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...Evening of Bernstein--Radcliffe Grant-in-Aid's spring production features a musical revue of greatest hits by Leonard Bernstein, plus an opera in one act. "Trouble in Tahiti". Also running Friday and Saturday. Agassiz Theater...
...Revue" were performed in An Evening with Comden and Green, which had two runs at the Loeb earlier this year. An Evening of Bernstein passes over the contributions of his two collaborators, putting an unjust emphasis on Bernstein's lyric-writing genius. On the whole, this Evening at the Agassiz suffers from the inevitable comparison with Comden and Green. The two professionals knew how to put songs and patter together in a continuum; they had the ability to make the most rehearsed gesture appear spontaneous. But the spoken interludes in An Evening of Bernstein are only too obviously filler between...
...have only one result. Not even Shattuck's soaring soprano can overcome the determined opposition of the cymbals--especially since their frequencies are very close. Part of the problem is the thick-textured score, with its constant cacophony and acoustical fireworks; part of the trouble is the structure of Agassiz, which lacks a pit or shell to muffle the orchestra. Still, director Leslie Koenig and musical director Ken Getz should have worked out some compromise so that the audience could hear the lyrics as well as the music...
Currier House Music Society--The Currier House Opera, directed by Laura Johnson, performs Mozart's "The Abduction from the Seraglio," first produced in 1782. With principal singers Diana Praino, Ann Jeffers, Tom Olsen, and Paul John. Admission $3.00, $2.00 with student I.D. Agassiz Theatre, Radcliffe Yard...
...presents the Boston premiere of four works: Mazwell-Davies' "Miss Donnithorne's Maggot," conducted by Philip Kelsey; Vincent Luti's "Represa Anticae Moderna," and Betsy Jolas' "Episode" and "Fusain." Also programmed is Carter's Sonata for Cello and Piano. Tickets at $4.00, $2.00 with student I.D. Info 661-3958. Agassiz Theatre, Radcliffe Yard...