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...That seems a dire prediction, but a Thursday night in Havana makes you wonder how Cuban music will survive. On Avenue G, the roqueros gather to get high and watch rock videos on makeshift outdoor screens. On the Malecón in front of a gas station, a band called Aria thrashes out garage rock for a small crowd outside while upstairs at the Jazz Café a saxophone player named César López heats up the stage with squealing Ornette Coleman riffs. More ominous to the salseros is the Riviera, Meyer Lansky's citadel to Vegas chic in Havana...
...director in mind, Hargis worked with six members of the cast on using more Baroque performance practices in their interpretations of the music, helping the character of Sicle (Lisa A. Lynch), on using her gestures more effectively. Because Sicle’s piece is a combination of an aria (a more melodic song) and recitative (a sung narrative) it requires more sudden changes in gestures and facial expressions. Hargis also worked with the character of Erisbe (Felicia Plunkett) on her two duets: one with the title character, Ormindo (Jay Smith) and the other featuring Erisbe’s husband, Amida...
...Home Depot in West Roxbury, Mass. The period and setting are never clear, producing an inscrutable operatic haze that frustrates singers and spectators alike.The haze finally cleared—though only briefly—in the middle of the third and final act. As Buck was singing a humorous aria called “Einst träumte meiner sel’gen Base†(“My late cousin once dreamedâ€), an unexpected bang shot through the theatre. The overhead screen projecting the English translations of the sung German had gone blank, and would remain...
...OPERA Including the hit aria Hellllllp meeeeee...
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN: THE OPERA Including the hit aria I wish I knew how to quit...