Word: beautyful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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THE INTERESTING ASPECT of Clara's metamorphosis, and indeed of the whole fantasy of escape into aristocratic elegance which comprises the central theme of the film, is that this is precisely the sort of ambivalent and delusory self-consciousness we might expect a woman in her situation to have: the...
When asked if he had ever gone back to photograph childhood haunts, he responded. "I've gone back far enough to find out it can't be done...there's always a let down and an ungratifying experience...You go up to something you knew in your childhood and you...
It might have remained a thing of beauty and a toy forever. But the agent of its obscurity was also the cause of its revival. For too long, the combustion engine befouled the atmosphere and lulled Americans into a dangerous sloth. But today, the new conservation and the high incidence...
Yet there were moments of great beauty. From the Incarnatus section to the final choruses, the performance gathered power and assurance. The Confiteor section provided outstanding examples of subtle, directional phrasing. The male solos were similarly convincing. Tenor Frank Hoffmeister and Bass David Evitts showed clearly why they are two...
The rest of the cast did her justice. Mezzo Shirley Verrett, in the travesti role of the warrior Neocle, revealed a stupefying coloratura technique and an enormous range of vocal textures. While Sills obviously paced herself carefully throughout the three acts. Verrett let loose in her first aria and blazed...