are there any book girlies out there i need recs 🤲 i like my books how i like my fanfic -- age gaps, secret relationships, happy endings double entendre intended
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if i were singing edgardo in lucia di lammermoor i would simply not declare war on butter and bread
rip to franco corelli but i’m different
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Joan Sutherland - Lucia Di Lammermoor
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Cinediario 2022 - settembre
After Lucia (2012) Michel Franco
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è mancato Vincenzo Sangro
è mancato Vincenzo Sangro
è mancato Vincenzo Sangro, Ne danno il triste annuncio la moglie Maria Agricola, i figli: Eliana, Fabio con la moglie Maria Pedro Baptista e Sabrina con il marito Domenico Giunta, gli adorati nipoti Gabriele, Daniela, Francesco, Sara e Manuel, i fratelli Damiano con la moglie Fausta Festucci, Antonio, Nicola con la moglie Mariella Michea, le cognate Giovanna con il marito Franco Trombino,…
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3 giugno … ricordiamo …
3 giugno … ricordiamo …
#semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic
2021: Ernie Lively, all’anagrafe Ernest Wilson Brown Jr., attore statunitense. Fu sposato dal 1979 con l’agente artistica Elaine Lively, da cui prese il cognome e da cui ebbe due figli: Eric (1981) e Blake (1987), entrambi attori. Gli attori Lori Lively, Jason Lively e Robyn Lively sono i figli nati dal primo matrimonio di Elaine con Ronald Otis “Ronnie” Lively. (n. 1947)
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TEACHER/STUDENT BOOK RECS
*if you want me to add a forbidden romance list, let me know*
𓃠 This is a list with links to books that have teacher/student, age gap, and experienced/less experienced themes that I have read! These are in order from most recommended to least recommended based on my opinion.
𓃠 This will be updated as I read more! Think something should be added to the list, then let me know!
𓃠 To find the Age Gap/TeacherxStudent Movie list, click on the link on my pinned post!
⭐️= highly recommend/changed my life
😇= no smut
🌶️=contains smut
💦=read to really get your rocks off
highlighted=warning
PROFESSOR/COACH BOOK LIST
The Unrequited by Saffron A. Kent-⭐️😇
ProfessorxStudent & mental health themes
Cute little poet embarrassingly falls for her grumpy professor. Beautiful slow burn and perfectly describes what it feels like to want someone and not feel enough for them. She is such a realistic female lead and reminds me a lot of y’all 😂. This is THE teacher crush community book. If you don’t read anything read this!!
The Professor by Invi Wright-⭐️🌶️
ProfessorxStudent
Cute romance by young, new, and self published author. Very relatable female lead. If you enjoyed The Unrequited, you will like this book for all of the same reasons. Quick and easy read, only 240. She isn’t perfect, she clumsy, and I wouldn’t even say she’s socially awkward, she just a normal college student in her early 20s. She’s a fun narrator. This author has a lot of potential and her writing will only get better.
Gabriel’s Inferno by Slyvain Reynard-⭐️😇
ProfessorxStudent
Such a good dark academia book. Beautifully written and actually has a movie adaptation. I would definitely recommend this if you want a realistic couple but a bit more serious. Characters have so much depth
Off Balance Series by Lucia Franco- 💦
CoachxStudent
Warning: female lead is age of consent NOT legal age.
If you want something really forbidden and fucked up, read this. If you want the MOST insane sex scenes, read this (MINORS STOP). I really don’t even want to add this series to this list but for the girls who wanna go there, have fun. I started this when I was still in high school, read the 3rd one as an adult, it’s not as easy to read now. Take that info as you please
Lessons In Sin by Pam Goodwin-🌶️
TeacherxStudent with 18 Y.O female lead
Troubled rich girl gets sent off to a catholic boarding school and falls for the asshole Dean of the school. Smut is pretty good, plot works. I’m not going to say it’s bad, I think whether or not it’s enjoyable depends on the person. It wasn’t bad, I just wasn’t obsessed. If you’re just trying to live vicariously through her (aren’t we all), then it works!
Teach Me by L. L. Ash-🌶️
ProfessorxStudent
Really good start, and I do mean GREAT start… I just feel like the sex scene came too soon (Ch. 9/32) and it threw me off but I also like SUPER slow burns. It’s still a good book. I enjoyed the male love interest, Professor Harlo. They’re cute together. Grump and Sunshine.
Dark Notes by Pam Goodwin-
TeacherxStudent & themes of abuse
Probably DNF-ing
AGE GAP BOOK LIST
Something In The Way Series by Jessica Hawkins-⭐️😇
Sister’s Boyfriend/Husband & “I saw him first”
Most beautiful romance series I’ve ever read, best written books by Jessica Hawkins. I recommend all of her other books. Lake is 16 when she first meets Manning but nothing sexual happens between them for another 3 books until she’s in her 20s. Beautiful slow burn with characters full of depth.
Sinner by Sierra Simone- ⭐️💦
Brother’s Best Friend & religious themes
Amazing character creation and mapping. These characters feel real! This book is about “teaching” a girl about sex before she becomes a nun. It’s not just a bang bang, hump hump book. It has heart and it really good. If you enjoy religious themed romance, you may enjoy Priest by Sierra Simone too. I didn’t 💀
Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas- 💦
Ex’s Dad
Most popular forbidden romance so whatever you’ve heard about it, dump it. This might be the most tame book on this list. Pacing is good, well written main character. Insane amounts of smut but it doesn’t drive the story forward so feel free to skip it if you get tired.
Love Unexpected by Q. B. Tyler- 💦
Ex Stepdad & parent death
This book is HOT! However after the first few scenes, I got a bit tired of the smut. Well written enough female lead with a rushed ending. However if you just need something to read and not despise it, it’s good enough.
Strictly Off Limits by Jessica Hawkins-🌶️
Dad’s Best Friend
Jessica is my favorite author so I’m a bit biased but she definitely isn’t a smut writer. This novella would’ve been better without smut however it isn’t super present and doesn’t really drive the story forward so don’t feel like you’re missing anything if you skip the smut!
The Doctor by Nikki Sloane- 💦
Ex’s Dad
personally didn’t care for this book, smut starts off way too quick and I’m more of a slow burn girl. It is a novella however, it was still too quick. However! You may love it <3
𓃠 If I’m not reading fast enough for you and you want to see what I will be reading in the future here is my Amazon TBR, have at it!
𓃠 If you want to see a more organized bookshelf of what I’ve read, here is my Goodreads!
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Opera on YouTube 5
Nabucco
Teatro alla Scala, 1987 (Renato Bruson, Ghena Dimitrova; conducted by Riccardo Muti; no subtitles)
Teatro di San Carlo, 1997 (Renato Bruson, Lauren Flanigan; conducted by Paolo Carognani; no subtitles)
Ankara State Opera, 2006 (Eralp Kıyıcı, Nilgün Akkerman; conducted by Sunay Muratov; no subtitles)
St. Margarethen Opera Festival, 2007 (Igor Morosow, Gabriella Morigi; conducted by Ernst Märzendorfer; English subtitles)
Rome Opera, 2011 (Leo Nucci, Csilla Boross; conducted by Riccardo Muti; English and German subtitles)
Teatro Comunale di Bologna, 2013 (Vladimir Stoyanov, Anna Pirozzi; conducted by Michele Mariotti; Italian subtitles)
Rome Opera, 2013 (Luca Salsi, Tatiana Serjan; conducted by Riccardo Muti; no subtitles)
Gran Teatro Nacional, Perú, 2015 (Giuseppe Altomare, Rachele Stanisci; conducted by Fernando Valcárcel; Spanish subtitles)
Metropolitan Opera, 2017 (Plácido Domingo, Liudmyla Monastyrska; conducted by James Levine; Spanish subtitles)
Arena di Verona, 2017 (George Gagnidze, Susanna Branchini; conducted by Daniel Oren; English subtitles)
La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle studio film, 1981 (Frederica von Stade, Francisco Araiza, Paolo Montarsolo; conducted by Claudio Abbado; English subtitles)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 1983 (Kathleen Kuhlmann, Laurence Dale, Claudio Desderi; conducted by Donato Renzetti; no subtitles)
Salzburg Festival, 1988 (Ann Murray, Francisco Araiza, Walter Berry; conducted by Riccardo Chailly; English subtitles)
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, 1991 (Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Toshiro Gorobe, Domenico Trimarchi; conducted by Antonello Allemandi; Japanese subtitles) – Act I, Act II
Houston Grand Opera, 1995 (Cecilia Bartoli, Raúl Giménez, Enzo Dara; conducted by Bruno Campanella; no subtitles)
Rossini Opera Festival, 2000 (Sonia Ganassi, Juan Diego Flórez, Bruno Praticó; conducted by Carlo Rizzi; Italian subtitles)
Gran Teatre del Liceu, 2008 (Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez, Bruno de Simone; conducted by Patrick Summers; German subtitles)
Romeo Opera, 2015 (Serena Malfi, Juan Francisco Gatell, Alessandro Corbelli; conducted by Alejo Pérez; Italian and English subtitles)
Lille Opera, 2016 (Emily Fons, Taylor Stayton, Renato Girolami; conducted by Yves Parmentier; English subtitles)
Boboli Gardens, Florence, 2020 (Svetlina Stoyanova, Josh Lovell, Daniel Miroslaw; conducted by Sándor Károlyi; no subtitles)
Lucia di Lammermoor
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, 1967 (Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi; conducted by Bruno Bartoletti; English subtitles)
Mario Lanfranchi film, 1971 (Anna Moffo, Lajos Kosma; conducted by Carlo Felice Cillario; English subtitles)
Bregenz Festival, 1982 (Katia Ricciarelli, José Carreras; conducted by Lamberto Gardelli; no subtitles) – Part I, Part II
Opera Australia, 1986 (Joan Sutherland, Richard Greager; conducted by Richard Bonynge; English subtitles)
Teatro Carlo Felice, 2003 (Stefania Bonfadelli, Marcelo Álvarez; conducted by Patrick Fournillier; Japanese subtitles)
San Francisco Opera, 2009 (Natalie Dessay, Giuseppe Filianoti; conducted by Jean-Yves Ossonce; English subtitles)
Amarillo Opera, 2013 (Hanan Alattar, Eric Barry; conducted by Michael Ching; English subtitles)
Gran Teatre del Liceu, 2015 (Elena Mosuc, Juan Diego Flórez; conducted by Marco Armiliato; French subtitles)
Teatro Real de Madrid, 2018 (Lisette Oropesa, Javier Camerana; conducted by Daniel Oren; English subtitles)
Vienna State Opera, 2022 (Lisette Oropesa, Benjamin Bernheim; conducted by Evelino Pidó; English subtitles)
Il Trovatore
Claudio Fino studio film, 1957 (Mario del Monaco, Leyla Gencer, Fedora Barbieri, Ettore Bastianini; conducted by Fernando Previtali; English subtitles)
Wolfgang Nagel studio film, 1975 (Franco Bonisolli, Raina Kabaivanska, Viorica Cortez, Giorgio Zancanaro; conducted by Bruno Bartoletti; Japanese subtitles)
Vienna State Opera, 1978 (Plácido Domingo, Raina Kabaivanska, Fiorenza Cossotto, Piero Cappuccilli; conducted by Herbert von Karajan; no subtitles)
Opera Australia, 1983 (Kenneth Collins, Joan Sutherland, Lauris Elms, Jonathan Summers; conducted by Richard Bonynge, English subtitles)
Metropolitan Opera, 1988 (Luciano Pavarotti, Eva Marton, Dolora Zajick, Sherrill Milnes; conducted by James Levine; no subtitles)
Bavarian State Opera, 2013 (Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Elena Manistinta, Alexey Markov; conducted by Paolo Carignani; English subtitles)
Temporada Lirica a Coruña, 2015 (Gregory Kunde, Angela Meade, Marianne Cornetti, Juan Jesús Rodriguez; conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson; no subtitles)
Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liége, 2018 (Fabio Sartori, Yolanda Auyanet, Violeta Urmana, Mario Cassi; conducted by Daniel Oren; French subtitles)
Arena di Verona, 2019 (Yusif Eyvazov, Anna Netrebko, Dolora Zajick, Luca Salsi; conducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi; German subtitles)
Teatro Verdi di Pisa, 2021 (Murat Karahan, Carolina López Moreno, Victória Pitts, Cesar Méndez; conducted by Marco Guidarini; no subtitles)
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METELLO SCREENCAPS
Metello is a 1970 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini, based on Vasco Pratolini’s novel. It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot (it may contain spoilers)
Metello struggles to escape from the poverty that led to the premature death of his parents, and that is the lot of the working class in northern Italy during the second half of the 19th century. Metello fights his way out from his condition through hard work, a determined will to resist oppression inherited from his father, but also by taking advantage of his good looks when dealing with women. Metello progressively assumes an important role in the organization of an emerging workers movement, and attempts to conciliate his risky political activities with his private life.
Cast
Massimo Ranieri - Metello
Ottavia Piccolo - Ersilia
Frank Wolff - Betto
Tina Aumont - Idina
Lucia Bosé - Viola
Pino Colizzi - Renzoli
Mariano Rigillo - Olindo
Luigi Diberti - Lippi
Manuela Andrei - Adele Salani
Corrado Gaipa - Badolati
Adolfo Geri - Del Bueno
Claudio Biava - Moretti
Franco Balducci - Chellini
Steffen Zacharias - Pallesi
Sergio Ciulli
The film was released on 10th March 1970.
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Who's going to build me a time machine so I can go to NYC in 1961 and see
Leontyne Price and Franco Corelli's debut at the Metropolitan opera house in Il trovatore
Birgit Nilsson, Corelli, and Anna Moffo at the met in Turandot
Judy Garland's Carnegie Hall concert
Joan Sutherland's debut at the met in Lucia di Lammermoor
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Death of a Cyclist
It's a minor miracle that director-writer Juan Antonio Bardem got his Spanish masterpiece, DEATH OF A CYCLIST (1955, TCM), past Franco’s censors with only a change in the ending. Though that blunted the film’s critique of the country’s upper class, it makes the picture even more powerful as film noir. A couple driving along a country road hits a man on a bicycle. Although he’s still alive, the woman (Lucia Bose, the iciest femme fatale this side of Gene Tierney, only without the overbite) insists they leave. We then discover they’re illicit lovers. Her co-star, Alberto Closas, is an adjunct math professor thanks to his influential brother-in-law. She’s married to a wealthy industrialist. For the next nearly 90 minutes, they’re dogged by guilt and paranoia, particularly when a hanger-on (Carlos Casaravilla) tries to blackmail her into having sex with him because he knows about the affair. Bardem creates an upper-class society of privileged fools and sinners. One woman invites Bose to take part in a canasta tournament to benefit “poor children, or stupid children, or something — but it’ll be fun.” When a guilt stricken Closas tries to visit the dead man’s widow, the contrast between the haves and have-nots is painfully obvious. Bardem’s cameraman, Alfredo Fraile creates some stunning deep-focus shots that up the paranoia or emphasize Closas’ isolation. With its stark images of the couple against the country sky, the picture has been compared to the work of Michelangelo Antonio, though his films wouldn’t have been shown in Spain during Franco’s reign. For me, the stronger influence appears to be Luis Buñuel. Bardem’s cutting between scenes is often disorienting, as when he cuts from the couple watching horses train at a racetrack, playground of the rich, to clowns performing in a circus or from Casaravilla playing piano at a party to hands clapping rhythmically at a flamenco performance. There’s even a hint of satire in the cutting when Bardem goes from a Catholic mass (where the illicit lovers have met to discuss the accident) to a tight closeup of a young man’s rear end as he practices for a track meet. How he got that one past Spain’s censors is a mystery.
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Awe babe I'm sorry. What were you reading?
thank you finally some sympathy 🤧 lol it was hush hush by lucia franco
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Alberto Closas and Lucia Bosè in Death of a Cyclist (Juan Antonio Bardem, 1955)
Cast: Lucia Bosè, Alberto Closas, Otello Toso, Bruno Corra, Carlos Casaravilla, Manuel Alexandre. Screenplay: Juan Antonio Bardem, Luis Fernando de Igoa. Cinematography: Alfredo Fraile. Film editing: Margarita de Ochoa. Music: Isidro B. Maiztegui.
Often cited as a landmark in Spanish cinema, Death of a Cyclist is notable for the way director Bardem (uncle of the actor Javier Bardem) manages to slip a satiric look at the Spanish upper classes past Franco's censors by tucking it into a suspense thriller. He often does this by startling jump cuts: The protagonist, Juan (Alberto Closas), looks down into the courtyard of a slum, but what we see are people attending a society wedding. The gossip Rafa (Carlos Casaravilla) angrily throws a bottle, but the window that breaks is miles away at the university where a student protest is taking place. The film is full of linkages like this, including the fact that Juan bears a striking resemblance to the man he is cuckolding, Miguel (Otello Toso). Sometimes, of course, Bardem and his co-scenarist Luis Fernando de Igoa make their satire more explicit, as when a society woman says she's supporting a charity "for poor children, or maybe for stupid children." Her distance from the objects of her charity is a comic twist on the distance that allows María (Lucia Bosé) to persuade Juan that they should leave the scene after they run down a cyclist on a lonely road at night: They are having an affair, and she doesn't want to get caught. Bardem doesn't show the actual accident or even the body of the cyclist (who is still alive after they leave the scene), leaving us to judge the couple as their guilt begins to mount -- even though they are never in any danger of being accused of the hit-and-run crime. The film continues to unfold as a saga of crime and self-punishment, made richer by Bardem's careful manipulation of point of view.
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Guys! The response to my GFM has been overwhelming! Thank you so much.
We have raised almost enough for a full edit with an amazing editor who worked on Lucia Franco’s Off Balance series. I just need to get a booking now.
Hopefully soon, I will have enough enough to assist my first chosen Indie author, our very own @regaljacki (twitter handle)
Just as a little backstory, I had worked extra shifts and saved funds, but my daughter required extra neurophysiological testing—many of you know her health issues—so I had to use my editing cash. The testing is not covered by our disability insurance or Medicare but will greatly assist her learning with ASD & Epilepsy. Anyway, thank you again for giving me the chance to do something like this; to live my dream and help my girl.
Bel❤️
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