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Some of the most rapturous melodies ever heard in Carnegie Hall poured out of that grand old barn last night. The occasion was the first English-language production of Kristina, a musical based on the four Emigrants novels by Wilhelm Moberg. Spanning two continents and the Atlantic in between, the three-hour epic has all the makings of a thrilling stage experience: noble peasants, dying children, powerful voices, the dream of a new land. Most of all, a superb score. No wonder that, at the end, cheers and a standing ovation greeted Kristina's creators: two spangled Swedes, Benny Andersson...
...here it was, last night, at Carnegie Hall, played before the blondest, most Scandinavian audience likely to be assembled in New York City, except, perhaps, for a Prairie Home Companion performance. And what a treat people got; there's nothing like the spectacle of nearly a hundred singers and musicians gathered on a famous stage to present a work that deserves to be renowned. Sung in English and trimmed by about an hour (losing a few favorite numbers in the process), this Kristina may not have the sweep and sonic magnificence of the album, but it's still likely...
...that the tab for bottled water alone neared half of the original budget for the event and accounted for a significant portion of the social programming budget for all of Harvard’s undergraduates that year. Rather than being fired, the Czarina was asked to remain on U-Hall staff for another year in the Office of Student Life...
Recession or not, broke college students always need a good deal. When money’s on the brain, free admission to Lamont and unlimited d-hall food start to sound like a legit Saturday. But a fun weekend excursion outside of the Square doesn’t have to break the bank...
When she worked in Massachusetts Hall last year, Catherine Gorodentsev found it difficult to walk from her office to the Science Center in under ten minutes. But Gorodentsev—now the acting Dean for Administration in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences—welcomed the distractions.“I bump into ten people along the way who will say, ‘Oh, by the way...’” said Gorodentsev in an interview yesterday. “If you’re not walking around, you’re not bumping into people...