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...Lisbon in 1755 was the Los Angeles of its day, a great city made rich by trade, a capital of the world. But it was a decaying place, ruled by a King who sired bastard sons by comely nuns until he lost his mind. The wealthy traveled in sedan chairs during the day but rarely ventured out at night. Those who did wore long capes to hide their illegal weapons...
...says, "and I loved it from the start." He is a noted opera prince -- a regular panelist on the Metropolitan Opera radio quiz -- with a huge record collection: "I could never play it all in my lifetime." From this fascination came his higher- than-camp opera fantasia, The Lisbon Traviata (1985), and a play in the works, L'Age d'Or (The Golden Age), about Bellini's relationship with sisters who are rival divas...
...French election may well have signaled the final act in the history of West European socialism, whose roots, like the very notion of left and right politics, go back to the French Revolution. From Stockholm to Rome, from Lisbon to Bonn, socialist and social-democratic movements are in trouble. The Italian party is entangled in financial scandals that prompted Bettino Craxi's resignation as chairman and may put dozens of members behind bars. In Spain, Felipe Gonzalez's party could well face defeat in elections later this year. Britain's Labour Party has been unable to win a national election...
...Opera doesn't reject me. The real world does," laments one of the characters in Terrence McNally's The Lisbon Traviata. This rather pathetic but poignant observation marks the sadness at the core of this funny play, now in production at the The New Repertory Theatre...
...Lisbon Traviata focuses on the painful dissolution of the longtime relationship between middle-aged Stephen (Peter Bubriski) and Michael (Peter Husovsky). Michael has fallen in love with a grad student named Paul (Christopher Dawson), leaving Stephen lonely, frightened and jealous. Mendy (Michael O'Hara), their flamboyant (also lonely and frightened) friend, rounds out the cast...