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The Amazon River, a vital lifeline of the Brazilian rainforest, has hit its lowest level in over a century, causing severe disruptions to ecosystems and threatening the livelihoods of local communities.

The State Department of Health (Sesa) promoted on Monday (20) in Londrina the second meeting of the fourth phase of the Regional Integrated Regional

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Just as the Met’s debut of Mexican composer Daniel Catan’s FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZONAS (FLORENCE IN THE AMAZON) began the other day, a member of the audience yelled out “Viva la ópera en español!” (“Long live opera in Spanish!”). And that was before a single note of the composer’s lyric, highly accessible and heavy-on-the-Puccini score was played.

Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s opera, based on the Gabriel García Márquez, is making its long-awaited Metropolitan Opera premiere.

NEW YORK — For the first time in nearly a century, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City will stage a performance in Spanish on Thursday, as the company works to expand its appeal to wider audiences.“Florencia en el Amazonas” is a magical realist telling of an opera diva’s journey to South America to find her long lost lover, a butterfly hunter who disappeared in the jungle.

Real Madrid are ready to jump at reports of tension between Erling Halaand and Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, although it will cost them £175m, while Chelsea are in the mix to sign a Monaco winger - all in Friday's Euro Paper Talk.

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There are times when Daniel Catán’s music and the full force of the Met’s commitment help the audience forget all the footnotes and just sink into the tropical steam and lilting pulsations.