Word: carmens
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OPERA: BEYOND CARMEN...
...most audiences, Hispanic opera means Carmen (written, of course, by a Frenchman). Placido Domingo, in his new role as artistic director of the Washington Opera, means to broaden the definition. This season the company will present Manuel Penella's 1916 Spanish opera El Gato Montes as well as Antonio Carlos Gomes' 1870 Il Guarany, written, alas, in Italian but set in the Amazon. Meanwhile, the Houston Grand Opera offers the world premiere of Daniel Catan's Florencia en el Amazonas, based on stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez...
...Carmen M. O'Shea '97, a cadet in air force ROTC, said it would be "an affirmation of [her] hard work" to be commissioned into the military in Harvard Yard...
...succeeds in creating a hilarious and mournful film. His ingenious recreations of famous moments in black film and television, from "Carmen Jones" and "Cleopatra Jones" to "The Jeffersons" and "Good Times," are a glorious tribute, perfectly symbolizing Girl 6's descent into dreams of stardom...
Forbes' run-up in the polls is also a testament to the name recognition money can buy. Thanks to massive TV advertising in early-primary states and the ensuing publicity, the Forbes name has begun to acquire an appealing glow. Carmen Palmer, 66, of Fort Worth, Texas, has shifted her support from Dole to Forbes. "Can't say exactly why," she says, "except that he has some very good ideas--although I can't tell you exactly what they are right...