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Nothing says classic holiday season romance like a trip to Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, playing until Dec. 30 at Boston’s recently renovated Opera House. After sipping eggnog on the Green Line to Northeastern, sit back and relax as Mother Ginger, Marzipan, and the Sugar Plum Fairies hypnotize you into a psychedelic stupor of lust. Beware, though, as the ballet has a tendency to bring out the worst in the closeted pretentious: should your date say anything about the Boston Ballet’s failure to live up to his/her Lincoln Center expectations, run away...
...large swath of eastern Java in roiling, putrid sludge. But PT Lapindo Brantas, the Indonesian mining company widely blamed for releasing the reservoir of pressurized mud following a drilling accident last May, has come up with a novel form of damage control: sponsoring a sinetron, or Indonesian soap opera, on Surabaya TV station JTV. The 13-part series, Gali Lubang, Tutup Lubang (Digging a Hole, Filling a Hole), is a love story set among refugees left homeless by the mud volcano. "We wanted to show a real story about human interest," says JTV executive producer Awi Setiawan, who adds that...
...Thus far, the soap opera hasn't been enough to dispel that worry, or polish Lapindo's befouled image. But with the mud still erupting at a rate of 120,000 cu m per day and all efforts to stanch the flow failing, there may be plenty of time for a sequel...
...male jury do a better job of distinguishing themselves from the group when they make faces to attract the Plaintiff’s attentions.Short, sweet, and snappy, this piece warms up the audience—much like opening act in a concert—for the equally joyful opera that follows. As a starter, “Trial by Jury” is overwhelmed by the greatness of the next.The start of “H.M.S. Pinafore” reveals a gleaming set of wood paneling and white paint—the perfect model of a well-scrubbed vessel. Designer...
...president Chrix E. Finne ’07 bounded aboard the platform to introduce conductor Dr. James Yannatos, HRO’s buoyant music director since 1964.The performance opened with Giuseppe Verdi’s “Overture to La Forza del Destino,” an opera that follows the story of two clandestine paramours. The overture foreshadows the impending tragedy with a dark, surging theme which was gradually accelerated by Yannatos’ conducting. The string section showcased impressive prowess in swells and plucky staccatos. The dramatic finale, however, which was punctuated with brass and cymbal crashes...