Word: caste
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Chang's interpretation of Mozart's Sonata in C Major, K. 296, was not so graceful. Her bright, biting tone cast an unforgiving light on the piece which, like most of Mozart's work, requires a light touch. Mozart sonatas are meant to be played with an almost off-hand ease: the bubbling passages and sweet melodies cannot be trudged through. The ringing intensity of Chang's playing was not at all suited to the delicate and almost childlike sonata. Chang's high notes blossomed in this piece as in all the others, but the low notes were swallowed...
...Pforzheimer dining hall provides an intimate atmosphere for Dido and Aeneas. Only about 80 seats are available, and these were nearly filled last Friday--mostly by cast supporters and friends...
...performances of Cannon and Oh do much toward the production's redemption, but ultimately cannot compensate for the rest of the cast. Much of Bruckmann's singing, when she's not grimacing or missing her note in a dramatic squawk, is also worthwhile, as are many of Quilici's passages. But neither lead is ultimately compelling as a character or performer. And many of the choral members are simply liabilities to the production--their varying quality of vocal contributions fail to outweigh the ridiculous mugging and noise-making which someone apparently considered lively or endearing. In a fourth-grade production...
Depicting the forces of darkness is something which this Dido never does well. Perhaps the cast is just too nice--rare, indeed, would be the group of people which smiled more! The chorus of ostensible witches is, of course, the same which minutes before played a group of cherubic courtiers and flower girls. The actors seem to be relying on the black cloaks which partially cover their usual white robes to convey the transformation of their characters. They certainly don't act any differently, or smile any less. They do, however, make lots of silly ghost sounds and giggly cackles...
...Depicts director Chantal Akerman leading a cast of 64 in a projected big-budget musical, from auditions to script readings to recording sessions. Harvard Film Archive...