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Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict (Mezzo Janet Baker, Tenor Robert Tear, Soprano Christiane Eda-Pierre, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis conductor, Philips; 2 LPs). In his final work, the ailing Berlioz took Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and made it into his own Tempest, a blend of wit, ardor and gentle sadness bathed in the amber light of a late Parisian afternoon. The opera may be better heard than seen, since its extended passages of French dialogue make it problematical to stage; certainly it is a pleasure in this buoyant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sounds for a Winter Night | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

...Much ado about nothing under the Kissimmee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Cattle Show in Florida | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

Some day it may be a case history in the politics of much ado about nothing; of the latter-day American penchant to be first, even if it is with the least, to launch the presidential sweepstakes; to invent a game if there is no game in town. Welcome, fans, to Florida's theater of the absurd, where on Oct. 13 an unannounced candidate for re-election (Jimmy Carter) is pitted against an unannounced challenger (Edward Kennedy) in a dog-and-pony show without substance beyond what is made of-or made up about-it. A mere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Playing the Florida Game | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...suffuses such coverage, as if the reporter, by suggesting that Bush's dozen trips to New Hampshire so far this year may be a little excessive, hopes to avoid drawing attention to the fact that the reporter's own early presence on the scene is also much ado about nothing. Paradoxically, the presidential politicking season lengthens while voter interest declines. Much of the old gusto for hitting the campaign trail-which candidates sometimes had to feign and political junkies in the press corps sometimes had to suppress-has disappeared. It's now a long grind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEWSWATCH: Obsessed by the Future | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

...Much ado about a sexy monk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOVIET UNION: Rasputin Is In | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

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