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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...company brought something else too. It did not show up on any check list, but it was essential: the ghostly presence of great composers. The repertory for the visit consisted mostly of works passed down through the company's musical heritage directly from those composers' hands. There was Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, premiered in Vienna in 1786 with Mozart himself conducting from the keyboard. There was Beethoven's Fidelio, also first produced in Vienna with the composer presiding, in 1805. From the 20th century there were Salome and Ariadne auf Naxos, the latter premiered...
...hopes so. The operas brought to Washington are all great works; but they are also cultural totems, safe and certified, and this reflects a basic conservatism in the company's outlook. It would have been refreshing if one production had been set aside for something offbeat, to show what the company can do in a more unusual direction. The great Viennese tradition, after all, is made up of a succession of creative figures who transformed it even as they were perpetuating it. Mahler once burst out to his recalcitrant colleagues: "What you theater people call your tradition is nothing...
Unfortunately, Eichner's absence is not the Crimson's only headache. Murphy, who is the owner of two notoriously injury-ridden legs and who has been suffering from tendonitis in his knees, will show up on the starting line without having run since a light workout on Monday...
...sunken continent," to which Updike appeals to show the unity between human individual islands is a tired thematic device. The frogman and the Cub Scout mother have very little to say to each other...
...front, however, the vision may be bright enough to blot out last year's surreal horror show of missed shots, fanned shots and no shots. Six--count 'em--six freshmen will grace the four-line offense ("We went with three lines in the past because the depth wasn't there"--Cleary), and the rookies are supposed to be slick, speedy, and most important, goal-hungry. The new names--Greg Britz, Rob Burns, David Connors, Greg Olson (Mitch's brother), Neil Sheehy (brother of the NHLer), Jim Turner--join old names like Burke, Mike Watson, Tom Murray and Bob McDonald...