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...opera tells the story of an English town that, frustrated in its unsuccessful attempts to find a girl virginal enough to wear the May Queen’s crown, decides to give the position to the timid and naïve Albert Herring. This unexpected turn sets off a series of capers that tests Albert’s virtue and the community’s values...
Stage director Stewart N. Kramer ’12 hopes “Albert Herring” will resonate with audiences at Harvard. “It’s an opera that is very much about young people, about the experience of being young. Even though most of the characters are older, the entire crisis is about youth and lost youth,” Kramer says...
...also a genuinely comic opera by Britten, one of the 20th century’s greatest composers who is best known for his expansive and probing works. Librettist Eric Cozier’s English-language text is “highly conversational” and “very funny,” Kramer adds...
...find something else to discuss between the end of December and the beginning of Oscar season. Here is a quick recap of all the films and film news you could have watched, discussed, and blogged about this month were it not for a certain attention-hogging space opera...
...Mazai, at 199 Sovietskaya Street, tel: (996-312) 66 50 81. Then haggle with a taxi driver for the out-of-town journey to Burana Tower. Take in the breathtaking views from atop this ruined 11th century minaret, and experience twilight descending over the steppe. After dark, the State Opera and Ballet Theatre, tel: (996-312) 66 18 41, showcases Western and local productions for as little...