On this day in music history:

Cecilia & Bryn: Duets by Cecilia Bartoli & Bryn Terfel (1999)

The Heart of Everything by Within Temptation (2007)

Cecilia & Bryn: Duets

Album by Cecilia Bartoli & Bryn Terfel,

released March 9, 1999.

Track list: Le nozze di Figaro: Act I - Duet : Cinaue... dieci... venti... trenta...; Le nozze di Figaro: Recitative : Cosa stai misurando, caro il mio Figaretto?; Le nozze di Figaro: Duet : Se a caso madama la notte ti chiama; Le nozze di Figaro: Recitative : Or bene, ascolta, e taci; Le nozze di Figaro: Cavatina : Se vuol ballare signor Contino; Le nozze di Figaro: Act II - Un moto di gioia; Le nozze di Figaro: Act III - Recitative : Signor... la vostra sposa ha i soliti vapori; Le nozze di Figaro: Duet : Crude! perche finora farmi languir cosi?; Così fan tutte: Act II - Recitative : Passeggiamo anche noi; Così fan tutte: Duet : Il core vi dono, bell'idol mio; Don Giovanni: Act I - Recitative : Alfin siam liberati, Zerlinetta gentil, da quel scioccone; Don Giovanni: Duet : La ci darem la mano, la mi dirai di si; Die Zauberflöte: Act II - Duet : Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena; Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I - Recitative : Ebben, signor Figaro?; Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Duet : Dunque io son... tu non m'inganni?; L'Italiana in Algeri: Act I - Duet : Ai capricci della sorte io so far l'indifferente; L'Elisir d'Amore: Act II - Recitative : Come sen va contento!; L'Elisir d'Amore: Duet : Quanto amore! Ed io spietata!

The Heart of Everything

Album by Within Temptation,

released March 9, 2007.

Track list: The Howling; What Have You Done (feat. Keith Caputo); Frozen; Our Solemn Hour; The Heart Of Everything; Hand of Sorrow; The Cross; Final Destination; All I Need; The Truth Beneath the Rose; Forgiven; What Have You Done (feat. Keith Caputo) (Rock Mix); What Have You Done (Acoustic); Ice Queen (Acoustic); Stand My Ground (Acoustic); What Have You Done (feat. Keith Caputo) (US Pop Mix); Memories (Live); Angels (Live); Stand My Ground (Live).

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2004)

Star Trek: Discovery (2022)

Star Trek: Picard (2022)

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 5. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Course: Oblivion.

Released March 3, 1999.

Directed by Anson Williams.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan, Michael Taylor.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Majel Barrett, Joseph K. Bevilacqua, Marvin De Baca, Brendan McIvor Fleming, Peter Scott Harmyk, Kerry Hoyt, Tony Jones, Dino Juico, Tina Kotrich, Alicia Lewis, Louis Ortiz, Joel Pelletier, Guy Richardson, Christina Rydell, Joey Sakata, Linnea Soohoo, Pablo Soriano.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 3. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: Azati Prime.

Released March 3, 2004.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Written by Manny Coto, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Matt Winston, Randy Oglesby, Scott MacDonald, Tucker Smallwood, Rick Worthy, Christopher Goodman, Alexandrea Ortiz, Geneviere Anderson, Vince Deadrick Jr., Evan English, Henry Farnam, Scott L. Treger.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 4. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Rosetta.

Released March 3, 2022.

Directed by Jeffrey W. Byrd, Jen McGowan.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Terri Hughes Burton, Glenise Mullins, Brandon Schultz, Carlos Cisco.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, Tig Notaro, David Ajala, Shawn Doyle, Chelah Horsdal, Tara Rosling, Annabelle Wallis, Hiro Kanagawa, Phumzile Sitole, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Sara Mitich, Raven Dauda, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Calyx Passailaigue, Jas Dhanda, Piotr Michael, Robinne Fanfair.

Star Trek: Picard

Season 2. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: The Star Gazer.

Released March 3, 2022.

Directed by Doug Aarniokoski.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Akiva Goldsman, Terry Matalas, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, Orla Brady, Whoopi Goldberg, John de Lancie, Madeline Wise, Menik Gooneratne, April Grace, Rich Ceraulo Ko, Kay Bess, Alex Diehl, Dylan Von Halle, Richard Jin, Floyd Anthony Johns Jr., Swati Kapila, Geri-Nikole Love, Adele Pomerenke, Anushka Rani, Jimmy Chhiu, Bethany Michelle Curry, Alyma Dorsey, Guy Fernandez Jr., Brian Jansa, Bryan McCoy, Taylor Piña, Amy Sturdivant.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)

Star Trek: Discovery (2022)

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 5. Episode 16.

Episode entitled: The Disease.

Released February 24, 1999.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Michael Taylor, Kenneth Biller, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Musetta Vander, Christopher Liam Moore, Charles Rocket, Majel Barrett, Ivory Broome, Marvin De Baca, Michael N. Fujimoto, Linda Harcharic, Grace Harrell, Tony Jones, Crystal LaPrie, Alicia Lewis, James Pearson, Heather Rattray, Linnea Soohoo, Pablo Soriano.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 4. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: The Galactic Barrier.

Released February 24, 2022.

Directed by Deborah Kampmeier.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Alan B. McElroy, Glenise Mullins, Brandon Schultz, Carlos Cisco.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, David Ajala, Oded Fehr, David Cronenberg, Shawn Doyle, Chelah Horsdal, Tara Rosling, Annabelle Wallis, Hiro Kanagawa, Phumzile Sitole, Osric Chau, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Sara Mitich, Orville Cummings, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Christopher Allen, Robinne Fanfair, Kyle James Butler, Craig Henry.

On this day in movie history - Payback (1999):

Payback

directed by Brian Helgeland,

written by Brian Helgeland and Terry Hayes,

based on the novel The Hunter by Richard Stark,

was released in the United States on February 5, 1999.
Music by Chris Boardman and Scott Stambler.

Cast:

Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, Lucy Alexis Liu, Deborah Kara Unger, David Paymer, Bill Duke, Jack Conley, John Glover, William Devane, James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Trevor St. John, Freddy Rodriguez, Manu Tupou.

On this day in music history - Star Crossed Lovers, by Plácido Domingo and Renée Fleming (1999):

Star Crossed Lovers

Album by Plácido Domingo and Renée Fleming,
released February 2, 1999.

Track list:

West Side Story: Prologue; West Side Story: Tonight; West Side Story: Rumble; West Side Story: Somewhere; Faust: Il se fait tard...O nuit d'amour; El dia que me quieras; Quisiera verte y no verte; Jota castellana; Otello: Gia nella notte densa; In a Sentimental Mood; Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me; Prelude to a Kiss; Das Land des Lachelns: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz; Die lustige Witwe: Lippen schweigen.

On this day in movie history - A Slipping-Down Life (1999):

A Slipping-Down Life

directed and written by Toni Kalem,

based on the novel by Anne Tyler,

was released at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States on January 22, 1999.
Music by Peter Himmelman.

Cast:

Lili Taylor, Guy Pearce, Irma P. Hall, Tom Bower, Bruno Kirby, Veronica Cartwright, Shawnee Smith, Sara Rue, John Hawkes, Marshall Bell, Jo Ann Farabee, Harv Morgan, Jason Russel Waller, Lew Temple, Jason Kavalewitz, Jeff McMillioan, Brian Stack, Kevin Stack, Billy Harvey, Mike Hynes, Michael Ramos, Eric Tatuaka, Jamie Dickerson, Tony Frank, James N. Harrell, Clea DuVall, Keith McDermott, Topher Glenn, Gary Ragland, Dan Bennett, Kirk Watson, Doris Gramm, Vincent James Prendergast, Brian Prendergast, Mike Keller, Johnny Goudie, Floyd Freeman, Norman Bennett, Margaret Bowman, Stacy Bellew, Greg Corner, Xanna Dont, James Douglas, Dan Eggleston, Johanna Goldsmith, Michael Gottschall, David Houston, Alicia McCutcheon, Daria Prendergast, Brad Schreiber, Jordan Stone, Scott Teeters, Chris Warner.

On this day in music history - Cecilia & Bryn at Glyndebourne (1999):

Cecilia & Bryn at Glyndebourne

directed by Brian Large,

released in the United Kingdom on December 31, 1999.

Cast:

Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, Myung-Whun Chung.

Recommended reading - Be Cool (1999):

Be Cool

By Elmore Leonard.

Published 1999.

Published by Mariner Books.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0062265997

ISBN-13: 978-0062265999

Description:

“The greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever!” – New York Times Book Review.

“An absolute master.” – Detroit News.

Get Shorty's Chili Palmer is back. No more Mr. Nice Guy.

After a smash hit and a flop, B-movie producer Chili Palmer is looking for another score. Lunching with a record company executive, Chili's exploring a hot new idea – until the exec, a former "associate" from Chili's Brooklyn days, gets whacked.

Segue from real life to reel life. Chili's found his plot. It's a slam-bang opener: the rubout of a record company mogul. Cut to an ambitious wannabe singer named Linda Moon. She has attitude and a band. She's perfect. Zoom into reality. Linda's manager thinks Chili's poaching and he's out to get even, with the help of his switch-hitting Samoan bodyguard. But somebody else beat them to the punch, as Chili discovers when he gets home and finds a corpse at his desk. Somebody made a mistake….

On this day in movie history - The Hurricane (1999 movie & books):

The Hurricane

directed by Norman Jewison,

written by Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon,

was released in the United States on December 14, 1999.
Based on the books:
The Sixteenth Round by Rubin “Hurricane” Carter
and
Lazarus and the Hurricane by Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton.
Music by Jeremy Sweet and Christopher Young.

Cast:

Denzel Washington, Vicellous Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah, Dan Hedaya, Debbi Morgan, Clancy Brown, David Paymer, Harris Yulin, Rod Steiger, Badja Djola, Al Waxman, David Lansbury, Garland Whitt, Chuck Cooper, Brenda Denmark, Marcia Bennett, Beatrice Winde, Mitchell Taylor Jr., Bill Raymond, Merwin Goldsmith, John A. MacKay, Donnique Privott, Moynan King, Gary DeWitt Marshall, John Christopher Jones, Gwendolyn McCann, Richard M. Davidson, George T. Odom, Tonye Patano, Fulvio Cecere, Phillip Jarrett, Rodney ‘Bear’ Jackson, Judi Embden, Terry Claybon, Ben Hernandez Bray, Mike Justus, Kenneth McGregor, Frank Proctor, Peter Wylie, David Wm Gray, Joe Matheson, Bill Lake, Robin Ward, Harry Davis, Pippa Pearthree, Jean Daigle, Rob Evans, Scott Gibson, Ann Holloway, Bruce McFee, Conrad Bergschneider, Satori Shakoor, Zoran Radusinovic, Stephen Lee Wright, Michael Bodnar, Carson Manning, Debrah Ellen Waller, Richard Litt, Adam Large, Peter Graham, George Masswohl, Lawrence Sacco, David Frisch, Ralph Brown, Dyron Holmes, Ryan Williams, Bruce Vavrina, Brenda Braxton, Christopher Riordan, Guy Ale, Muhammad Ali, Ellen Burstyn, Kevin Carrigan, Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter, Bob Dylan, Joe Frazier, Vinson German, Matt Graver, Michael Harkins, David Headon, Robert Mauzell, Alex Oliveira, Craig Snoyer, David Sparrow, Michael Stevens.

Recommended reading:

The Sixteenth Round & Lazarus and the Hurricane

Both books filmed as The Hurricane (1999), directed by Norman Jewison.

The Sixteenth Round

From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472

By Rubin “Hurricane” Carter.

First published 1974.

Published by Chicago Review Press.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1569765677

ISBN-13: 978-1569765678

Description:

A document of life lived in the center of hell. – Sports Illustrated.

When they come to list the greatest boxers, Hurrican's name isn't likely to pop up in the Top 10. But when they come to list the greatest figures of the 20th century, he'll be alone at the peak. – Boston Globe.

A shocking, savage and brilliant indictment of racial injustice and the inhumanity of the prison. – Globe and Mail.

Carter's scorching and poetic autobiography. – Toronto Sun.

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was riding a wave of success. The survivor of a difficult youth, he rose to become a top contender for the middleweight boxing crown. But his career crashed to a halt on May 26, 1967, when he and another man were found guilty of the murder of three white people and sentenced to three consecutive life terms. Written from prison and first published in 1974, The Sixteenth Round chronicles Hurricane's journey from the ring to solitary confinement. The book was his cry for help to the public, an attempt to set the record straight and force a new trial. Bob Dylan wrote his classic anthem "Hurricane" about his struggle, and Muhammad Ali and thousands of others took up his cause. The power of Carter's voice, as well as his ironic humor, makes this an eloquent, soul-stirring account of a remarkable life.

Lazarus and the Hurricane

The Freeing of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

By Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton.

First published 1991.

Published by St. Martin's Griffin.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0312253974

ISBN-13: 978-0312253974

Description:

A moving chronicle of the seven-year-battle to free boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter from wrongful imprisonment reveals the role of a group of Canadians in winning Carter's release.

On this day in movie history - RKO 281 (1999):

RKO 281

directed by Benjamin Ross,

written by John Logan,

based on the documentary The Battle Over Citizen Kane by Richard Ben Cramer and Thomas Lennon,

was released in the United States on November 20, 1999.
Music by John Altman.

Cast:

Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich, Brenda Blethyn, Roy Scheider, Liam Cunningham, David Suchet, Fiona Shaw, Anastasia Hille, Roger Allam, Simeon Andrews, William Armstrong, Jay Benedict, Ron Berglas, Paul Birchard, Neil Conrich, Michael Cronin, Sarah Franzl, Briony Glassco, Louis Hammond, Aaron Keeling, Joseph Long, Gareth Marks, Olivier Pierre, Roger Rose, Rolf Saxon, Adrian Schiller, Kerry Shale, Cyril Shaps, Tusse Silberg, Toby Whithouse, Tim Woodward, Angus Wright, Melissa Hartzel, Zak Shukor, Bobby Valentino, Lucy Cohu, Anthony Maddalena, Tim Packham.