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...part of the Roman citizens. The production is highlighted by some solid acting. Thomas Derrah, a dramatic arts lecturer at Harvard, nails the confident and fearless Caesar, who is devastated when betrayed by his close friend Brutus. Sara Kathryn Bakker shines brightly with a convincing Portia, blending the character??s tender devotion with her strong will as she attempts to get Brutus to let her into his thoughts. But the difficult-to-master complexity of Brutus is not quite reached in Jim True-Frost’s performance. Though the performances are solid, however, the acting takes...
...down sick. In an effort to preserve Cavallaro’s voice, the part of Fiordiligi was sung by Vira Slywotzky, a New England Finalist in the 2008 Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions, from the wings of the stage while Cavallaro continued to act out her character??s two messy love affairs.“Così fan Tutte,” which means “women are all alike,” was originally considered highly controversial due to its racy subject matter and was rarely performed for much of its early history...
...often had no plausible reason to be filming, but Romero brings that decision to the forefront in “Diary.” At one point, the protagonist even stays behind in a zombie-infested hospital because he has to recharge his camera. This extreme statement about the character??s priorities is offset by more subtle touches. Throughout the first half of the movie, for example, the filming protagonist’s face is kept in the shadows, effectively reducing his existence to little more than the lens of his camera. But “Diary...
...environment documentaries,” which capture a character, his surroundings, and the tension that exists between the two. “En la ciudad de Sylvia,” the first movie presented, is composed of the rich sights and sounds of the title character??s city. Guerín filmed the city’s inhabitants, as opposed to filling it with hundreds of “extras.” He noted that maybe only a quarter of the film was the result of his intervention. For nearly an hour and a half, the camera...
...down sick. In an effort to preserve Cavallaro’s voice, the part of Fiordiligi was sung by Vira Slywotzky, a New England Finalist in the 2008 Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions, from the wings of the stage while Cavallaro continued to act out her character??s two messy love affairs.“Così fan Tutte,” which means “women are all alike,” was originally considered highly controversial due to its racy subject matter and was rarely performed for much of its early history...