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When did you last check your assumptions? One of my favourite things about hosting The Content Mavericks Club is when a guest upends my thinking. Zachary Vanderburg definitely did that when we spoke about his super-niche opera YouTube channel. Like him, I found it difficult to imagine how full-length opera recordings would perform well on that platform. Turns out we were both, happily, wrong. Link to the latest episode of The Content Mavericks Club in the comments. #contentmarketing #YouTube #nichecontent

Vivaldi implemented our suggestion. Now you can install previous versions directly by visiting the homepage. Brave, Opera, Edge instead still ignore it. Google still ignores the Mojave removal for Google Chrome and the batch Apple MacOS ban (up to High Sierra) for the login on Google services via https://buff.ly/3x5vCNR #rtpnews #roadtopetabyte #telegram #rtpannouncements #roadtopetabyteannouncements #rtpannouncement #roadtopetabyteannouncement

Current favorite google docs feature: the ability to turn a URL into hyperlinked text of its title with one click after pasting a URL. Current least favorite: still asking me to download a Chrome extension (I use Opera) to get a paste-without-formatting hot key. I'm not in love with docs but use it as many of my clients prefer to work in it. So unfortunately I am going to have to keep paste-and-clear-formatting for now. Any features you particularly like, from docs or any system you use to get word-related work done?

"Così fan tutte" director Christine Brandes discusses the unique challenges of modernizing Mozart's most controversial opera. Read to learn more about Wolf Trap Opera's upcoming production!

Google Plus, Jabong, Yahoo, and Opera are some of the products in the lineup that failed to gain the users' attention. WHY? I will be digging deeper into this topic in my next newsletter. If not, please do subscribe to get the update. https://shorturl.at/0eQFA #update #design #branddesign #productdesign #productlifecycle

Pristine Audio for Glyndebourne Festival with Shure The renowned Glyndebourne opera house, best known for hosting an annual summer festival that is a cornerstone of the UK’s operatic calendar, has embraced Shure’s Axient Digital Wireless System to elevate audio quality for its 2024 season. The annual Glyndebourne Festival, running from May to August, followed by an autumn season of operas and concerts, showcases both celebrated talent and rising stars on its stage. Glyndebourne has consistently pushed boundaries in operatic production. With Axient Digital technology, the opera house sets a new standard for world-class audio experiences. Read more Here: https://bit.ly/3CQ69e4

Last week we started a team work toward the political contextualization of Philip Glass' Opera Satyagraha. We are working toward a video performance providing a live "counter-libretto," with the aim of interrogating/commenting/criticizing/accompanying the original one, constituted by quotes from the Bhagavad Gita. What is non-violent resistance? Were Gandhi's methods and ideas actually non-violent? If so how? How are the concept and practice of Satyagraha speaking to today's challenges? https://lnkd.in/d5maSKMj

The first "Just Browsing" newsletter, focused on browsers and extension security, went out this morning! It includes some netscape throwback flair, an open discussion on extension categories, Bluesky trends, Gemini AI upcoming features, and CrossBarking in Opera! I've attached it to this post, but if you'd like to receive them regularly sign up for Secure Annex or by the mailing list link in the comments below.

We’re excited to announce the latest update to Opera for Android, making it even more personalizable! Here’s what’s new with this update: The latest update to Aria: Users can now ask for a concise summary of any webpage they visit. This follows our previous update which included the ‘tell me more’ and ‘summarize’ options inside the “Ask Aria” feature and Aria’s new voice feature. Customizable Bottom Bar: Users can now rearrange or replace the first three icons in the bottom bar! But this isn’t all! To see what else we’ve included in V82, you can read our blog post here: https://opr.as/60c256

ARRANGEMENTS - Epp. 6-7 - Fly on golden wings! Giuseppe Verdi - Va’ Pensiero, for Cello Ensemble When it comes to repertoire for Cello Ensemble, nothing comes closer to the goal than operatic arrangements. But where to start from? As an Italian, that was a surprisingly easy choice: the Va Pensiero chorus from Giuseppe Verdi’s Nabucco!  This arrangement was created in tandem with my cello teacher, the Brazilian master Marcio Carneiro, and it is best suited for cello ensembles with at least eight members.  If you have ever played this opera in the pit, though, you know this specific piece has an issue: it is in F-sharp major, with 6 sharps as key signature. This may make it somehow unapproachable for ensembles without enough time to rehearse it. That’s why this arrangement comes in two versions: one in the original key (ASE 0005) and one in a more user-friendly G-major (ASE 0093). Each version contains: a full score, a full set of parts and an extra copy of the cello 1 & 2 parts in a slightly easier format, ideal for less advanced students.  I hope you will enjoy this as much as I have enjoyed creating it! DOWNLOAD: https://lnkd.in/dGeQ3gbT  MAILING LIST (free excerpt + discounts): https://bit.ly/3ujFa4j  Full catalogue: https://adobe.ly/3A574Eg