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...opera's Catfish Row in swirling crowd scenes intercut with sharply detailed close-ups, in smokily languorous tableaus that erupt into brutal fights and sensual embraces. Instead of letting the performers sing, however, he has them lip-synch to a sound track of their own cast recording, issued by EMI Classics with Simon Rattle + conducting the London Philharmonic. It's a vibrant recording in its own right, but the miming shows -- and jars with the quasi-naturalistic style of Nunn's staging. And because the music seems once removed, the production often lacks the one quality that every directorial stroke...
...highlights to be released this year is Arias, Songs & Tangos. It is a monument to his vigorous musicianship. Over time Domingo's voice has become darker and richer, his style more fluent and less mannered. The only regret: his masterly Otello, recorded for RCA and EMI, cannot be included...
...Connor, 24, is one of the most gifted young rockers around, and it is awkward to have someone of her talent and exuberance tell the music business to stuff its highest award. "I don't agree with her rationale," says Joe Smith, president of Capitol-EMI Music, which is affiliated with O'Connor's record label, Chrysalis. "If Sinead doesn't like these shows, then that's her opinion. They get good ratings. This is not the International Red Cross...
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri counters that only 5% are non-Jews. Angry immigrants warn that any slowdown in approving visas could cost lives. "Jews must get out quickly," says Emi Spielman, who arrived from Chernovtsy two weeks ago. The 60-year-old cobbler is still recovering from a skin graft he needed after an anti-Semitic gang burst into his house in the Soviet Union last April, pinned him down and burned his stomach with a hot iron...
...stand for His Master's Voice -- is the largest chain in Britain, and has opened stores in Australia, Canada and Japan. Among its innovations are in-store music performances, video deejays and listening posts that enable customers to preview records. HMV, which is owned by British recording giant Thorn EMI, plans to open stores in Los Angeles and Boston next year...