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With French mezzo-soprano Hélène Delavault at his side, Harvard’s new University Library Director, Robert C. Darnton ’60, proceeded to give the full house of students and professors in Radcliffe Gymnasium what he termed a “cabaret lecture...
...series of acronyms that, put together, suggest that this really is somebody: HIR, HPT, IOP, PBHA. You may not be UC President. But who else is the Business Secretary of Women and Youth Supporting Each Other and the Vice President of the Harvard Romanian Association and the only coloratura soprano in the Harvard Krokodiloes? Each additional acronym carves out a niche in which you can predominate. And with each acronym comes another bracketed e-mail list.True Love Revolution—yet another of Harvard’s cornucopia of organizations—periodically hosts forums for those who feel unfulfilled...
...effects of Reinert’s beautifully clear, determined voice—and through a costume change involving a blonde wig.Both Morris and Reinert were directed well by Powell to use expressions and gestures which never let the audience forget that they were playing nonhuman beings. The two soprano soloists, Julia S. Cavallaro ’08 and Paula Downes, also succeeded in this effort, matching the loveliness of their white and blue tunics with mesmerizing, flowing movements. Unfortunately, the dancers who appeared in one scene to distract Arthur from his search were not similarly choreographed to lend a more...
...third season, this self-described soap opera has turned into the last act of Hamlet, with corpses littering the stage. After the deaths of several supporting meerkats, Flower--the show's matriarch and protagonist, a furry female Tony Soprano--died of a snakebite defending her pups. A few weeks later, Flower's long-suffering daughter Mozart--a fan favorite who was abandoned by her mother and lost several pups--was killed off camera by an unknown predator. Grief-stricken fans held online vigils, created Diana-style tributes, even suggested the deaths were faked. (Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance--they...
...second selection, “Shéhérazade,” shifted the atmosphere Eastward with lightly skittering strings backing the evocative melodies of mezzo-soprano guest artist Susan Graham. Graham carried the audience through the emotional narrative suggested in her performance of three poems, Tristan Klingsor’s “Asie,” “La Flûte enchantée,” and “L’Indifférent.” First wistful, then almost conversational, Graham engaged the audience with her poignant renderings of longing...