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...because it’s just outrageous enough a story for the Opera stage. (Specifically, I’m thinking that party scene where Lawrence Taylor takes a chainsaw to Jamie Foxx’s Hummer, as well as taking other things not mentionable in this publication. I mean, Opera??s been screaming for this stuff.) Plus that Al Pacino pre-game speech would make for a heck of an aria. Heavy subject matter, outrageous scenes, and extremely long? Wagner...
...designed by Elisa M. Olivieri ’08. The 17th-century English audience expected actors to be dressed in the latest fashions. The cast of “King Arthur” was decked out accordingly, in shining gowns, pantaloons, and vests that were very appropriate for the opera??s 17th-century milieu. The set (designed by Julia E. Rozier ’08) was simpler than the costumes, consisting of double-sided backdrops that portrayed a basic forest and a castle. The backdrops moved even during the action, usually accommodating the blocking well but with...
...soap opera??still ongoing—might be comic were it not so gruesome. Name any modern plague and this grim tale has it: drug abuse, squalid greed, extended legal charades, shameless self-promotion, and phony, saccharine sentimentality. Feminists might decry Smith’s complete objectification, priests her unforgivable promiscuity, socialists her avarice—the task is simple: Grab a piece of the story and hold tight...
...freshly pressed tuxedos and jewel-bedecked women packed Lowell Dining Hall on Wednesday evening, creating an atmosphere that was hardly a normal weeknight HUDS experience. They were gathered for a singular event: the premiere of the Lowell House Opera??s 69th annual performance, Richard Straus’ “Der Rosenkavalier...
...address issues of duty, reason, and human freedom.ROCKY BEGINNINGSIn the process, it brings together filmmakers and actors with vastly different backgrounds, most notably Gerard Butler, a Scottish actor with a history of playing Gothic villains (“Dracula,” “Phantom in the Opera??); Brazilian indie film veteran Rodrigo Santoro, who also played Laura Linney’s love interest in “Love Actually”; and young director Zack Snyder. Snyder got interested in making “300” into a film several years ago, when he first...