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NOTHING MAKES AN OPERA MORE CLASsical than a mythological subject, and nothing makes it more modern than psychology. Playwright Craig Lucas (Prelude to a Kiss) and composer Gerald Busby fuse the two in ORPHEUS IN LOVE, an off- Broadway retelling of the Orpheus legend -- mingling hints of Oedipus -- in which...
During the 1970s, when the pair discovered each other, it seemed like a bizarre match: Baryshnikov, the supreme classical-ballet stylist, and Tharp, whose roots were in '60s rock and pop. But together they stretched the boundaries of dance. Tharp was one of many choreographers who were trying to harness...
The worst comes first. A medley all too aptly titled Schtick is stale, botched Broadway, except for a fleeting, funny solo for Baryshnikov composed of stock classical-ballet flourishes. This kind of parody is familiar, but Tharp wisely keeps it light and witty. The heart of the evening is a...
Probably Tharp will refine the evening during the tour. Maybe another oldie or two would not hurt. To see Baryshnikov's lyrical, muscular performance in One More for the Road (1983), a last-act highlight, is to watch a marvelous synthesis of classical and modern dance -- what their creative partnership...
If TV opened the way for Bartoli, her reputation has grown worldwide because of her five solo CDs -- mostly of Rossini and Mozart but also including Vivaldi and Scarlatti. Her just-released CD, If You Love Me, a group of giddy 18th century Italian songs, now tops the classical charts...