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...Renowned opera singer Simon Estes sang "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" for Washington, adding a robust, operatic vibrato to a spiritual he said was a favorite of Martin Luther King...
...Sarkozy's sparked a massive media frenzy with the revelation he's romantically involved with former model and millionaire heiress Carla Bruni. "He's perfectly integrated the oh-so-contemporary culture of reality TV made up of exposing the intimate, of popular speech, and of ferocious competition. The soap opera of his love life displayed on glossy pages is just an illustration of that...
...Remember the Titans”—would have been a Verdi Opera because of all those political undertones. And because Opera should be about social change. Coach Denzel needs to be a tough, uncharitable Bass...
...Varsity Blues”—because Opera should also be about delinquent teenagers and delectable costumes. Show stopping aria: “I don’t want you’re life”. Probably by Mozart because of the complicated love relationships...
...Given Sunday”—because it’s just outrageous enough a story for the Opera stage. (Specifically, I’m thinking that party scene where Lawrence Taylor takes a chainsaw to Jamie Foxx’s Hummer, as well as taking other things not mentionable in this publication. I mean, Opera’s been screaming for this stuff.) Plus that Al Pacino pre-game speech would make for a heck of an aria. Heavy subject matter, outrageous scenes, and extremely long? Wagner...