Word: lescaut
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...chooses his approach. ``I am a different director in Europe from America,'' he says. Especially in Germany, land of state subsidies and a public that may have seen 50 versions of Figaro, he may go the experimental route. In Bonn in April, for instance, he will produce a Manon Lescaut inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper. In the U.S., where opera must pay for itself, companies can rarely afford productions that may be one-year sensations. When Met general manager Joseph Volpe ordered up Butterfly, he wanted a show that could be admired for as long as its predecessor...
...chooses his approach. "I am a different director in Europe from America," he says. Especially in Germany, land of state subsidies and a public that may have seen 50 versions of Figaro, he may go the experimental route. In Bonn in April, for instance, he will produce a Manon Lescaut inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper. In the U.S., where opera must pay for itself, companies can rarely afford productions that may be one-year sensations. When Met general manager Joseph Volpe ordered up Butterfly, he wanted a show that could be admired for as long as its predecessor...
...leading pop stylists of the decade is now learning Bach arias for future records: "I can share with the audience the way I feel through Bach as well as pop." Flack cautions tartly, "You better not be surprised if you hear me do Manon Lescaut some...
...this disk are all unadulterated-and sung with the special fervor displayed by opera singers when their peers and rivals are in the wings. Soprano Leontyne Price brings a chaste passion to Dove Sono from The Marriage of Figaro. Soprano Montserrat Caballe and Tenor Placido Domingo, turning to Manon Lescaut, ask each other Tu, tu amore? Tu?, and answer in the way every Puccini fan dreams of hearing but rarely does. Awesome is the word for Birgit Nilsson's portrayal of Salome's final 14 minutes on earth. As for the Act I love duet from Otello, Soprano...
...early films, Deneuve is well on her way to becoming a serious star; besides making Belle de Jour, which won the grand prize at last year's Venice Film Festival, she was the schizophrenic in Roman Polanski's Repulsion, played an updated version of Manon Lescaut called Manon 70, and has just finished...