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...lovers," Dionysos brushes off their calls for a proper opero-tragic suicide. "He doesn't want anything to do with that Valhalla tradition celebrating tragedy, pain and death," says Teodori. "And neither do I." It's one of the opera's more effective conceits, and Nieve's arias shine with what one applauding critic called "a true musicologist's reflection on the themes of Bizet, Bellini and Puccini...
...adorable child of mixed white and aboriginal blood, who needs her love but also needs the mystical wisdom of his grandfather (David Gulpilil), a sort of shaman, who stands about the outback, often on one leg, spouting gnomic wisdom (he has the ability to "sing" people he takes a shine to out of trouble). Along the way there are stampedes, fancy dress balls and the beginnings of World...
...need to get nostalgic, though—Harvard’s Game-centric school-spirit gatherings have never been perfect, rain or shine. The rally in 1962, held on Widener steps, suffered from the same stifling police environment that inhibits its latter-day cousins; it was closed out with two arrests, one of which was for “standing on a ladder”. The 1980 rally seems like it might have been an oasis of fun bisecting two almost-twenty-year dry spells. At it, the then-associate dean of freshmen worried that “the damn...
...this album. Following are a few samples. Track six, “Light From Your Lighthouse”—a ridiculous secularized version of “This Little Light of Mine”—features lyrics such as “Let it shine on / Let the light from your lighthouse shine on me.” And if that wasn’t schmaltzy enough for you, how about “Dance ’Til We’re High?” “We will dance / Light...
...rally for The Game did not go exactly according to plan. Despite Harvard’s best (and rare!) attempt at pep, rainy weather forced would-be cheerleaders to take their party inside. But tonight will be different. “It’s outside rain or shine,” says Vice-chair of the College Events Board Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10 confidently. Regardless of how wet or cold you may be, the CEB has ensured that Girl Talk, the popular DJ, will be covered by a tent. And if listening to Girl Talk?...