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...simulacrum of a plot (the lives of 16th century Spanish saints), Wilson treats the opera's Dadaesque musings as a delicate dreamscape, filling the stage with characteristically elliptical images. Some, such as a levitating illuminated triangle, are familiar from earlier Wilson spectacles, while others--fluffy sheep that slowly ascend into the heavens, where they become clouds--are new. Robustly conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, the opera's simple Midwestern melodies provide an ideal complement to the graceful stage pictures, while the cast, headed by soprano Ashley Putnam (St. Theresa I) and baritone Sanford Sylvan (St. Ignatius), projects Stein's words...
Michael will probably never ascend his country's throne, since the monarchy was abolished in 1974. But he still dispenses royal charity. After an aide established a connection with the Montessori school, the faculty introduced Michael to Elisa. On the day he arrived in Brooklyn, he would later remember, "[Elisa] jumped into my arms. She was a lively, charming, beautiful girl. She was so full of love." The prince visited several times, bringing stuffed animals or clothes; the little princess responded with thank-you notes and pictures. Michael's most handsome offer arrived in late 1993: he would pay Elisa...
...steep price (about a 35% loss on the original investment, owing mostly to the weakness of the dollar vs. the yen). And Bronfman, the wandering son who officially took over the family business only last year, will invest his shareholders' money so he can realize his dream. He will ascend from mere billionaire status to a more glamorous title: moviemaker...
...predict whether any of these local leaders will eventually ascend to the national stage or whether that kind of leadership -- on the grand scale ! -- has become impossible. One can only cite the hopeful example of Regina Benjamin, a rural physician whose rather modest original goal was to help solve the local doctor shortage in poverty-stricken Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Practicing there for a while convinced her of the need to know something about business. While earning her M.B.A. at Tulane University, she unearthed an obscure federal rule that would provide government money to qualified rural health clinics. Suddenly...
Those who argue that Katzenberg, 43, should ascend to help Eisner make these decisions point to his track record. As chairman of the company's flourishing studio enterprises, which account for 43% of its gross revenue, he finds himself atop the hottest movie of the year and perhaps the most profitable in history (The Lion King), the No. 1 television show (Home Improvement) and the No. 1 Broadway production (Beauty and the Beast). "Pick up the recent edition of the annual report," says a Katzenberg friend. "You'll see Michael Eisner's picture on page 2. Where's Jeffrey...