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...utterly different aesthetic. One explanation for Asia's increasing dominance of Western classical music is a perceived cultural difference in its approach to training young artists. "It takes a lot of time and discipline to develop a musical talent," says soprano Sumi Jo, speaking from her home in Rome, where she is preparing for a tour of Korea in July. "By the time I was eight, I was practicing the piano eight hours a day. I think Asian kids may have a greater capacity to sit in one place and concentrate and do what's expected of them than Western...
Most American bishops think Cuomo took prudence too far, providing philosophical cover for Catholic politicians whose prochoice votes were less pious tactics than they were Democratic careerism. But in Rome some moderate theologians are less fervent on abortion's primacy than are their colleagues in the U.S. "The only black and white in all of this is that abortion is wrong," says a Roman canon-law expert. "The idea of the litmus test is not part of Catholic teaching. It is part of American political culture." Nevertheless, the same scholar senses "an emerging impatience" among church leaders around the globe...
ABORTION: Does Rome see it as trumping every other issue...
...part of "the Strong One." "It's in the family DNA," he says. "I didn't ever let [the captors] see any fear. I wouldn't give them the satisfaction." The three Italians and a Polish hostage were rescued Tuesday by U.S. troops, but Agliana was ordered by Rome magistrates not to discuss his capture or liberation. The rescue raid appears to have been remarkably clean, though details are sketchy. No shots were fired, and Agliana said there were just two guards when U.S. troops arrived by helicopter. He wouldn't respond to reports that the guards weren't armed...
...Lost Musicals, has flourished since 1988. In 1994, the year Encores! began, the York Theatre uptown inaugurated a Musicals in Mufti series (its motto: "Think Encores! on a budget") to spotlight "underappreciated" musicals by such highly appreciated composers as Richard Rodgers, Kurt Weill, Duke Ellington, Jule Styne, Harold Rome, Noel Coward and Alan Menken. Downtown, and way downscale, there's Mel Miller's Musicals Tonight! series, which this week finished a run of the 1926 "The Girl Friend," by Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, and which last month won a Village Voice Obie grant for trying really hard on no budget...