Cheers "Coach" sings about Albania
Cheers “Coach” Ernie Pantusso and Ted Danson sings about Albania Long before “Friends” was the hit comedy programme in America, they gave us “Cheers”. The life in a local bar in Boston, America. This is a clip from the 1980′s (I guess)of Sam, the bar owner learning geography from “The Coach”. The words of the song are… “Albania, Albania, You border on the Adriatic, You are mainly mountainous, And your major export is chrome!” “You’re a communist republic, You’re a red regime…” Albania has made progress in its democratic development since first holding multiparty elections in 1991, Albania joined NATO in April 2009 and is a potential candidate for EU accession. Albania’s economy continues to grow.
2 commentsFamous Albanian Soprano – Inva Mula
Inva Mula is an opera soprano born 1963 in Tirana, Albania. Coming from an artistic family, she began her opera career at a very early age. Her father, Avni Mula, is a famous Albanian singer and composer, born in Gjakova, a city in Kosovo. In 1987 she won the Cantante d’Albania competition in Tirana and in 1988 the George Enescu Competition in Bucharest. In 1992 she won the Butterfly Competition in Barcelona. She received an award at Plácido Domingo’s first Operalia International Opera Competition contest in Paris, 1993. A CD of the event was released. She later performed in various concerts with the famous tenor at the Opéra Bastille in Paris, and in Brussels for Europalia Mexico, in Munich, and in Oslo. In 1996 she performed Luigi Cherubini’s opera Médée (which was taped for TV) at Compiègne in France. She then returned for Georges Bizet’s opera La Jolie fille de Perth (released CD, filmed for TV, and released DVD in Japan) in 1998. After this she recorded Puccini’s La Rondine with Angela Gheorghiu for EMI and for 2005′s stage production she took Gheorghiu’s place in the leading role of Magda during performances in Toulouse and Paris. Later on, she performed Bizet’s Ivan IV concert version, which had its recital debut at Salle Pleyel in Paris, and a live recording was released as CD. In 2001, she was busy in Italy, performing Verdi’s Falstaff at the Teatro alla Scala and Rigoletto at the Verona Arena, both of which were taped for TV then released on DVD. Mula is a …
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