Word: counterpoints
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...weight of the past anchors both operas. Born as an operetta and filled with nostalgia for the glorious frivolity of second Empire Paris, La Rondine at seems like a frothy escapist fantasy composed in the shadow of World War I. The opera's interest stems from the emotional counterpoint between the longing for an unattainable past and a deep melancholy about the possibility of translating this past into the future. A similarly valedictory sense marks the humor of Gianni Schicchi, which responds to the tradition of opera buffa and becomes, in a sense, the terminus of this tradition...
...first stop on Kerr's journey is love, the theme of the album's third track, "Hypnotised." Built over a persistent bass, the song's fervor enthralls. Together with its soulful guitar counterpoint, Simple Minds express the obsessive quality of an unrequited love...
...lived miles apart." Dalgleish recognizes Jean-Philippe Etienne, Gerard's father, as the "true recluse" he himself sometimes shows signs of becoming. Isolation in the wake of death is more than poignant, and the abandoned homes of the murder victims, as James describes them, provide the most eloquent counterpoint to living loneliness...
...almost hippie-like Chizuye Juarez (or "Chiz" as she chooses to call herself), Sarah Song successfully serves as a counterpoint to the bourgeois Atsuko...
Shields says The Independent sought to bring its readers a more diverse range of perspectives. One of the paper's regular features was a section titled "Counterpoint," which always included three dirrerent opinions on a given issue...