Word: depth
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many ways, the real standout of this production of The Nutcracker--apart from Tchaikovsky's playful, still-fresh score--is the lavish staging. The oversized sets and the use of greater stage depth contribute greatly to the feeling of enchantment, making even the Nutcrackered-out spectator feel like a wide-eyed child all over again. The second-act divertissments are ingeniously presented within the frame of a large-scale model of Drosselmeyer's toy theater from Act One, and each act has its own specific backdrop--pretty, if stereotypical (e.g., golden pagodas for the Chinese/tea dance, onion-domed places...
...themes that had just resounded from the piano. If the atonal phrases had been disjointed in the piano score, they were fully severed and disconcertingly tossed together in the full orchestral rendition. Rhythms and chords seem to collide haphazardly; though the multi-instrumental texture of the piece gave greater depth to Dallapiccola's notes than the solo piano, dissonance still ricocheted madly through the concert hall...
...Ville. But, playing Gilbert and Sullivan's somewhat enigmatic character to the hilt, Rupp injects a disturbing and note of tragedy into the entire latter half of the play; in the complex weave of The Mikado, this cast of darkness works surprisingly well, lending the play an unusual depth and richness of texture...
...Wings of the Dove. Interview With the Vampire. No connection? As Henry James might say, the depth of congruence that does, in fact, exist between these seeming dissemblables is enough, upon revelation, to transport one into the fullest and truest state of deep perturbation and wonderment...
...could somehow read his mind, you might be surprised to find within it a genuine passion for some idea or person, a feeling forged out of a depth and sincerity that his irritating comments in class would never have revealed. The pressures of college life often lead us to dismiss people too quickly, when the truth is that they simply aren't that bad. If we took the time to see who they really were, we would discover the incredibly deep pool of personal integrity that lies just below those little things that make us write people...