Word: frome
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...Poulis '02, who also starred in last fall's Ethan Frome, nearly stole the show from Nuccio. In Candide, Poulis is Maximillian, Cunegonde's obnoxious brother. From his very first appearance, when he gasps at the possibility of having a pimple on his perfect skin, the audience knows they are in for a treat. Poulis' rich baritone is always recognizable for its professional quality, and although we know that he is having fun playing the vain Maximillian, a certain seriousness also runs through his performance. However, one of Poulis' best scenes is when he is taken to the New World...
Indeed, the slowness and heaviness that characterized the opera Ethan Frome precisely mirrors the tone of the novella. Allanbrook certainly does not change the focus of the novella and his opera portrays the slowness with which life progresses for the Fromes--particularly for Ethan, whose long-defunct love of Zeena causes his perpetual agony. Although the opera's most dramatic scenes--the breaking of Zeena's prize pickle plate and the infamous sledding scene in which Mattie and Ethan encounter their fateful punishment--are a little played down, this seems appropriate when viewed from Wharton's original perspective. In their...
...downplaying these small moments of mayhem,Ethan Frome pays homage to Wharton, making them all the more powerful. Ethan Frome is not sturm und drang, but rather a tale of mute desperation. Allanbrook Sr. and Hunt should be commended for keeping their opera true to a difficult, complex novella...
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After turning down one of eight prestigious vocal openings at Juilliard, Lee Poulis '02 decided to come to Harvard where he has already been busy as the lead in this month's Ethan Frome. Despite a long weekend of Ethan Frome performances and rehearsals for the upcoming Gondoliers, Poulis remained enthusiastic as he told The Crimson about his beginnings in the fabulous world of opera...