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...design. There's not a more impressive sequence in recent movies than the arrival at the bathhouse of a huge, amorphous river-god, encased in centuries' worth of stink and sludge, whom Chihiro has the daunting task of giving a sturdy wash and scrub. It's a visual aria, whose suspense is topped only by the scene's surprise payoff...
Fleming’s five encores comprised a concert in themselves, beginning with Marietta’s aria from Korngold’s “Die töte Stadt.” In the aria, which Fleming said has been, “much with her in recent weeks,” Marietta sings about the beauty of the sunset and the sadness of a love that has been lost, reminding the listener that, “love will not part us, we will meet again.” Fleming’s selection was poignant...
...features of other Schumann compositions from the same time period, namely capriciousness and extremity of emotions (from the heroic Eusebius to the introspective Florestan—the two characters of Schumann’s compositional personality). Kissin was at his best in the second movement “Aria,” his caressing tone working its magic in the acoustical splendor that is Symphony Hall. The fourth-movement “Finale” is Schumann at his most wildly inventive, and Kissin handled the odd transitions and whimsical nature of the movement with apparent ease and enough discipline...
...actor JAMIE FOXX, 33, insists that he's ready to be the host of this week's MTV Music Video Awards, a ceremony that prizes spontaneous combustion. New York City's Metropolitan Opera House is the venue, so Foxx says he'll open the show with nominated songs sung aria-style. In between introducing performers like Britney Spears, Jay-Z, Staind and U2, says Foxx, his mission is to set the pace and "up the ante." He's also intent on getting an intro to Best New Artist nominee Alicia Keys, though he notes that Best Female Artist contender Missy...
...James Krenov.) Sometimes his pieces resemble hybrids of basketry and cooperage. A beautiful example is Brunhilde, 1998-2000, an open-form cage of intricately fitted cedar slats, a mysterious baglike structure that seems to inflate with breath--like a Wagnerian soprano, says Puryear, filling her lungs for the big aria. And then there are the purely organic forms, which derive from nests, seedpods, flower stems, birds' bones or marine protozoa. An example is his big red-cedar-and-pine piece, Plenty's Boast, 1994-95. As the title suggests, it could be a cornucopia. But it also evokes a slew...