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Sting *X 2 1951 / The Life You Give
Sting, born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, October 2, 1951, in Wallsend, Northumberland, England), is the singer and songwriter known both for being the front man of the band the Police and for his successful solo career that followed. His musical style was distinguished by its intermingling of pop, jazz, world music, and other genres. Early…
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Mahatma Gandhi *X 2 1869 The Life You Give
Satygraha Opera in three acts Libretto Philip Glass und Constance De Jong Premiere 5 September 1980, Rotterdam (Stadsschouwburg) Cast MISS SCHLESEN (soprano) MRS NAIDOO (soprano) KASTURBAI (mezzo-soprano) M.K. GHANDI (tenor) MR KALLENBACH (baritone) PARSI RUSTOMJI (bass) MRS ALEXANDER (contralto) ARJUNA (tenor) KRISHNA (bass) COUNT LEO TOLSTOI (silent) RABINDRANATH TAGORE (silent) MARTIN LUTHER KING (silent) CHORUS…
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T. S. Eliot *IX 26 1888 / The Life You Give
T.S. Eliot, born Thomas Stearns Eliot, September 26, 1888, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., is the poet, playwright, literary critic, and editor, and leader of the Modernist movement in poetry in such works as The Waste Land (1922) and Four Quartets (1943). Eliot exercised a strong influence on Anglo-American culture from the 1920s until late…
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Pedro Almodóvar *IX 25 1949 — The Life You Give / La Vida Que Das
Pedro Almodóvar, born Pedro Mercedes Almodóvar Caballero, September 25, 1949, in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain, is the filmmaker known for colourful melodramatic films that often feature sexual themes. As a young man, Almodóvar moved to Madrid with the hopes of attending the Spanish national film school, but it had recently been closed under dictator Francisco…
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