Word: singeing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...want Andre Agassi to win a tennis match? Hold up a picture of Brooke Shields and sing "Go Grease Lightning" when he's serving, and you'll accomplish your task...
...more chimerical aspect of Elkies' musical life is his singing. In exactly which register is he most at home? "I have to sing bass in the Glee Club," he responds, adding that "I have sung tenor under duress, and alto under the influence!" His voice, however, is not Elkies' real forte: "It might still be conceivable [for me] to get a career as a professional musician, but not as a singer...
...Monaco had to throw Boccanegra together in eight days-the chronically overbooked Placido Domingo was late in starting rehearsals; Vladimir Chernov, the Boccanegra, was silenced by flu; and Cheryl Studer, who was to sing Boccanegra's daughter, canceled. In a remarkable piece of last-minute luck, the Met was able to sign Te Kanawa. On opening night the ensemble came through under conductor James Levine's eloquent direction. Only the massive council-chamber scene looked tentative. Viva grand opera that is grand...
...know FAYE DUNAWAY can sue; we may never know whether she can sing. After ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER dropped her from his Los Angeles production of Sunset Boulevard last year, claiming the cinema star wasn't up to its ``musical demands,'' she countered by slapping him with a $6 million lawsuit. But now composer and actress are practically humming in harmony, having settled their differences for an undisclosed sum--reported to be $1.5 million. Dunaway said she was pleased they were able to ``patch up a very painful public rift,'' and Lloyd Webber lauded her as ``an extraordinary talent.'' A happy...
...seem a specialized taste. But the appeal of La Gran Scena goes well beyond that of your usual drag show. As they have been demonstrating on their seven-city U.S. tour, these divas can convulse mainstream audiences; and they are not only consummate clowns, but they can really sing...