Word: sopranoes
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...invokes an obscene number of high school and college stereotypes, acutely playing off of teenage insecurities—it tells its audience that any transformation can be made with MTV’s help. In its casting call, MTV asks: “Are you…The soprano in the church choir but secretly want to learn how to rock? The computer geek who wants to put down his pocket protectors and pick up a varsity jacket?” If so, MTV suggests that you are a perfect candidate for “MADE.” Recent...
...legendary 60s activist, Joan Baez performed at MLK’s 1963 March on Washington, participated in the Free Speech movement at UC Berkeley and co-founded the Institute for the Study of Nonviolence. She’s also a talented soprano, a versatile folk rock star, a six-time Grammy Award-nominee and a Woodstock performer. 8 p.m. $30.50-$38. Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass. Ave., Boston...
...time of the Bonus Army and Hitler's rise was inspired, and the show looks as spectacular as we expect from HBO; it captures Middle America in a million luscious shades of brown and pulls off the occasional novel, spooky image. But we also expect the home of Tony Soprano to give us characters with well-imagined inner lives. Brother Justin comes across as a typical whited sepulcher--if there's one thing more trite than a dwarf in a surreal drama, it's a preacher with a dark side--and Brown's campy performance largely involves shouting "Enough...
...classical-music world is becoming more and more pop: dominated by production-line performers who fit the latest high-selling stereotype. And to some extent it's true. Many record execs, understandably excited by the high sales figures of acts such as tenor Russell "The Voice" Watson and teen soprano Charlotte Church, now place their bets on musicians with broad commercial potential - the chance to earn big numbers swiftly. So they throw seven-figure contracts and vast marketing budgets at those who can best ape the pop stars. What they forget, of course, is that serious, carefully nurtured and developed...
...galactic standards, Verbier's lineup for its 10th anniversary is extraordinary. There will be no fewer than 45 stars on show, including top conductors James Levine (who heads the festival's resident youth orchestra) and Esa-Pekka Salonen, gypsy fiddler Roby Lakatos, consummate pianist Emanuel Ax and legendary soprano Elisabeth Söderström. Music lovers who have gathered in the village can't believe their luck. "It's so exciting to see all these stars here," enthuses 20-year-old New Zealander Paul Rah, as he waits patiently in line for tickets. "I'm going...