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From one young soprano making audition videos in a shelter in Kyiv while the war swept through Ukraine, to another using an international singing competition to showcase her talent, we meet emerging artists from four leading young artist programmes across Europe.  In this episode, we dip into each programme, from Opera for Peace in Rome, to the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, on to Palau de les Arts in Valencia and Oper Frankfurt.  As well as hearing from the artists about how their expectations matched reality, we feature insights from experts such as Lawrence Brownlee, and learn how the programmes are nurturing and developing the next generation of talent.

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Watch now on OperaVision:

Lawrence Brownlee & Thomas Hampson’s Masterclasses with Opera for Peace (until 26.02.23)

Nombulelo Yende’s winning performance at the Moniuszko Vocal Competition (until 11.12.22)

Il Viaggio a Reims with the Accademia Rossiniana at the Rossini Opera Festival (until 13.02.23)

An evening of Operetta & Zarzeuela from the Centre de Perfeccionament del Palau de les Arts (until 16.03.23)

 

Music extracts:

Introduction & closing: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart): Overture

Manon (Massenet) aria Manon: Adieu, notre petite table, Violeta Samon

Il Viaggio a Reims (Rossini) Overture with permission from the Rossini Opera Festival

Norma (Bellini) aria Norma: Casta diva, Nombulelo Yende live, Moniuszko Vocal Competition

L’Incoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi) duet Nero & Poppea: Pur ti miro, Ketevan Chuntishvili & Angelord Blaise, accompanied by Kamal Khan

Jake, Amir, Marika, and Geoff discuss the state of the network, Marika's interpretive tap dancing, and Geoff's copywriting abilities (or lack thereof).

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Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean introduces several different types of tenor, from the agile-voiced, graceful and elegant tenori di grazia, to the heroic and powerful tenori di forza, and all points in between. Includes musical examples featuring many favorite Seattle Opera tenors: Antonello Palombi, Edgardo Rocha, Laurence Brownlee, William Burden, Matthew Polenzani, Ben Heppner, James McCracken, Stefan Vinke, Francesco Demuro, Joseph Calleja, Alasdair Elliott, Peter Kazaras, Marcello Giordani, Neil Shicoff, Russell Thomas, Franco Corelli, and Vinson Cole.

Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean introduces several different types of tenor, from the agile-voiced, graceful and elegant tenori di grazia, to the heroic and powerful tenori di forza, and all points in between. Includes musical examples featuring many favorite Seattle Opera tenors: Antonello Palombi, Edgardo Rocha, Laurence Brownlee, William Burden, Matthew Polenzani, Ben Heppner, James McCracken, Stefan Vinke, Francesco Demuro, Joseph Calleja, Alasdair Elliott, Peter Kazaras, Marcello Giordani, Neil Shicoff, Russell Thomas, Franco Corelli, and Vinson Cole.

The 2018 Ironman 70.3 World Championship was held in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.  On this week's episode of the Triathlon Taren podcast, we talk about the pro race including Jan Frodeno, Javier Gomez Noya, Alistair Brownlee, Ben Kanute, Sam Appleton, Lucy Charles, Daniela Ryf, Sara True, Heather Wurtelle, as well as the location and thoughts on the upcoming full Ironman World Championship in Kona in October!

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• Update on the next Super League races
• Reviews: Oceanside 70.3, Texas IM, Gran Canaria
• Lionel Sanders V's Frodo
• Alistair Brownlee stepping it up
• Holly Lawrence V's Daniela Ryf (+ wildcard Heather Jackson)
• Macca's picks for the 2017 70.3 World Champs
• Why so many sub 8'hr performances?
• How to get stronger on the 2nd half of the marathon. 

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Paul Laursen, PhD, is back already to discuss how to race well in the heat and avoid detrimental heat stress especially at a race like the Ironman World Championships in Kona. Paul is an adjunct professor at Auckland University, reseracher and has published more than 100 refereed manuscripts in moderate-to-high impact exercise and sports science journals, and his work has been cited more than 3,000 times. He's very involved in helping athletes have success at races like Kona, with some pros using his strategies this year.

Also, listen in to find out how you can win a Floe bottle as it relates to topics covered in this podcast.

• Heat paralysis in racing and Jonny Brownlee in Cozumel
  • Normally we think of this happening mostly in events like IM, but at the recent WTS GF in Cozumel we saw that this is not always the case: Jonny Brownlee
  • What went wrong for Jonny from a physiological standpoint?
  • Heat paralysis
  • Intensity is the greatest source of heat (not hydration status)
  • Afferent heat feedback
  • Is this the world's best example of overcoming central governor?
  • On Alistar carrying him to finish
• Preparing for Hot Events
  • Heat shock proteins
  • Preparation in training helps to mitigate heat stress on race day - get hot! What to do before the race in training, the week of, etc.
  • How much "heat training" is appropriate, i.e. overdressing or working out in a hot room, before it reaches point of diminishing return
  • Using the sauna, and should you drink while in the sauna or avoid rehydrating for further beneficial adaptations?
  • Enhanced sweat response when trained for hot conditions
• Hydration During Hot Events
  • Is it really safe to recommend we drink to thirst and assume we'll execute correctly?
  • Diluting sodium concentrations by #1 over-drinking + #2 loss of sodium in sweat to varying degree may lead to hyponatremia. Overdrinking (not sodium loss) is the most likely cause. How about those who lose lots of sodium and do a race like Kona, increased risk?
  • Max rate of fluid absorption is 400-800 ml per hour, best not to exceed this
  • Drinking 1L per hour is overhydrating and risky!
  • Tim Noakes' Waterlogged
  • Drink to thirst makes sense, but does that work for all? What about when our brains are "mush" during a race?
  • Mention of Alan Couzens blog on hyponatremia
  • Practice "drinking to thirst" in training, so you know how to stick to it and know your needs in racing
  • Is knowing sweat rate "overrated"?
  • Turns out, some dehydration ain't so bad, i.e. 2-3% may be perfectly safe and ok
  • We don't need to keep the system in perfect balance when we're racing!
  • Can we adapt to mild dehydration?
  • What qualifies as under-drinking to a point where hypohydrated state is a risk? i.e. at what point does it put us at risk for heat illness?
• On Fluid Temperature
  • Why this is arguably more important than hydration, the research that shows how fluid temp matters, etc.
  • Floe Bottle - a way to have an ice slushy, which is better at cooling than ice water. use for pre-cooling and during. Some pros will be using in Kona
    • Research shows: 500 ml of an ice slushy 30min prior to exercise leads to performance benefits up to 20% increase
    • Win a floe bottle by emailing us "the best" followup question you can come up with as it relates to topics covered in this podcast.
• Other Heat Topics
  • Why cramping is not about fluids and electrolytes, and what it IS about
  • Cramping due to sodium loss is a myth
  • Cramp Killers podcast mention
  • What makes Kona unique & how to handle these conditions, such as crazy winds on bike and higher energy cost
  • Other factors affecting endurance performance in the heat
  • Are there supplements we can take or avoid to alleviate heat stress? (Thinking more so as a way to "calm" gut)
  • Glutamine, arginine, BCAAs
  • NO NSAIDS (why to avoid)

Resources

• Are We Being Drowned in Hydration Advice?
• Current Hydration Guidelines Are Erroneous: Dehydration Does not Impair Performance In The Heat
• Floe bottle
• Paul Laursen speaking at a conference

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• Chat about upcoming Olympics, in particular triathlon and favorites to win
• Water quality issues in Rio, should the athletes still swim despite the risk?
• Ways to reduce the bounds of our central governor, and train to be able to better override central governor when you need to.
  • Why are some people's central governors are stronger than others?
  • Getting outside your comfort zone often, using things like sauna to a point of discomfort, bikram yoga, cold water exposure, specific workouts (running, etc), and more
• Why are your shoulders and neck getting so sore and fatigued when in aero? And how important is it to hold the "turtle position" in order to properly utilize an aero helmet?
• The role of the T-spine in your bike comfort
• Tips to be a better "aero weenie" and/or "weight weenie" and the best-bang-for-your-buck upgrades to your bike.
  • A well-fitting triathlon bike, light and aero wheelset, aero helmet, clean (aerodynamically) cockpit, aero center pull brakes, Ceramic Speed oversize pulley system, ceramic bottom brackets, supposedly faster chains, and special gearing. A generalized version of this question would be
• How can endurance athletes benefit from knowing resting metabolic rate (RMR)? How can this information be used to benefit performance and recovery?
• The 'epidemic" of underfueling and learning how many calories you needs by breaking down your daily expenditure
• Given that (short) sleeved kits have tested faster and are becoming more popular why haven't we seen long sleeve kits yet? Is there even an advantage over short sleeved?
• More on the MAF Method being a "volume approach" to training. What does this mean? how much volume is enough? Can you cut from cooldown and add more volume to run time?
• Cooldown tips beyond walking
• Two biggest reasons people don't improve with MAF: 1) not enough volume; 2) underlying condition

In today's show we talk about Marques Brownlee, Redigi, Meet Peter and Wendy, CBS, Netflix, HBO, Old Navy, the new Twitter logo and more. All the tech, social media and blog headlines that Bloggers love, need and use everyday.

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It's an Apple executive shakedown, and all sorts of fruit is falling off the tree!

Find out what the departure of long time exectutive Scott Forstall and the just-hired John Browett means for iOS, OS X, Apple stores, and all the great Apple products you love.  Plus, Jony Ive's about to get even more design control over all the Macs you love to own, but is that a good thing?

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It's our Apple iPhone 5 media event extravaganza! 

In this special episode, we'll tell you everything we know about Apple's new iPhone and iPod, and which new features are our favorites.

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New Macs; Mountain Lion; iOS6; we cover literally everything Apple announced at this week's WWDC, and tell you what's cool, what's not, and why 2012 is going to be a great year to be an Apple fan!