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...having "so little of Venus in her appearance, that she was usually called the Pig." But more than anyone else, it was a 33-year-old Australian, 225 years later, who put Alcina center stage. Joan Sutherland's stupendous stamina and strength in Franco Zeffirelli's 1960 production at La Fenice not only earned her the title of La Stupenda but single-handedly brought this neglected opera back into the repertoire. Since being snapped up by New York's Metropolitan Opera for its young artists' development program in 2001, Perth-born Durkin, 31, has been groomed for world stardom. Despite...
...perhaps forgetting La Stupenda here. While Durkin admits that Sutherland's perfectly controlled career and "beautiful, bell-like sound" have been inspirations for her own stupendous rise, comparisons can also be unhelpful. She would be the first to point out that she has yet to make a recording or grace the European opera stages that forged Sutherland's fame. But in the budding boldness of her bel canto one can already sense a magical symmetry forming-of another down-to-earth spirit allied to a heavenly voice...
...cocaptain will be aided by a strong and experienced midfield including Mahler and classmate Carle Stenmark, both of whom spent much of last spring watching from the sideline due to injury. Junior Nick La Fiura, the veteran player in the bunch, will play long pole...
...Matt Damon, one of his closest collaborators today, though Moore emphasizes that the relationship mostly developed later. “We did kind of meet at Harvard, but it was kind of a planned meeting for 10 minutes. We ended up really meeting when we both moved out to LA,” he says.“I had quit being an agent to produce my first movie, and I called Matt to see if he’d star in it. And he couldn’t because he was starring in another movie...
...garnering him a Best Director nod. Other Brits picked up nominations in the screenplay categories, as well. Mirren is favored to take home the Best Actress statuette, assuming Academy voters ignore her earlier on-the-record remark calling the Oscars “the crème-de-la-crème of bullshit.” Her Majesty is quite right, in my opinion, as this year’s Oscars are rife with the usual mistakes and oversights. “Little Children” should have been nominated for Best Picture over the overwrought...