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...high Swiss hamlet of Arosa wasn't already alluring enough, the addition of a sprawling $28 million spa makes it irresistible. Bergoase is the latest work of homegrown architect Mario Botta, whose commissions have included San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art and Milan's new-look La Scala opera house. The spa features sail-like steel-and-glass skylights, pictured, employs granite in abundance and is attached by a dramatic glass bridge to the recently renovated Tschuggen Grand Hotel. "I wanted the structure to have a deep, instant and intense bond with its surroundings," Botta says of the native...
Lacking provincial venues, English opera took root in the grand country house in the 1930s, and it has evolved into a ritual involving evening dress, a gourmet picnic and a sense of exclusivity. Glyndebourne is the oldest of the élite, followed by Garsington and, since 1998, Grange Park, which keeps up with the others on all counts - setting, performances, food and a dapper audience. While they all have priority booking for members, the public can obtain tickets months before the season starts - but be quick, since availability is limited...
...Smarts 2 Opera number 3 Wily 4 Change for a five 5 They’re now available in HD 6 “I’m not impressed” 7 “I” problem? 8 Toyota truck 9 Invites to enter 10 Boston College’s athletic div. 11 President’s tacit rejection 12 Set up 13 Rapper Sean Combs’ alias from 2001-2005 18 Former Marlins pitcher ___ Nen 22 Up, in a sense 25 Ye ___ shoppe 26 Goes in haste 27 Author Umberto 29 Tease 30 Tokyo?...
...Well, they fooled us. The music is not so much a blend of East and West as a journey from East to West. The piece begins with traditional Peking opera: a singer-dancer intoning a sacrifice ritual in Chinese. (You'll get subtitles in the theaters, as we at the Met got translations on the backs of the seats we were facing.) Behind him, on 12 rows of bleachers than span the stage, a chorus of about 150 keened along. Once the plot kicks in, though, the music becomes westernized and, to these inexpert ears, neither daring in form...
...operas have play doctors, as the classic musicals often did? Old pros like George Abbott or Abe Burrows would join a show out of town, bring a fresh mind to the soft spots, punch up the book. By the time the thing opened on Broadway, it sang. The First Emperor could have used some outside help. For what disappoints me about the opera is not its music but its failure to transfer the thrilling drama of the movie to the stage...