Word: carmens
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...purpose of adapting a work of art is to allow for its universal themes to emerge in a context readily identifiable and relevant for audiences. In transporting the action of George Bizet’s opera Carmen from 19th-century Seville to the tumultuous backdrop of the free trade protests in Quebec and post-September 11 Wall Street, Lowell House Opera’s (LHO) new adaptation fails to shed light on the complex, weighty issues of free trade and globalization, while confusing and compromising the dramatic appeal of the opera itself
...Carmen, though sung in French (with English “supertitles” projected overhead in this production), is in many ways a quintessentially Spanish opera. The tale of the seductive, gypsy-girl Carmen, her hapless lover Jose, the bullfighter Escamillo and their love triangle is imbued with a richly Castilian flavor. But the Spanish component does not overwhelm the plot and only heightens, even justifies, the melodramatic exchanges between Carmen and her lovers...
Hughes' cool performance chilled her competitors into stiff responses. The eye-catching Cohen, after a solid short program, could not hold the landing of her triple-triple jump, and though she skated on brilliantly, portraying Bizet's Carmen, her performance lacked the energy of Hughes' routine. She and Hughes will surely be fighting for honors for years. Kwan clearly lacked magic, skating with little speed and tumbling clumsily and uncharacteristically doing a triple flip halfway through her program. The powerful Slutskaya didn't fall but stumbled several times...
...year, when a shortage of agave plants led to price hikes and the recession contributed to a sharp dip in tequila sales, pure-agave brands grew as a proportion of exports. Enthusiasts are flocking to tequila meccas such as Citrus Bar & Grill in Manhattan, Adobe Grill in Chicago, El Carmen in Los Angeles and the Blue Mesa Grill in Dallas...
...Coach Carmen Cozza was so confident that the week before The Game he told The Crimson, “I don’t think Harvard can beat...