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...told me of a relative in Leninakan who lost two children in the rubble; a third child had her legs severed at the knees. He reflected on Armenian hopes to regain Nagorno-Karabakh, the disputed Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan, and told how his six-year-old son can already sing patriotic songs about his Armenian homeland. "We already have had our share of grief this year," George said. "And now this new disaster promises us even more. But if you come back again this week, I will wait for you here. With a bottle of cognac. Life must...
Bruce and Sting sing for liberty; France stays left; one result of a terrible accident...
...professorial badinage and flamboyant dramatic monologues. But it is Davies' own voice that seems most memorable: confident, unhurried, interested and amused. Late in the novel, on the brink of the opera's opening night, the narrative pauses briefly to consider Oliver Twentyman, a trouper in his 80s who will sing the role of Merlin the magician: "He liked being old -- and still a great artist. Age, linked with achievement, was a splendid crown to life." So it is, as this novel and Davies' remarkable career munificently demonstrate...
...change at the top to restore the company's tarnished luster. It will take a change of heart. What the Met needs is fewer circuses and more bread. It is an old theater adage that you can't hum the scenery. If only the Temple of Ptha could sing...
With little kids scampering in between tables laden with hors d'oevres and plastic glasses of white wine, about 100 union members and their supporters gathered to make merry. While the Pipettes didn't quite sing Handel's "Messiah," their tunes lofted across the church's crowded rooms, creating a distinctive mixture of Christmas spirit and union activism...