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...SWAN LAKE You mean, the swans were once played by women? That's an understandable reaction to Matthew Bourne's acclaimed version of the ballet, with an all- male corps of swans. It's no cross-dressing stunt but a visually luscious and dramatically convincing reinterpretation. Will the Tonys notice...
...many women:"gray-clad...firm but a touch more ample than [is]locally fashionable..." Though costumed in theheavily scented, rarefied air of the uptownapartments of the pretentious and over-educated,the novel, in keeping with the spirit of its(anti)hero, is at heart an ever-so-slightlydoddering, luscious, highly sexualized andself-satirical backwards glance at a ratherunremarkable life of letters. His absolutelysucculent, if somewhat condescending descriptionsof leggy, perpetually nude women aside, Updikeexcels in dialogue, cocktail party dialogue, rifewith the sarcastic, incisive mental commentary ofBech. Some of the most revealing scenes in Bechat Bay are to be found...
Ohlsson did well to close the programmed portion of his recital with the B-flat minor Scherzo. This playing was feverish, addictive, note-perfect and luscious at once. An especially fine cantabile reminiscent of a well-played B major nocturne (Op. 9 No. 3) and a successful barrage of blind leaps made for a triumphant exit...
Their second selection, Heinrich Isaak's Motet Virgo Prudentissima, seemed by contrast to start off with redemption. In a slower, more contemplative tempo, the choir boys looked ready to shine. Without being drowned out by the older choir, the sopranos and altos united in the production of haunting, luscious strains that, for a fleeting moment, transmogrified Symphony Hall into St. Peter's Basilica. But once the basses and tenors in the older choir joined in, the younger choir boys lost their nerve. This led to technical difficulty between the sopranos and basses. Ideally, their voice parts should have slid over...
Looking to uselessly procrastinate? Most likely not--so why not jizzet over to Rosie's Bakery in Inman Square. One of the finest bakeries in Cambridge, Rosie's boasts a large variety of scrumptious desserts including their luscious cheesecake and sinful brownies. With so many sensuous explosions off in your mouth, your worries about work will melt away. 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., 243 Hampshire...