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...same American soprano who got booed at Milan's La Scala a few years ago went to Paris this month to receive the Légion d'Honneur. After recording three new albums--the jazz-inspired Haunted Heart, the Strauss opera Daphne and a collection of sacred songs--Renée Fleming, 46, spoke with TIME's Terry McCarthy about practicing in front of the mirror and learning to sing in Elvish...
...WERE BOOED AT LA SCALA BUT RETURNED TO PERFORM AT THE OPERA HOUSE SEVEN MONTHS LATER. HOW WAS THAT? I felt if I didn't go back, the experience would loom larger in my memory, and I needed to step up to the plate. It is a lot like getting back on a horse that has thrown you. But Pavarotti was booed there, and he never went back. [Opera at La Scala] is a little bit like a sports event, with fans shouting at their teams...
...predictor of partisanship,†said Bill McInturff, who was a pollster for the 2000 presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. Other panelists included Diane Felsman, who worked as a pollster for the 2004 presidential campaign of Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., and John de la Volpe, who was the survey’s senior adviser. Krister B. Anderson ’07, the survey group’s other co-chair, said after the forum that reaction to the survey had been “fairly positive.†Anderson said that while media...
Murray’s rules, posted on the eatery’s walls under the heading “La Crêperie’s Fine Print,†are for the most part framed politely, dispelling any totalitarian comparisons...
...worded exhortation, however, there does lie an ominous hint, as Murray demands more Lebensraum: “Do not lean on the crêpe counter!†The owner, who often rolls the crêpes himself (and no, he has not considered importing Dominicans to help, à la “Seinfeldâ€), explains simply that he treats his customers with respect, and he expects the same. Has he ever banned a troublemaker...