Word: lohengrinned
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...generally not a good sign when the producers think it necessary to hand out a plot synopsis before a show begins. But, then again, King Kong, the Musical, Part 1: Lohengrin, this year's product of the Peter Ivers Visiting Artist Residency, is a show that defies generalizations...
...directors were invited back on campus earlier in the year to work with students. This weekend, their collaborative efforts will be showcased in gallery exhibits, in dance performances such as Choreographers' Ink's annual spring concert, and in theater productions such as King Kong, The Musical, Part I: Lohengrin. The incredible combination of students and alums is apparent in the emotions expressed by King Kong director Diane Paulus '88, who finds it exciting that, "after leaving Harvard and committing my life to theater, I was able to come back and share my passion with such open, talented and creative people...
...beefy, shambling Canadian whom conductor James Levine rightly calls a "phenomenon," Heppner is the first singer in years who has the vocal heft needed for the massive Wagnerian roles that were once owned by Lauritz Melchior. No operatic appearances in 1998 were as eagerly awaited as Heppner's Lohengrin at the Met and Tristan und Isolde at the Seattle Opera, and the critical verdict was passionately positive. Small wonder: the Wagner excerpts included on his latest CD, Ben Heppner Sings German Romantic Opera (RCA Victor Red Seal), are by turns warmly lyrical and resplendently powerful...
WHAT WONDERFUL NEWS TO HEAR THAT songwriter Elton John will follow the success of The Lion King [Pop Music, March 13] by writing music for a new version of Aida. Maybe now we'll see updates of Carmen, Don Giovanni and Lohengrin, or even new rap versions of Hamlet and King Lear! John E. Brow Chicago Richard Corliss's frank portrayal of John's bad times' being eclipsed by his new, improved, better times was, I hope, the start of the media's casting a more respectful eye toward this funny, brave, phenomenal performer. Leslie Ludwig Cheshire, Connecticut
...best spoofs of Wagner take on the music and kid it. But composer Scott Warrender settles for standard C. and W. in the first act (Hog-Tie Your Man), while veering to show tunes in the second. The only Wagner to be heard is the bridal march from Lohengrin, which runs through the mismatched double weddin' of Gunther to Brunnhilde and of her drugged true love Siegfried to Gutrune. One way or another, much of the opera plot -- too much -- is noted. As one of the actors says, pointing at the audience, "Their eyes is glazed over! They...