Word: oberons
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...swoop to within 50,000 miles of Uranus, which last week still looked to Voyager's cameras like a featureless, cloud-covered, blue-green disk. The temporary designation of the new moon, 1985 Ul, seems rather prosaic when compared with Uranus' five other satellites: Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon. But that should change this summer when the International Astronomical Union meets to assign permanent names to new discoveries. The I.A.U. might have its work cut out for it. Astronomers think Voyager may soon spot as many as 18 more Uranian moons...
Enter England's Alfred Deller, who, starting in the mid-1940s, singlehandedly revived countertenor singing. Deller inspired Benjamin Britten to write the first countertenor role in a 20th century opera, Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Other singers began emulating Deller, and as the revival of interest in baroque opera picked up steam in the '70s, countertenors became popular once more...
...erotic drive in this performance derives largely from the magnificent performances of William Burke '99 as Oberon and Michelle McEwen '00 as Titania, the warring king and queen of the fairy court, whose power struggles in the forest on Midsummer's Night lead to the comedic sexual mishaps that drive the plot of the play. Besides imbuing the queen with the characteristics usually assigned to her--pride, haughtiness, allure--McEwen's Titania is also marvelously ferocious: the actress adds an unabashed sexual aggressiveness and a cuttingly sarcastic sense of humor. Burke, in a less flamboyant but perhaps more richly-textured...
...production is also quite successful in creating an atmosphere of beauty and enchantment in its scenes of fairy magic. This is due in large part to skillfull staging and choreography, but much credit is also due to the graceful work of the minor players in Oberon and Titania's court. Nick Parrillo '99 gives an intriguing performance in the key role of Puck, the fairy messenger of Oberon and the meddling instigator of much of the trouble in the wood. Puck, who also serves an important narrative function in the play, is usually portrayed as a mischievous, high-powered figure...
...Alexander Srb) and Demetrius (Gino DiMarco) pursue her. Lysander and his true love, Hermia (Marjorie Grundvig), create a lovely image of passionate lovers fleeing from their confining world. The four "Rustics"--Bottom and his crew--deliver perfectly timed comic relief, and the royal couple of Titania (Natasha Akhmarova) and Oberon (Laszlo Berdo) take everyone's breath away with their emotional grace and dignified stage presence...