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...opera??s lighthearted plot runs as follows. As the residents of Ploverleigh celebrate the engagement of a couple, a sorcerer visits and creates a love potion which everyone drinks. Soon, the villagers begin falling in love with the first person they each set eyes upon, resulting in a number of comically mismatched couples...
...Performed at Carnegie Hall, try Premiere, a Harvard Ballet Company production dedicated to new pieces (Harvard Dance Center, 8 p.m., $7). Probably not worth it unless you’re into dance, but if you are, it’ll be a good show. If opera??s more your thing, head to The Fiery Furnace, an original opera that retells a biblical episode (Adams Pool Theatre, 8 p.m., free). Sounds intense, but there is a reception afterward that promises to expose you to opera opportunities at Harvard in case you’re interested...
...Verdi’s ‘Otello’ takes Shakespeare’s play to the next level, bringing the audience deeper into the psyches of its three central characters.” Among these characters, Andrew Young served as the propelling force for the opera??s emotional intensity in his deft portrayal of the role of Jago. His rendition of “Credo in un Dio crudel” (I believe in a cruel God) illustrated a visceral contempt for justice as the rest of the world sees it. Although his superb dramatic presence...
...many ways he is very human,” Onstad said. “At least his faults are very human, and a lot of the mistakes that he makes are mistakes that all of us make in one time or another.” Despite the opera??s tragic undertones, Crutchfield said she admired the strength of characters such as Anne. “Anne is an active opera heroine as opposed to a passive ‘I have consumption at the end of the opera?? heroine,” she said.Schlitz also enjoyed...
...leading role of Max, sang with far more urgency than he acted. His movement and expression were often as wooden as the butt of his hunting rifle, which, for a character whose inner psychological turmoil is at the center of the opera, was not welcome. In the opera??s plot, Max is a down-on-his-luck hunter who must win a shooting contest to gain his beloved Agathe’s hand in marriage. Having performed disastrously in a lead-up competition, he turns to a shadowy pact with the Devil to make sure he shoots surely...