vida cotidiana? Para o escritor americano John (“Rabbit,Run”) Updike e para o cineasta alemão Wim (“Perfect Days”) Wenders, entre outros, a ficção trata de confrontar a realidade monótona da vida cotidiana. […]
“Dear Mister Director ,” a monolgue at the Teatro Poeira ,Botafogo,Rio de Janeiro.(Tuesday and Wednesday ,20hs) until 23 April
What should a dramatic work, call it a play or film ,be about: a highly dramatic occurrence or the supposed humdrum of every day life? To American writer John (”Rabbit,Run”) Updike and German filmmaker Wim(”Perfect Days”) Wenders,among others , fiction is about confronting the humdrum reality of every day life. In Updike´s case the themes […]
Aboard the transatlantic ship Pacific Coast with top Brazilian Crooner ´King ‘Roberto Carlos
Rio de Janeiro The same routine often gets tiring (if not boring) and for this reason your correspondent –although always reluctant to leave his comfortable sofa at home here in Copacabana—gladly accepted Thursday the invitation by Brazil´s top crooner, the immortal Brazilian pop music King Roberto Carlos to visit his transatlantic Italian ship, the Costa […]
A bordo do navio transatlântico Pacific Coast com o grande crooner brasileiro ‘King’ Roberto Carlos
Rio de Janeiro A mesma rotina muitas vezes se torna cansativa (se não chata) e, por essa razão, seu correspondente – embora sempre relutante em deixar seu confortável sofá em casa, aqui em Copacabana – aceitou com prazer, na quinta-feira, o convite do maior cantor brasileiro, o imortal rei da música pop brasileira Roberto Carlos, […]
The Red Rooster Harlem: Charm, Elegance and Great food
Since this observer- ( in my earlier years) gourmet is currently in Rio de Janeiro for the city’ s gala Carnaval, my associate (and brother) has graciousy sent me this glittering restaurant review for my Blog Globetrotter. PS: The Red Rooster has a gospel brunch ( with a live choir!) Sundays at 11:00 am and […]
A Reunion of Aging Gringos who worked on the Brazil Herald newspaper in Rio de Janeiro: the Brazil Chronicles
Through the magic of internet´s “Meet,” this former cultural reporter, columnist, food, music and theater critic for the now extinct English newspaper in Rio de Janeiro the Brazil Herald, attended Sunday afternoon a reunion fifty years later of our former reporters and editors. The occasion was to herald(!) in a new book of over 496 […]
Um reencontro de gringos envelhecidos que trabalharam no jornal Brazil Herald no Rio de Janeiro: o Brazil Chronicles
Por meio da magia do “Meet” da internet, este ex-repórter cultural, colunista, crítico de gastronomia, música e teatro do extinto jornal inglês do Rio de Janeiro, o Brazil Herald, compareceu na tarde de domingo a uma reunião cinquenta anos depois de nossos antigos repórteres e editores. A ocasião foi para anunciar (!) em um novo […]
A cantora Carole Saboya, o pianista e compositor Antonio Adolfo (e o pianista de jazz Adaury Mothe) no Blue Note
Coincidência ou destino? Quando pegamos um táxi aqui em Copacabana a caminho do oásis local de boa música pop e jazz, o Blue Note, não precisei pedir ao motorista para abaixar o som do rap horrível ou do loop de bateria repetitivo chamado de “música” que ouvimos hoje em dia na maioria dos táxis. Pois […]
Singer Carole Saboya, pianist -composer Antonio Adolfo (and jazz pianist Adaury Mothe) at the Blue Note
Coincidence or destiny? As we took a taxi here in Copacabana en route to the local oasis of good pop and jazz music, the Blue Note, I didn´t have to ask our driver to lower the sound on the usual awful rap or repetitive drum loop called “music “these days we hear in most taxis. […]
Duo Gilson Peranzetta, piano, e Marcel Powell, violão, no Blue Note
Tentando se atualizar com o mundo do jazz e da música popular brasileira depois de décadas submerso no chamado mundo da música erudita do Brasil, este observador ficou um pouco envergonhado ao se sentar quase no palco da casa noturna Blue Note ou diretamente em frente ao pianista Gilson Peranzzetta e Marcel Powell, guitarrista, enquanto […]
Duo Gilson Peranzetta, piano and Marcel Powell, guitar at the Blue Note
Trying to catch up with the Brazilian jazz and popular music world after decades of being submerged in the so-called “erudite” music world of Brazil, this observer was a bit embarrassed to sit almost onstage at the Blue Note nightspot or directly in front of pianist Gilson Peranzzetta and Marcel Powell, guitarist, as they performed […]
Tom Jobim, o Musical
Não pude deixar de pensar, enquanto aproveitava cada minuto de “Tom Jobim, o Musical” no último domingo (8 de dezembro) no Teatro Grande Sunday, no Rio de Janeiro – trinta anos após a morte de Jobim em um hospital de Nova York – nas palavras apropriadas de um conhecido local: “Devido à Internet, não existe […]
Tom Jobim, the Musical
I couldn’t help thinking as I enjoyed last Sunday (8 December) every minute of” Tom Jobim, the Musical” at Rio de Janeiro´s Teatro Grande —thirty years after Jobim died in a New York City hospital–the apropos words of a local acquaintance: “Due to internet there is no longer any third world culture.” Agreed, at least […]
A cantora, compositora e violonista Zelia Duncan apresenta “Lado Z” no Blue Note do Rio e em São Paulo
Pelo entusiasmo e aplausos da casa lotada na casa noturna “Blue Note”, aqui em Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, a cantora, violonista e compositora de MPB Zelia Duncan, 60 anos, é bastante popular e conhecida.(Mas não para este oboísta-compositor hibernado, imerso no chamado mundo da música erudita!)O público era jovem, velho, heterossexual, gay etc. e muitos […]
Singer, composer and guitarist Zelia Duncan at the Blue Note in Rio and Sao Paulo presents “Lado Z”
From the enthusiasm and applause of the packed house at the “Blue Note” nightspot here in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, MPB (reads “Brazilian Popular Music”) singer, guitarist and composer Zelia Duncan,60, is quite popular and well known.(But not to this hibernated oboist-composer, immersed in the so-called erudite music world!)For the audience was young, old, heterosexual, […]
Noite de estreia do Roxy Dinner Show em Copacabana
Minha conclusão sobre a vida nesta idade avançada é que as coisas andam em ciclos apenas com variações ou “não há nada de novo sob o sol”.E foi isso que pensei na noite de quinta-feira, quando assisti à noite de abertura do que já foi o meu e de outros (que moram em Copacabana, Rio […]
Opening Night at Copacabana´s Roxy Dinner Show
My conclusion about life at this late age is that things go in cycles only with variations or “there is nothing new under the sun.” And that´s what I thought on Thursday evening when I attended opening night at what once was my and others (who reside in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro) beloved Cinema Roxy […]
” Mergulhando no Escuro”: Um documentário em homenagem a um grande pianista brasileiro: João Assis Brasil
Os documentários que participam do atual festival internacional de cinema mostram que o Rio de Janeiro pode não ser Viena – onde prosperaram gênios da chamada música clássica como Haydn, Mozart, Schubert e Beethoven – mas, à sua maneira, a chamada Cidade Maravilhosa foi e continua sendo uma capital internacional da música. Os documentários incluem […]
“ Diving in the Dark”: A Documentary Honoring a Great Brazilian Pianist: Joao Assis Brasil
Documentaries participating in the current international film festival display that Rio de Janeiro may not be Vienna— where such geniuses of so-called classical music as Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven thrived– but in its own way so-called Marvelous City has been and continues to be an international capital of music. The documentaries include this portrait […]
Pianisimo:16-year-old Turkish piano prodigy at the Copacabana Palace Theater
One week before the Material Gal, Madonna and her estimated 1.5 million fans are about to invade the beaches of Copacabana, the theater of Rio de Janeiro´s iconic Hotel Copacabana Palace is hosting a series of young virtuoso pianists. Friday evening (26 April) Turkish wiz, Can Sarac, 16, astonished local audiences with an impeccable technique […]
Pianisimo: prodígio do piano turco de 16 anos no Teatro Copacabana Palace
Uma semana antes de a Material Gal, Madonna e os seus cerca de 1,5 milhões de fãs invadirem as praias de Copacabana, o teatro do icónico Hotel Copacabana Palace, no Rio de Janeiro, recebe uma série de jovens pianistas virtuosos.Na noite de sexta-feira (26 de abril), Can Sarac, de 16 anos, surpreendeu o público local […]
A Falecida, ainda uma tragédia moderna do Euripedes brasileiro, Nelson Rodrigues no Teatro Copacabana Palace
Hoje em dia, com a inteligência artificial a tomar conta de muitos aspectos da vida, este amante do teatro gostaria de sugerir aos hábeis produtores e directores de uma excelente produção de Nelson Rodrigues “A Falecida” que encontrassem um meio de, através de auscultadores, traduzir simultaneamente em várias línguas para os turistas esta “tragédia carioca” […]
A Falecida (The Deceased), still a modern tragedy by Brazil´s Euripedes, Nelson Rodrigues at the Copacabana Palace Theater
Today with artificial intelligence taking over many aspects of life, this theatre-lover would like to suggest to the able producers and directors of an outstanding production of Nelson Rodrigues “The Deceased” that they find a means via headphones to translate simultaneously in various languages for tourists this “Carioca tragedy” by a Brazilian theatrical genius. For […]
“Witness for the Prosecution”: My nomination for a retroactive Oscar (or Harold?) award
As the 96th edition of the Academy Awards ceremony approaches this Sunday, 10 April 2024, I –always a perennial latecomer—saw a film at the only surviving cinema here in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro called Joia (Jewel), which I would award even today all the TOP Academy awards. How strange that although nominated for Oscars in […]
Maestro, a fitting cinematic tribute to Leonard Bernstein
It is three hours since I have returned from viewing a film which has deeply touched me: Bradley Cooper´s “Maestro” about the life of the Mozart of our time, American composer, pianist and Maestro Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990).I hesitate to predict that the film– produced by Stephen Spielberg and Martin Scorsese among others–will run away with […]
Crítica: ‘Maestro’, da Netflix, surpreende como um incomum fábula
Maestro, uma homenagem cinematográfica a Leonard BernsteinHá três horas que regressei do um filme que me tocou profundamente: “Maestro”, de Bradley Cooper, sobre a vida do Mozart do nosso tempo, o compositor, pianista e maestro americano Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990).Hesito em prever que o filme – produzido por Stephen Spielberg e Martin Scorsese, entre outros – […]
” Cidade Maravilhosa,”(?) Rio de Janeiro, abre agência mundial de turismo
O Rio de Janeiro não é a mesma Cidade Maravilhosa do samba, da bossa nova e da “Gal de Ipanema” que conheci quando cheguei a este suposto paraíso tropical nos anos 1970. Foi por isso que fiquei um pouco surpreendido quando cheguei num táxi Uber – com medo de apanhar um autocarro e temendo ser […]
Once Marvelous City, Rio de Janeiro, opens world tourist agency
Rio de Janeiro is not the same ‘Marvelous City’ of samba, Bossa nova and the “Gal from Ipanema “which I knew when I first arrived in this supposedly tropical paradise in the 1970s. I was therefore a bit surprised when I arrived in an Uber taxi (–afraid to take a bus and fearing to be […]
Dubbing ,a 100 -year old(almost) profession threatened by Artificial Intelligence
Besides international films which have won awards at Cannes and other festivals, Rio de Janeiro´s current International Film Festival has some fascinating seminars including one I attended on Tuesday about Dubbing Films and TV series. The 90 minute talk complete with a lively Q & A session was led by the Dubber of the film […]
Two films the Rio´s Intl.Film Festival Which are Bigger Than Real Life!
Writing today his usual fascinating column for the Folha of Sao Paulo newspaper, Ruy Castro observes “Cinema is not real life.” He is referring to such films as’ Casablanca’ where Humphrey Bogart tells the police chief he has come to Casablanca for “the waters” and the chief replies “what waters we are in a desert¹” […]
The Prophet: A monologue with live music based on the writings of Lebanese-American philosopher Khalil Gibran
Invited weeks ago, before last week’ s massacre in Israel ,to view this monologue with scintillating live and traditional Lebanese music, this theater lover could not help asking himself if perhaps he was on Friday, opening evening (13 October 2023) at the inappropriate place during these difficult times in the Middle East. But, on the […]
Deep Fake, Elis Regina and Volkswagen
‘Deep Fake’ via Artificial Intelligence is here ready to take over not only the media and journalism but TV, cinema and especially politics. This is my conclusion after viewing Thursday afternoon (5 October 2023) at the lovely headquarters of the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival in Gloria a literally shocking lecture-demonstration with an explicit […]
“The Inheritance,” Parte II, de Mathew Lopez no Teatro Clara Nunes (Gavea Shopping)
Enquanto o mundo do jornalismo e da literatura parece estar abandonando lenta mas seguramente o papel em favor dos formatos de tela on-line, eBook e Kindle, o mundo teatral parece estar caminhando para peças mais longas em vez de curtas. “Angels in America” (1991), de Tony Kushner, em duas longas noites (exibida em 2020 no […]
“The Inheritance,” Part II, by Mathew Lopez at the Teatro Clara Nunes (Gavea Shopping)
As the world of journalism and literature seem to be abandoning slowly but surely paper in favor of online, eBook and Kindle screen formats, the theatrical world seems headed to longer rather than short plays. Tony Kushner´s “Angels in America” (1991) in two long nights (exhibited 2020 in Rio de Janeiro) is now followed currently […]
Matthew Lopezes Play of the Century: ‘The Heritage ‘at the Clara Nunes Theater( Gávea Shopping) in Rio de Janeiro Starring Bruno Fagundes as Eric, Rafael Primo (Toby, the playwright), Reynaldo Gianecchini (Henry), Marco Antonio Pamio (Walter/E.MORGAN Forster), Andre Torquato (Adam, the rich ambitious actor) directed and translated to Portuguese by Ze Henrique de Paula featuring twelve actors in 25 roles
The Brazilian axiom of the necessity to “slay a lion a day “to survive definitely refers to this magnificent achievement of importing and staging locally what the London Daily Telegraph has called “the most important American play of this century”: ‘the Inheiritance’ by Puerto Rican- American Matthew Lopez,41. The play´s Brazilian rights were obtained by […]
Copacabana Palace, the Musical
I wish I could curb my enthusiasm but “Copacabana Palace, the Musical, “which opened Thursday evening at—where else—the Teatro Copacabana Palace, is the best theatrical I have seen in a very long time on the local stage. The Mayor of Rio or Brazil´s tourism agency Embratur should immediately hire a plane and send the whole […]
The Farewell Ceremony “by Brazilian playwright Mauro Rosi returns to Rio de Janeiro
The portrait of an artist as a young man has been the subject of numerous memoirs,novels,films and plays by not only international authors from Ireland´s James Joyce to American playwright Eugene O´Neill but various Brazilian authors, including the late playwright Mauro Rasi (Bauru, Sao Paulo,1949-Leblon, RJ).Coincidentally one day before Brazil´s former President and vehemently anti-intellectual […]
Macabea: A ballet with the story by Clarice Lispector and music of Villa Lobos
Anyone who has been in Brazil long enough will-–or should—observe that besides a national obsession for football/soccer, a passion for ballet has produced a plethora of ballet dancers who are exported to all parts of the world.And judging from my first night at the ballet Saturday after three years in hibernation due to the pandemic, […]
Rio to host awards for 50 Best Latin American Restaurants
Rio de Janeiro—The Chairman of the World´s 50 Best Restaurants, Britain´s Charles Reed, of Redhill, announced Wednesday morning with Rio de Janeiro´s mayor Eduardo Paes that Brazil will host on 28 November for the first time the awards ceremony for the 50 best restaurants in Latin America. The gala will be held at the city´s […]
Opening Night at the Theater:”How Can I Not Be Montgomery Clift,”a monologue by Spanish playwright Alberto Conjero Lopez
“I discovered the joy of being another person and for this reason it is easier to confront the reality of our own life. If I wasn’t an actor, I would live depressed and have difficulties to overcome personal crisises,” Gustavo Gasparani,55, in an interview about his four decades as an actor. Ironically located near the […]
Baixa Terapia/Low Therapy: A Comédia Não Tão Engraçada no Teatro Clara Nunes, no Shopping da Gávea
Uma das mais intrigantes “comédias” (?) que este frequentador de teatro já experimentou está em cartaz no Rio de Janeiro até 30 de julho, depois de uma longa turnê que a levou de São Paulo a Portugal, aos Estados Unidos e de volta ao Brasil. “Baixa Terapia”, do dramaturgo argentino Matias Del Federico, 42, e […]
Baixa Terapia/Low Therapy: The Not- so- funny Comedy at the Clara Nunes theater, Gavea Shopping
One of the most intriguing “comedies” (?) this theatergoer has ever experienced is currently playing in Rio de Janeiro until 30 JULY after a long tour which has taken it from Sao Paulo to Portugal to the United States and back to Brazil. “Baixa Terapia” (Low Therapy) by Argentine playwright Matias Del Federico,42, and directed […]
O Caso (The Case): a Hilarious Night at the Theater (Teatro das Artes) in Gavea’s Shopping Center
With the Covid-19 pandemic finally going away(?) , Rio de Janeiro ´s closest equivalent to Broadway or London´s East End theatre district, the Gavea shopping center with its four theaters is once again glowing and thriving.As comedy is supposedly the best medicine to combat the often-harsh realities of daily life, this theater lover highly enjoyed […]
The Charisma of Frida Kahlo
Dear Frida Kahlo (wherever you are): Today is Thursday,23 March 23, 2023, or four days after I was in Sao Paulo attending and hypnotized by a fascinating exhibition in your honor. You are/were a great Mexican artist; your lovers included the Russian revolutionary Trotsky and your husband-mentor, the great Mexican painter-muralist Diego Rivera, among others. […]
Uma Noite Musical em Búzios com o Rei Roberto Carlos
Junte St.Tropez do Brasil.ou Búzios , com o cantor Roberto Carlos,81, e você tem pura magia! Foi o que este observador experimentou na sexta-feira à noite a 173 quilómetros do Rio de Janeiro a bordo do navio de 17 decks MSC Fantasia, onde a resposta do Brasil a Júlio Iglesa e Frank Sinatra encantou mais […]
A Musical Evening in Búzios with King Roberto Carlos
Put together Brazil’ s answer to St.Tropez,or Buzios( “conchas”) with this nation’s top crooner, Roberto Carlos,81, and you have sheer magic! That’ s what this observer experienced Friday evening 173 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro aboard the 17- deck Brazilian flagship MSC Fantasia where Brazil’ s answer to Júlio Iglesa and Frank Sinatra enchanted over […]
“Circumcision in New York”: A hilarious comedy by Joao Bethencourt ahead of its time
Rio de Janeiro—There are some wonderful Cariocas, or local characters, who may have passed away but continue to live on immortally! Brazil´s 20th century Moliere, playwright, actor, director and drama teacher Joao Bethcourt (Budapest,1924-2006, Rio de Janeiro) is one of these “figuras,” a they call charismatic personalities in Portuguese. In my first years in Rio […]
“Circuncisão em Nova York”: Uma comédia hilariante de João Bethencourt à frente de seu tempo
Rio de Janeiro – Há alguns maravilhosos cariocas, ou personagens locais, que podem ter falecido, mas que continuam a viver imortalmente! O brasileiro Moliere do século XX, dramaturgo, ator, diretor e professor de teatro João Bethencourt (Budapeste,1924-2006, Rio de Janeiro) é uma dessas “figuras”, a que chamam de personalidades carismáticas em português. Em meus primeiros […]
Bottoms up to Vienna!
Dear Vivian in Canada, Rabbi Ken in California and others who told me “Don´t go to Vienna because you will only meet antisemitism in that city.”I have just returned from the most wonderful eight days of my life, visiting the capital of the great music I have loved since I was a child.Finally, I was […]
Tips for Old-fogie Globetrotters
Tips for old-fogie travelers from another old-fogie who has just returned from his first trip abroad after a thirteen years abstinence!(1)Window seats on airplanes are wonderful but perhaps not the best for old- fogies whose legs and prostrates are not what they were 30- 40-,50 years ago .The WC is easily available for those on […]
“Everybody talks about the Weather but no one does anything about it“ American author Mark Twain
It is another cold, rainy day in what used to be tropical Rio de Janeiro.As I head for the ICS (Institute for Climate and Society) in Humaita (Rua General Dionisio 14), I am wearing a vest, long-sleeved shirt and a hoodie, or jacket with a hood and carrying an umbrella.I might as well be in […]
The White Tiger: A Novel which portrays a changing INDIA
It has been thirty five years(!) since I performed oboe recitals in Mumbai and Poona and a mob tried to lynch our taxi in Delhi, India yet this wondrous, magical and dystopian culture continually returns to haunt me.And over twenty five years ago I was playing my oboe for belly dance classes taught by my […]
PGE: Um Novo Centro Cultural no Centro do Rio: Um Renascimento para o Centro da Cidade
O recém-reformado Centro de Cultura da Procuradoria Geral do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (PGE) (antigo Convento do Carmo), no centro do Rio de Janeiro, é um exemplo de que a visão e determinação de uma pessoa pode de fato fazer a diferença. Há quatro anos, a Doutora Lucia Lea Guimaraes Tavares, procuradora-geral do Estado […]
Joao Pessoa Diary (Paraiba state, northeastern Brazil)
Your correspondent is one of the most reluctant persons to leave home.For prior to arriving in Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s (!),I had resided in various parts of the world and know only too well the tears and anguish involved in departing from one place and going to reside in another.On the other hand, […]
Memórias sul-africanas ou” Tem Oboe vai viajar”
(Capítulo I?) Devido a este milagre moderno chamado Facebook, nunca parecemos perder pessoas do nosso passado.Então, enquanto escrevo isso entre meus cinco ou seis leitores estão pessoas que assistiram à minha festa de “despedida” quando saí de Nova York no final dos anos 1960 por “uma pequena experiência fora da cidade”, bem como um amigo […]
South African memories or ”Have Oboe will Travel”
(Chapter I?) Due to this modern miracle called Facebook we never seem to lose people from our past.So as I write this among my five or six readers are people who attended my “farewell” party when I departed New York City in the late 1960s for “a little out of town experience” as well as […]