Word: cupidities
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...voices are well-matched. Despite slight difficulties with intonation at a few points, both Cannon and Oh demonstrate remarkable facility in the duet's challenging runs. The chorus' reiteration of the verse, on the other hand--the opera's first big choral part--lacks clarity and strength. The choral "Cupid only throws the dart/That's dreadful to the warrior's heart..." is much better in terms of musicality and volume, despite problems with unity and articulation of final consonants...
...strongest performers of the night were 112, a southern R&B quartet with a mellow yet smooth sound, similar to that of Boyz II Men or Jodeci. Their harmonious singing left concertgoers wanting to hear more. The performance of their hit song "Cupid," complete with a shirtless group member playing the guitar, was the best song of the night--and the only one which displayed any significant amount of musical talent...
Between the first week of January--when the Mass. Ave. Cupid factory begins selling its sweet nothings--and the big V-day on Feb. 14, Necco estimates that it sells eight billion candy hearts...
...artist as Prometheus. As the demand for Rembrandts grew, so, mysteriously, did the supply. It is therefore worthwhile to note that several weeks before the Michelangelo and Shakespeare attributions, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, just two blocks north of the house in which the little Cupid stands, came to the end of its "Rembrandt/Not Rembrandt" exhibit. This show reflected the labors of the Rembrandt Research Project, an Amsterdam-based group of experts on Dutch painting that since 1968 has relentlessly whittled down the number of paintings once attributed to Rembrandt (more than 700) by roughly...
...Rembrandt loses face when its connection with the master is disputed or disproved, even though it looks just the same as it did when we admired it before. Nor can we understand the sudden compulsion to look anew at and find merit in the alleged Michelangelo Cupid and the reputed Shakespeare elegy. For all we supposedly know about it, art remains a mystery to us, forever beckoning, forever withholding its inner secrets. The best we can do is to keep our eyes open, aware that that neglected statue or that neglected poem could, if seen in the right way, blossom...