Word: elfin
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Elfin and Chinese. The Mozart was assigned to Peter Ustinov. Directing a full-length opera for the first time, he tackled The Magic Flute with warnings ringing in his ears. "Some pointed out that it was the most difficult opera of all to stage," said Ustinov. Their point was well taken, since The Magic Flute is a stylistic hodgepodge: there are dazzling coloratura arias, sunny folk songs and slapstick scenes. It is a curious melange, and the fact that it is based on a solemn Masonic morality play only adds to the confusion...
Ustinov succeeded where others had failed by playing the opera, as he put it, for "what's on the surface." It turned out to be a poetic, elfin romp, somewhat in the spirit of Beni Montresor's enchanting 1966 production for the New York City Opera. Said Ustinov: "Too many directors try to make another Parsifal out of The Magic Flute...
...there is nothing unbelievable about the rest of the picture or the performance of its star. Geneviève Bujold, who first caught the eye of moviegoers with a bit part in Alain Resnais's La Guerre Est Finie (TIME, Feb. 3, 1967), has the kind of fragile, elfin charm and doe-eyed allure that wins without wanting to. The name is pronounced Jahn-vee-jev Boo-johld. It is a name to remember...
...seven years since he first began soldering his elfin evocations of the machine age, Günter Haese has become one of West Germany's best-known artists. Critics rave about his "artistic equilibrium," trace his lineage to Paul Klee, and dub him "the juggler of modern art." He was given a one-man show at Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art in 1964, helped represent West Germany at the 1966 Venice Biennale. Last month his open cube of wire-works and quivering copper balls, Olymp, became one of the four purchase awards winners at the Guggenheim...
...oldest dancer is a stripling of 30 (compared with 40 at the New York City Ballet). Many of the cheers this season, in fact, went to a pair of wet-behind-the-ears gambolers, elfin Robert Blankshine, 18, and athletic Luis Fuente, 21. The company's cheekiness and dramatic flair help strengthen the cause of American ballet by leaps and bounds...