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The Hemisf�ric will broadcast the opera Tosca live in a free session Posted: 10 Jun 2011 02:30 AM PDT On Monday 13th, 8pm, the 12m x 16m concave screen of the Hemisfèric of the City of Arts and Sciences will broadcast the opera Tosca live. With this free session, the Hemisfèric adds to the initiative of the Palau de les Arts that will broadcast live to over 50 European cities their latest production of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, within the framework of the cultural event Viva Europa 2011. Those attending this free session of Hemisfèric, as full capacity has been completed, may do so by pre-booking by calling to 902 100 031. With each call and DNI may reserve two tickets to be collected until June 13th at 12pm at the Hemisfèric bookings. Puccini's Tosca was the inaugural title of the IV Festival del Mediterráneo, conducted by Zubin Metha. Puccini brings together the tragic story of the singer Floria Tosca and the painter Mario Cavarodossi- with the Baron as fatal mediator- politics, passion, revolution and jealousy. For this fateful love triangle, the Palau de les Arts has brought together three of the most popular singers of the current scene: the Ukrainian soprano Oksana Dyka (Tosca), tenor Jorge de León, from Tenerife (Cavarodossi) and the Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel (Scarpia).

The Oceanogr�fic includes a new aquarium with bright Ctenophores Posted: 10 Jun 2011 02:27 AM PDT The Oceanogràfic of the City of Arts and Sciences has added a new aquarium with Ctenophores, peculiars animals with ability to reflect light reflected in a striking play of green, blue and red colors. The new aquarium is located in the Temperate Tunnel with horses, sea dragons and jellyfish. The public can see how their look is like jellyfish but they are different animals. Jellyfish have stinging cells that sometimes can be dangerous to humans, and Ctenophores have another cell type (colloblasts), which produce a sticky substance to catch their prey. In addition, the jellyfish move by contraction of the umbrella while Ctenophores do it with cilia (or combs) that reflect light. The Ctenophores, of which have been described more than 150 different species, have a unique characteristic: they can produce their own light or reflect the light that shines on them to form striking iridescence shows. These adaptations are linked to their eating and reproductive habits as well as to avoid predators. The Oceanogràfic’s specimens are from the Valencia coast after being trapped in fishing nets. Its maintenance requires special attention and requires specially designed tanks in order to avoid damaging their fragile bodies. Therefore, they are animals that can be seen in a few aquariums in the world. These animals become dangerous invasive specie because of its high reproductive rate, the absence of predators, and their voracious, as they eat plankton, including small crustaceans and fish larvae. The most curious animals of the Oceanogràfic In addition to the colorful sunfish, the Green morays or Japanese spider crab, Oceanogràfic as curious animals such as Sea dragons, John Dory, the Horseshoe crab or pineapple fish. Beside the Ctenophores, visitors can see three small tanks in which are some of the most interesting animals that lives in the oceans. The sea horses with strange morphology, the majestic sea dragons, expert on camouflage, and the much admired at the same time dreaded jellyfish astonish with their delicate movements of swimming. In the tunnel that connects Temperate with Tropical Waters, Horseshoe crabs can found. They are authentic living fossils from the Ocean. In addition, the Temperate Tower has also the ‘Deep Blue’ aquarium, a set of five tanks of small and medium size where cold-water depth ecosystems and low light are represented. Due to these conditions, the animals that live there have curious adaptations: fish such as San Pedro equipped with a striking crest, blue-striped goby and pineapple fish, with their spectacular yellow scales that give them the curious look. We can also observe invertebrates such as the nautilus, the lesser slipper lobster, gorgonians or strawberry anemones.

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