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...Charles Ludlam, founder of New York's Ridiculous Theatrical Company, turns the opera into a tragicomedy in the vein of a 19th century melodrama, but one with a pointed moral. In a season that also includes Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld and Strauss's neglected Die Liebe der Danae, Santa Fe has proved once again that it is the most adventurous, if not to say eclectic, opera company around. --By Michael Walsh
Descendants of Levi Strauss, the California gold-rush jeansmaker who founded the world's largest apparel manufacturer, announced in San Francisco last week that they are "exploring" a move to recapture full family ownership of the company, by taking it private in a $1 billion-plus leveraged buyout. The move is led by Robert D. Haas, 43, the Levi Strauss president and a great-great-grandnephew of the firm's founder. Haas claims the backing of other family members who own some 40% of the outstanding Levi common stock. They wish to purchase the rest, which has been issued since...
...African and Latin rhythms that make it impossible not to get up and dance! You’ll find yourself getting jiggy to your head phones on the way to class.To satisfy my classical craving, I’ve also rediscovered “Ein Heldenleben” by Strauss. The German title means “A Hero’s Life” in English. I love it because it’s so bold and playful at the same time, and every instrument has a good part...
...minor TV star in Britain and little known in the U.S. His best-known role here was as another baddie, in the 2000 indie crime movie Sexy Beast. "The question was how his [Mancunian] accent would play in such a quintessentially American role," says HBO entertainment president Carolyn Strauss. But, says creator David Milch, McShane dropped the accent and inhabited the role so thoroughly that he overcame Milch's doubts...
...It’s time to have an open community forum on this,” Strauss said...