Blog de César Salgado

Un fragmento precioso, e moi difícil de cantar, da ópera “Carmen”, composta por Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875). Así o cantaba, no 1987, a mezzosoprano Agnes Baltsa co tenor José Carreras:

Acte premier. 10. Chanson et Duo

Carmen [avec intention en regardant souvent Don José qui se rapproche peu à peu]
Près des remparts de Séville
chez mon ami Lillas Pastia,
j’irai danser la seguedille
et boire du Manzanilla,
j’irai chez mon ami Lillas Pastia.
Oui, mais toute seule on s’ennuie,
et les vrais plaisir sont à deux;
donc pour me tenir compagnie,
j’ammènerai mon amoureux!
Mon amoureux!.. il est au diable!
Je l’ai mis à la porte hier!
Mon pauvre coeur, très consolable,
mon coeur est libre comme l’air!
J’ai des galants à la douzaine;
mais ils ne sont pas à mon gré.
Voici la fin de la semaine:
qui veut m’aimer? je l’aimerai!
Qui veut mon âme? Elle est à prendre!
Vous arrivez au bon moment!
Je n’ai guère le temps d’attendre,
car avec mon nouvel amant
près des remparts de Séville,
chez mon ami Lillas Pastia,
j’irai danser la seguedille
et boire du Manzanilla,
dimanche, j’irai chez mon ami Pastia!

José
Tais-toi, je t’avais dit de ne pas me parler!

Carmen [simplement]
Je ne te parle pas, je chante pour moi-même,
je chante pour moi-même!
Et je pense! il n’est pas défendu de penser!
Je pense à certain officier,
je pense à certain officier qui m’aime
et qu’à mon tour, oui, qu’à mon tour
je pourrais bien aimer!

José [ému]
Carmen!

Carmen
Mon officier n’est pas un capitaine,
pas même un lieutenant, il n’est que brigadier;
mais c’est assez pour une bohémienne
et je daigne m’en contenter!

José [déliant la corde qui attache les mains de Carmen]
Carmen, je suis comme un homme ivre,
si je cède, si je me livre,
ta promesse, tu la tiendras,
ah! si je t’aime, Carmen, Carmen, tu m’aimeras!

Carmen
Oui.
José
Chez Lillas Pastia,
Carmen
Nous danserons
José
tu le promets!
Carmen
la seguedille
José
Carmen…
Carmen
En buvant du Manzanilla,
José
Tu le promets…

Carmen [à peine chante, murmuré]
ah! Près des remparts de Séville,
chez mon ami Lillas Pastia,
nous danserons la seguedille
et boirons du Manzanilla,
tra la la la la la la la la la la
tra la la la la la la la la la la la.

Texto tomado do libretto en opera.stanford.edu… Thank you all for sharing culture!

Amnistía Internacional publicou hoxe unha nota de prensa sobre Irán, onde Ya’qub Mehrnehad foi condenado a morte nun xuízo inxusto e despois de tortura.

A nota de prensa leva por título “Iran: Death sentence/Unfair trial/Torture: Ya’qub Mehrnehad (m)”.

Amnesty International recent publications include a report on forced evictions in Cambodia: “Rights razed: Forced evictions in Cambodia”.

Human Rights Watch publicou onte unha nota de prensa sobre o xuízo en “comisións militares” a varios sospeitosos de participar nos atentados terroristas do 11 de setembro do 2001. Nestes xuízos os Estados Unidos piden a pena de morte, a pesar da falta de garantías xurídicas e de confesións obtidas baixo tortura.

A nota de prensa leva por título “US: 9/11 Terrorist Suspects Should Be Tried in Federal Court. Death Penalty in Flawed Military Commissions Should Not Be an Option”. Copio e pego un extracto do seu contido:

The trials of six Guantanamo detainees being charged for their role in the September 11, 2001 attacks should be moved from the Guantanamo military commissions to US federal courts, Human Rights Watch said today.

The United States initiated military commission charges today against six detainees – including Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, the alleged 9/11 mastermind, and Mohammad al-Qahtani, the alleged 20th hijacker – for multiple terrorism-related crimes related to 9/11. The United States is seeking the death penalty against each of the six detainees.

“The time to bring the masterminds and planners of 9/11 to justice is long overdue, but this needs to be done in a system that has credibility,” said Jennifer Daskal, senior counterterrorism counsel at Human Rights Watch. “If trials are held in Guantanamo by flawed military commissions, the system will be on trial as much as the men being accused of horrific crimes.”

In addition to Mohammad and al-Qahtani, the United States is charging Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali (also known as Ammar al-Baluchi), Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi, and Walid bin Attash (also known as Khallad). With the exception of al-Qahtani, the detainees were transferred from secret CIA detention to Guantanamo on September 6, 2006. All have reportedly been subjected to highly abusive interrogations that in several instances amount to torture, and the possibility that military commissions might rely on this evidence is expected to be a central issue in these cases, Human Rights Watch said.

Last week, CIA Director General Michael Hayden conceded that Mohammad had been subjected to “waterboarding” – a form of mock drowning that has been prosecuted as torture by the United States for more than 100 years – while in US custody. And an interrogation log for al-Qahtani reveals that for six weeks from mid-November 2002 to early January 2003, he was intentionally deprived of sleep, forced into painful physical positions (known as stress positions), subjected to forced exercises, forced standing, and a forced enema as well as sexual and other physical humiliation.

“It’s time for the United States to start rebuilding its moral authority and credibility around the world,” Daskal said. “Possibly putting someone to death based on evidence obtained through waterboarding, or after prolonged periods of sleep deprivation while being forced into painful stress positions, is not the answer.”

Whereas US federal courts and courts-martial categorically prohibit the use of coerced confessions, the military commissions allow the use of statements obtained through cruel and inhumane interrogations, so long as the interrogation took place prior to 2006, and the military judge finds the evidence “reliable” and “in the interests of justice.” Because the United States refuses to label its interrogation methods unlawful – let alone torture – it may attempt to admit evidence obtained through highly abusive interrogations into these cases.

To make matters worse, the defense counsel in these cases may be denied access to the relevant information to establish that the evidence in question was obtained through abuse or torture, and should be excluded. Specifically, the military commission rules allow the prosecution to withhold classified sources and methods of interrogation from both the defendant and his counsel. This will make it extremely difficult for defendants to establish that evidence was obtained through torture or other coercive interrogation methods. [...]

Amnistía Internacional (AI) publicou estes días unha nota de prensa sobre o caso de Brígida Asongsua Elo, esposa de Guillemo Ela Nguema, considerado preso de conciencia por AI. Brígida Asongsua Elo leva dous meses detida en Guinea Ecuatorial (antiga colonia de España) sen cargos nin xuízo, nunha cela sen retrete compartida con perto de cen varóns.

A nota de prensa leva por título “Equatorial Guinea: Detention without charge or trial / Harsh detention conditions: Brígida Asongsua Elo”.