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When discussing the piano, Wild often refers to the orchestra and to opera. Asked about his long musical phrases, the extraordinary range of tone colors he commands or his uncommon ability to bring out the difficult inner voices in complex scores, he says, "That evolved from years of orchestral playing and accompanying singers. I was really hearing and absorbing colors and voices, and I worked hard to reproduce that enormous range of color and variety...
...afford to go to the theater, opera and sporting events that we'd probably miss out on at home," says Mary Alice. Erick, who once coached basketball and football, has discovered soccer. He loves to go to Guadalajara's Jalisco Stadium, where he joins thousands of fans wildly cheering on the favorite local team, the Chivas...
...nearly noon and the small crowd is growing restless. A Portuguese soap opera plays quietly on the large-screen television. The old men in the corner lay down their deck of cards. All eyes are on the door...
...Quality opera at Harvard is rare. With few operatic productions ever seriously undertaken throughout the year, the mesmerizing portrayal of Antonio Cesti's early baroque opera Orontea conceived by Sarah Meyers '02 and Divinity School Student Matthew Burt resembles nothing that Harvard theatre has seen in recent memory. Sponsored through the annual collective effort of the Harvard Early Music Society, the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, and the Fogg Art Museum, Orontea is far from another Harvardian rendition of some overproduced Broadway show. Beautifully flowing costumes, radiant voices and an incredibly professional sound characterize this...
...production. Thanks to Sarah Meyers' stage direction, asides, focal scenes and orchestral interludes are not stage dependent in this amazing space. The balconies and aisles in the audience are readily incorporated into the production to give the audience a sense that they are not only watching a baroque opera but are actually transported back in time to witness this poignantly realistic portrayal of confusion, heartache and love. Even those not familiar or comfortable with opera can't help but fall in love with the exquisite choreography, vocal preparation and endearingly funny storyline of Cesti's forgotten gem, Orontea...