Cultures and Art in English: Paris

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La nuit, Paris est un conte de fées

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Always dear friends,

Many years ago I received a PPS file with pictures of Paris. It had no more than regular images, but the music - oh, this song - thrilled me, made me shiver, gave me vertigo, invaded me and hurt my chest the way it does hurt the longing for the unforgettable loved ones.

I left it aside in order to, someday, vocalize with emotion my longing for Paris and so, on the photos I chose, to create the mood, I gave nostalgia brushstrokes.

Anyway, this song, as the song of Edith Piaff which also "me fais tourner la tête", will be my greatest gift to you - "Crazy World" performed by the orchestra of its author, Henry Mancini.

Always with much affection,
Delza

Paris Opera - reissue 2014

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Thanks, thanks, thanks a zillion times for your loving and kind words of welcome to my job! The fact that I fail to thank you one by one is due to a complete impossibility to express my joy at each of the countless messages I receive; but, as I have told you before – and here I affirm again – I do read absolutely all of them and I feel highly rewarded.

This time, I come to tell you that in February 2007, when I was still what is known as "of little practice", I dared to do the formatting of one of the most famous landmarks of Paris – its Opera. Also counted against my condition of apprentice, the severe limitation of bytes imposed by e-mail providers at that time, besides – and lucky me, once I probably could not make use of other tools than those available at the beginning – the limited resources offered by the then PowerPoint.

Today, with new software techniques and with the experience gained over the years developing this kind of work, it is with great pleasure that I felt compelled to elaborate a new audiovisual work, less humiliating before the greatness of the masterpiece by Garnier, the one in Paris – the other one was built in Monaco.

Very happy with the result – thanks to Office 2010 and, speciallly, to the wonderful photographers who display their art through the internet – I share with you the beauty that can be provided by the virtual, compensating what, at the moment, is out of reach in reality.

Super affectionately,

Delza

PS.: I do recommend you to increase the volume on your computer

... in Paris...

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Dear friends,

First of all I want to tell you that I've always been sure that I could not make the formatting of Paris because I wouldn't dare to elaborate a limited edition of its endless charms.

Nevertheless, the music - always the music - encouraged me to dare and I chose to pay penance for the omission of what would not be possible to bring to this work.

Actually, it was the interpretation of a very traditional French song what made me decide. Being Paris joyful as it is and all wrapped in a sensual atmosphere - whether under the heat of the sun or under the romantic silvery moon - only seduced by the malice of Madeleine Peyroux's singing I would decide for such boldness.

With great affection,

Delza