Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...half-baked, then, to say that such epics are reinvented each time they are performed, molded at the whim of the imagination of both performer and audience. For Robards, most of the reading's appeal lies in this process...
...aloud, it only gets better, as was made duly clear by the epic's latest translator, Robert Fagles, and theater veterans Jason Robards and Kathryn Walker in "An Evening's 'Odyssey.'" The performance of this modern translation at once reinvigorated an already bracing classic and tapped into the ageless appeal of story-telling, of re-inventing the tale on the spot...
...Odyssey's appeal in performance lies somewhat deeper than just recent popularity, as Fagles, Walker and Robards explained in an interview with the Crimson: The text itself is already quite alive, in many ways...
...transcending the beauty of the fluid, modern translation, the lasting themes appeal quickly to our current sensibilities and terms. As Fagles explained, beyond being an intriguing anti-hero and simultaneously a good husband, Odysseus demonstrates along with his kin a push-and-pull between family values and "being irritated at each other." And on a more somber front, Odysseus' station in life reflects the read-justments inherent to a post-war epic and the idea that wars can be both fought and eventually ended...
...early work. It shows a surprising willingness to disturb the conventionally perfect balance between soloist and orchestra and is driven mostly by the pianist, who must have great endurance. Haefliger, who played with an accompanist's ear when necessary, gracefully allowed Laredo to rescue the concerto from merely unilateral appeal...