Word: musicale
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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"He'd be ideal for the part," said the producers of a pop musical about Christ called Superstar. "After all, from pictures of Christ he looked like a well-turned-out Lennon." John Lennon, that is. Sure, he'd consider playing Jesus, the Beatle was reported to have...
Cavalli: L'Ormindo (Argo). Something practically unheard-of: an authentic, workable masterpiece miraculously retrieved from the past. One of the 17th century Venetian composers influenced by Monteverdi, Francesco Cavalli wrote melodiously, with great penetration into the personal relationships of his characters. The present recording stems from an edition pieced...
ROCK AND ROLL experiences, like drug experiences, depend on your fantasy life. In performance we respond not to the music or the artists themselves, but rather to their convulsive evocation of our own unconscious imagery. The best rock and roll bands, then are those whose synthesis of sound and image...
What reason there is behind this show's musical rhymes is really just an excuse to throw together a potpourri of characatures: Rosalinda (Martha Ecclestone), the lead soprano, is a kind of Tricia Nixon who let her hair down: Alfred (Neil Cohen) is her would-be lover, a tenor with...
Janáček's work has been kept alive over the years by a handful of conductors such as Rafael Kubelik of Munich's Radio Orchestra and Charles Mackerras of London's Sadler's Wells Opera. Another devoted fan is Walter Susskind of the St...