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...piece, but always pulled back the swells with the regularity of the tide until the climactic end. With noble, powerful gestures, Levine roused the entire symphony in the grand return of the opening theme. As the musicians struck the final notes, filling the entire Symphony Hall with the glorious finale, all audience members were drawn to their feet for several solid minutes of thunderous applause. The first two performances were undoubtedly enjoyable, but “Pictures,” without question, outshined the rest of the evening. Though Levine was asked to return to the stage multiple times...
...modern operas done often by directors who are not versed in classic opera, often film directors. If the art form is to survive and to have new audiences, than there have to be new operas. And they can't have the same sensibility as Don Giovanni - the music is glorious, but the psychology, the supernatural elements, and the narrative are not convincing to a modern audience. I think those are the things we can do - not better, but our contemporary version...
...radiate the sensitive machismo of a man who doesn't use women so much as he allows them to briefly fulfill their dreams in him. Visually, too, the movie is in love with Barcelona, its gnarled Gaudi buildings, and with the countryside of Ovieto, a hundred shades of glorious earth tones. (The cinematographer is Javier Aguirresarobe, who has shot films directed by Pedro Almodovar, Victor Erice and Alejandro Amenabar.) It is in Ovieto that Vicky meets Juan Antonio's ancient father, who writes beautiful poetry but refuses to publish it, believing that a world that has not learned...
...feel really Asian in Ghana. Granted, the color of deeply polished ebony is the norm here, but I'm not even the glorious pale shade of ethereal white skin that can be seen on Ghanaian advertisements. I am pasty and yellow. I look strange to most Ghanaians—and they kindly tell...
...Lost Islands of the Pacific tour (departing Feb. 16, 2009, and costing between $7,995 and $14,695; (www.abercrombiekent.co.uk) visits New Zealand, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji, taking in some of the world's most stunning landscapes - from mountain retreats to pristine beaches - and most glorious tropical reefs. Hedonistic globetrotters have never had it so good...