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...social life and a reflective mental life are not mutually exclusive. The problem is not only that we’re rarely alone. It’s also that when we are alone, we tend to multitask our lives into insignificance. For example, no one would go to the opera and bring a book to read during the performance. Even if your mind wanders, you are expected to direct your full attention to the action. Why don’t we commit the same level of attention to recorded music, or food? Seems to me that as soon...
...Dupa Fly” or the schizo, kitchen-sink groove powering Bubba’s “Twerk A Little” or the stoned and surreal erotica of Tweet’s “Oops (Oh My).” If a flawlessly lachrymose, bite-size opera like “Cry Me A River” doesn’t score enough “real” points for people who play instruments, then I’d rather have my music as fake as possible...
...This is the first opera I saw when I was in tenth grade which made me want to be an opera singer,” says Jessica G. Peritz ’06, who sings the role of Despina...
...whole opera is about how women are unfaithful, and my character is the only one to point out men are like that too,” says Peritz of her role...
While Peritz and two other DHO leads are thinking about pursuing a career in opera, many others are singing opera for the first time. DHO draws a diverse range of singers every year, including many from the Harvard Radcliffe Collegium Musicum and the Radcliffe Choral Society...