Word: berge
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...spite of a well-deserved reputation for temperamental perfectionism that has given headaches to many a colleague and caused her to cancel a number of important engagements. Blessed with a large voice that easily spans three octaves, Stratas was selected to sing the title role in Alban Berg's thorny twelve-tone shocker Lulu, when the complete opera-with its suppressed third act orchestrated by Friedrich Cerha-was given its world premiere in Paris in 1979. The late conductor Karl Böhm, mindful of Stratas' electric stage presence and lithe figure, chose her for his filmed version...
...usually portrayed. She sings the famous Habanera while engaging in some erotic byplay with a cigar, thrusting it into Don José's mouth at the words "L'amour, I 'amour. " In its total bleakness this is Carmen seen by a man familiar with Alban Berg's operas Wozzeck and Lulu, twin 20th century masterpieces of love, alienation and despair. The production also reflects Brook's distaste for conventional Bizet, which goes back to the time, 30 years ago, when he was production chief at London's Royal Opera House. "I looked with horror...
...club could print Perspective if it used $300 in dues from the 100 HDC members along with $150 in profits from the October 26 issue of Perspective, which focused on the Cambridge elections and received political advertising, but the club is saving dues for other expenses. Andrew G. Berg '84, treasurer of HDC, said yesterday...
Like many other dealers, Steinberg started as a pot smoker in his home town (Carpentersville, Ill., pop. 23,000), trying to finance his recreational use. The business seemed so easy that it just grew. Throughout their perilous escapades, Stein berg and friends remained calm, peaceful, fun-loving, devil-may-care. They never used force. If an aide was kidnaped, they paid the ransom. If a distributor burned them on a payoff, they simply did not deal with him again. Their mothers, aunts, wives, girlfriends were recruited to rent safe houses in Miami suburbs for storing drugs or to ride along...
...Donna del Lago is Home's seventh Rossini opera. Although she has sung such disparate roles as Carmen and Marie in Berg's Wozzeck, it is with Rossini that she has had her greatest triumphs. In 1964, she first came to attention in the "pants" role of Arsace in Semiramide. Home has stayed at the top of her profession for 20 years by taking care of her voice. Says...