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...production of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. But the prospect of finding a fresh pair of singers capable of tackling Wagner's most vocally demanding roles is only part of what's drawing opera lovers to the Pacific Northwest. This Tristan is being staged by Francesca Zambello, whose penchant for scandalizing stodgy opera buffs with a startling blend of flashy theatrics and unabashed feminism has made her the most controversial opera director of her generation. "Tristan's ship," Zambello explains gleefully, "is a huge ocean liner that has Isolde in the middle--as if she's in a womb...
What makes the album uniquely Lennon's, though, is his penchant for enigmatic lyrics. His messages verge on the opaque, although the main theme almost always becomes salient by a song's last note. On "Home," a meld of late-era Beatles and guitar-heavy modern rock, "The broken glass that fades/The past is a parade of countless days/Painting patterns in the sand" vaults Sean out of escapism into confronting his legacy in order to move on. "Mystery Juice" is an exception to the rule as Sean makes himself completely indiscernible: "They stole the show and towed the rowboat/Though slow/We...
...case of our shameless President. Somehow we must keep the moral and ethical issues in the forefront and resolve them in such a way that our children have positive examples to pattern their lives on. It is unfortunate that the moral issue in this case involves sex. The American penchant for locker-room humor has permitted the immorality of President Clinton's behavior to become clouded, at least, and perhaps even approved of by a cadre of admiring misfits with no respect for the vulnerability of the young. HUGH R. CALLUM Aboard the Yacht Meachelle Sailing on the Caribbean...
Francisco led Harvard in assists and overall scoring this year with 36 assists and a record 57 points, and Suurkask was the Crimson's leader in goals with 30 and second in scoring with 51 points. They showed early and often a penchant for knowing where the other was on the ice, and most of each one's scoring chances came on setups from the other...
...addiction to battle (unless one considers his penchant for six-packs and Big Macs), but he had everything to prove. Wells has become the butt of hardball jokes, wearing his Yankee uniform like a pair of pajamas and angrily flipping balls to manager Joe Torre when he's yanked from games...