Word: carmenã
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...gloves and paint, and her feet are smeared with charcoal; her whole body is employed in drawing as she moves on all fours. The Remis Auditorium at the Museum of Fine Arts falls silent as the contemporary dancer stops talking about her choreography for the opera “Carmen?? and turns towards the image of herself defying countless classical definitions of visual art and dance. “I nabbed the gloves from intensive care at Fort Myers hospital,” she told the audience conspiratorially. Brown—who spoke last Wednesday...
...woman, two men,” this timeless dramatic formula of the calamitous, star-crossed love-triangle has inspired almost every classic opera in the grand tradition—from “Manon Lescaut” and “Eugene Onegin” to “Carmen?? and “Tosca.” But its tradition dates back to the early 17th century, when Francesco Cavalli composed “L’Ormindo,” one of the earliest operas still surviving today. “L’Ormindo?...
...lead actors share no chemistry.It is an axiom made flesh by Dominique Serrand’s production of Georges Bizet’s operatic masterpiece “Carmen,” which finished its five-week run at the Loeb Drama Center on Saturday.“Carmen?? follows the ill-fated attraction between its titular heroine, a tempestuous femme fatale, and Don José, the Spanish corporal who uproots his life in order to pursue her. Don José forsakes his post—as well his engagement to his childhood sweetheart Micaëla?...
...attempts to legitimize his business dealings, Vic loses touch with his roots. He moves to SoHo, adopts a different style of speaking, and avoids his old friends; he essentially becomes white. The most damning evidence of this is Carmen??s complaint that he now refuses to eat Spanish food. Of course, by turning his back on his culture, he incurs numerous repercussions and he ultimately has to fight to earn his Latino-ness back...
...afternoon of crafts, performances, demonstrations and hands-on activities,” must have appreciated the English lyrics and been thrilled by the familiar, rousing music of composer Georges Bizet. However, other audience members may have wondered if the sexual overtones of the performance, as evidenced by Carmen??s blatant seduction of Don Jose and her salacious dancing, were quite appropriate for the children present. Still, the multiracial cast of Carmen on the Common may have inspired some of the younger audience members and certainly must have broken the older audience members’ stereotypical views of opera...