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GIACOMO CASANOVA

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Learn how and why Ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt were invented and crafted during Renaissance. Discover the Old Testament as a veiled rendition of events of Middle Ages written centuries after the New Testament. Perceive the Crusaders as contemporaries of The Crucifixion punishing the tormentors of the Messiah. What if Jesus Christ was born in 1053 and crucified in 1086 AD?

Sounds unbelievable? Not after you've read "History: Fiction or Science?" by Anatoly Fomenko, leading mathematician of our time. He follows in steps of Sir Isaac Newton, finds clear evidence of falsification of History by clergy and humanists. Armed with computers, astronomy and statistics he proves the history of humankind to be both dramatically different and drastically shorter than generally presumed.



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Ruggero Raimondi, Kiri Te Kanawa, Jose van Dam, Edda Moser, Teresa Berganza...
in phantastic opera film by Joseph Losey - great voices, fascinating costumes...

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Champagner-aria Don Giovanni
O Numi! (Donn'Elvira)

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The greatest opera film - Losey's masterpiece Don Giovanni In a signal encounter with the famous French philosopher and writer Voltaire, Casanova explains that "I amuse myself by studying people as I travel . . . it is fun to study the world while passing through it." Indeed, Giacomo Casanova de Seingalt, traveller, adventurer, musician, lover, escaped convict, and avid reader, brings to his monumental The Story of My Life (Histoire de ma vie) an explicit relish-and aptitude-for intimate observations on human nature, customs, gastronomy, science, literature, economics, and religion.

Throughout his adventures, Casanova is never less than an observant, personable guide. The deftly written sketches of those he encounters-including Catherine the Great of Russia, Pope Clement XIII, Voltaire, and the French dramatist Crebillon-show his formidable intelligence and curiosity. His descriptions of a host of others-including lower dignitaries, actresses and actors, inn-keepers, spies, and commoners-reveal his wit and his desire to unveil the broad scope of the eighteenth-century Continental world.
Indeed, what inevitably charms the reader in Casanova's wide-ranging memoirs is the author's natural intelligence and his disinclination to suffer fools gladly. Nonetheless, this intelligence does not prevent Casanova from falling into numerous scrapes, resulting more than once in his being imprisoned or exiled. In such instances, Casanova does not spare himself, acerbically commenting on his own poor judgment, and frequently linking his troubles to his susceptibility to "the allurements of all forms of sensual delight." The cultivation of such pleasures, Casanova tells us, "was my principle concern throughout my life." Still, he notes that "I do not know whether it was by my intellect that I have come so far in life, I do know that it is to it alone that I owe all the happiness I enjoy when I am face to face with myself."

It seems that Giovanni Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) wasn't really a Casanova after all ... or, rather, not according to the contemporary definition of the word. Belgian psychoanalyst Lydia Flem presents a bold new interpretation of Casanova's life as seen through his 12-volume History of My Life (incredibly, it's incomplete), excerpts from which are sprinkled liberally throughout the text of her book Casanova. Yes, it's true, the man dedicated his life to the pursuit of happiness, but he also once declared that "to be happy, it seems to me one needs only a library." And far from being a serial seducer who conquered women only to abandon them, he treated women as intellectual equals, was almost never the one to initiate a breakup, and remained friends with many of his former lovers. Flem's insights into Casanova's life--and his memories of that life--are delivered in lively prose that moves quickly without skimping on intelligence.




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