Word: metropolitanism
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...storybook debut. In 1988 the Metropolitan Opera needed a last-minute replacement for Kathleen Battle in L'Elisir d'Amore. It turned to an apprentice in its young-artists program named Dawn Upshaw. The audience cheered, and the critics raved about Upshaw's charm and freshness; she seemed set for a predictable rise in the soubrette roles of grand opera. But Upshaw had ideas of her own. A few years earlier, one of her voice teachers, Jan DeGaetani, had told her to "seek your own path." Upshaw took that advice. From Mozart to Stravinsky to show tunes, she sings...
...mount a new production of the entire Ring in a single week. This summer the program has attracted more than routine interest because it is the one year in seven when a new Ring cycle debuts. In addition, the conductor for the first time is James Levine, the Metropolitan Opera's powerful artistic director and the leading interpreter of Wagner on the international scene ever since Georg Solti largely retired from theatrical work. Levine's partners are Alfred Kirchner, an experienced European opera and theater director, and set and costume designer Rosalie, the professional name of Gudrun Muller. This...
...Jillson said voter interest outside the Boston metropolitan area shouldn't come as any surprise--about 75 percent of those who signed the petition bringing rent control to a referendum came from outside the area, she said...
Postal workers blame their erratic delivery record on everything from bad weather to traffic problems. Postal Service spokesman Frank Brennan claims that most of America enjoys reliable service with "pockets of problems" in traffic-congested metropolitan areas. But excuses aren't likely to carry much weight. In an era of instant communication, of E-mail and faxes, consumers have no patience for lost letters...
That crowd may number as many as 20,000 for the open-air concert. Cliburn's New York appearance was staged to the Metropolitan Opera House, whose cavernous hall seems intimate when compared to the expanse of Great Woods. Hopefully, the necessary amplification of the sound will accurately represent the skill and finesse of the musicians...