Dennis 🇺🇦🇵🇸
@dennzz.bsky.social
Opera, Monteverdi & Bach fan with a HIP habit. Lurks around theatres and museums. Can, but doesn’t, read (enough). Also: coffee. ”Und in dem Wie, da liegt der ganze Unterschied”, i.e. #Antifascist
Händel at the #Concertgebouw tonight. No idea why Devieilhe had to bow out of this leg of the tour (it was announced a while back, so presumably it’s another engagement), but you won’t hear me complain, since her replacements the one and only Sandrine Piau. 😍 #LiveMusic
February 10, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Händel at the #Concertgebouw tonight. No idea why Devieilhe had to bow out of this leg of the tour (it was announced a while back, so presumably it’s another engagement), but you won’t hear me complain, since her replacements the one and only Sandrine Piau. 😍 #LiveMusic
Throwback to Sunday night, post opera & dinner. There are worse views to have on one’s walk back home… 😎🤣 #Amsterdam
February 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Throwback to Sunday night, post opera & dinner. There are worse views to have on one’s walk back home… 😎🤣 #Amsterdam
It’s a thing, @andreasthlm1.bsky.social 🤣
And in other news, thanks to Storm Chandra, our colleagues from @bournemouthuni.bsky.social Maritime Archaeology have found a part of the Fame of Hoorn, an armed Dutch merchant ship that sank in 1631
#Archaeology
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Archaeology
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Timbers from 17th Century shipwreck appear on Dorset beach
Experts believe timbers found at Studland Beach form a missing piece of the Swash Channel wreck from 1631.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 9:13 AM
It’s a thing, @andreasthlm1.bsky.social 🤣
February 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Lovely to see the sun out in #Amsterdam today. The opera bathed in light… ready for Tristan. 😎😉
February 7, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Lovely to see the sun out in #Amsterdam today. The opera bathed in light… ready for Tristan. 😎😉
Pygmalion with their programme “Welt, gute Nacht” at Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw. Lovely bike ride to the venue along the water. I wonder if the rain wasn’t forecast because it was horizontal… 🙄🤣 But… M. Pichon will make everything right. 😍 #LiveMusic #baroque
February 6, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Pygmalion with their programme “Welt, gute Nacht” at Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw. Lovely bike ride to the venue along the water. I wonder if the rain wasn’t forecast because it was horizontal… 🙄🤣 But… M. Pichon will make everything right. 😍 #LiveMusic #baroque
February 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Dress rehearsal tonight for the revival of the late Pierre Audi's Tristan in Amsterdam, with Malin Byström preparing her debut as Isolde. Can't wait...
#opera #LiveTheatre #Amsterdam #DNO
#opera #LiveTheatre #Amsterdam #DNO
February 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Dress rehearsal tonight for the revival of the late Pierre Audi's Tristan in Amsterdam, with Malin Byström preparing her debut as Isolde. Can't wait...
#opera #LiveTheatre #Amsterdam #DNO
#opera #LiveTheatre #Amsterdam #DNO
Zit belastingpapieren bij elkaar te zoeken en heb oude Ziggo-facturen nodig. Twee (!) heren van de klantenservice van Ziggo verkondigen telefonisch glashard: “Die mogen we niet langer dan 18 maanden bewaren.” Eh… Wettelijke bewaarplicht is 7 jaar.
“Speerpunt” van Ziggo: “ethisch zakendoen”... 🙄
“Speerpunt” van Ziggo: “ethisch zakendoen”... 🙄
February 4, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Zit belastingpapieren bij elkaar te zoeken en heb oude Ziggo-facturen nodig. Twee (!) heren van de klantenservice van Ziggo verkondigen telefonisch glashard: “Die mogen we niet langer dan 18 maanden bewaren.” Eh… Wettelijke bewaarplicht is 7 jaar.
“Speerpunt” van Ziggo: “ethisch zakendoen”... 🙄
“Speerpunt” van Ziggo: “ethisch zakendoen”... 🙄
Sunday night walk back home from the train station along the blissfully quiet canals. #Amsterdam #NightScene
February 1, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Sunday night walk back home from the train station along the blissfully quiet canals. #Amsterdam #NightScene
It’s that time of year again: I’m once more obsessing over this Vivaldi opera. Question: Does it have one of the best first acts in all of opera? (No need to reply. The answer is yes, because… well, I know these things). 💅🏼 #genius
January 31, 2026 at 10:28 PM
It’s that time of year again: I’m once more obsessing over this Vivaldi opera. Question: Does it have one of the best first acts in all of opera? (No need to reply. The answer is yes, because… well, I know these things). 💅🏼 #genius
A fabulous exhibition on the prints of Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) at Japanmuseum SieboldHuis in Leiden followed by beer, wine and dinner with old friends. #wonderful #friendship
January 31, 2026 at 10:14 PM
A fabulous exhibition on the prints of Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) at Japanmuseum SieboldHuis in Leiden followed by beer, wine and dinner with old friends. #wonderful #friendship
Should you want to take your mind off all the madness and just listen to some first rate music making, here is Roberta Mameli’s mesmerizing and supremely stylish version of one of Händel’s finest, “Verso già l’alma col sangue”, with LaBarocca and Ruben Jais.
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Roberta Mameli, Verso già l'alma col sangue
YouTube video by thadieu
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January 31, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Should you want to take your mind off all the madness and just listen to some first rate music making, here is Roberta Mameli’s mesmerizing and supremely stylish version of one of Händel’s finest, “Verso già l’alma col sangue”, with LaBarocca and Ruben Jais.
youtu.be/msc8_G-6rcg?...
youtu.be/msc8_G-6rcg?...
A really wonderful evening of dinner (a lovely Indian) and opera (a lovely Semele) in the great company of @malcolmjnoble.bsky.social (thanks in no small part to Karen @phibetakitten). Here’s to social media friendships! 🙏🏻
January 29, 2026 at 11:25 PM
A really wonderful evening of dinner (a lovely Indian) and opera (a lovely Semele) in the great company of @malcolmjnoble.bsky.social (thanks in no small part to Karen @phibetakitten). Here’s to social media friendships! 🙏🏻
An atmospheric #MorningWalk today. #Ams
January 28, 2026 at 9:40 PM
An atmospheric #MorningWalk today. #Ams
A wonderful, if cold and cloudy, bike ride this Sunday afternoon. I’m just back for vino-o’clock!
January 25, 2026 at 4:35 PM
A wonderful, if cold and cloudy, bike ride this Sunday afternoon. I’m just back for vino-o’clock!
Another sunny day. Have a great weekend, everyone. 🙏🏻 #WinterSun
January 24, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Another sunny day. Have a great weekend, everyone. 🙏🏻 #WinterSun
Schubert alert! Gerhaher and Huber tonight at Amsterdam’s lovely Muziekgebouw. Drinks beforehand with a friend, so all is 🕺. #LiveMusic #Lieder #Schubert
January 22, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Schubert alert! Gerhaher and Huber tonight at Amsterdam’s lovely Muziekgebouw. Drinks beforehand with a friend, so all is 🕺. #LiveMusic #Lieder #Schubert
Loving this sunny winter weather. #Amsterdam
January 20, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Loving this sunny winter weather. #Amsterdam
January 18, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Have a great Sunday, people. #MorningWalk
January 18, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Have a great Sunday, people. #MorningWalk
A beautiful, quiet Sunday morning. ☕️ #Amsterdam
January 18, 2026 at 8:12 AM
A beautiful, quiet Sunday morning. ☕️ #Amsterdam