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...tickets to what had been a free show, pricing out many. Corporate clients reserved large parts of the arena for the rich, famous and, this being Brazil, beautiful. Around the same time samba schools themselves moved away from their roots in Rio's poor communities, giving awards to sambas sung by outsiders and adopting themes sponsored by multinationals. (Last year's champion won with an appeal for Latin American unity that was funded, to the tune of a reported $500,000, by Venezuela's state-oil company...
...orchestra played in tune and matched the vim and vigor of the cast in the second half successfully. The music in the first half could have been more crisp and energetic, but the cast’s singing more than made up for it. Even though the opera was sung entirely in English, a side-screen displayed the lyrics to the arias. In general, it was sufficient to observe the facial expressions of the singers to understand the lyrics, but in numbers where three or four people sang, the screen was useful. While the production was enjoyable overall, the final...
...This production of “The Marriage of Figaro” is accessible to everyone. First of all, the opera is sung entirely in English. I’ve also tried to express my own humor and sense of fun in the staging of the opera. The result has been some unorthodox, but all the more entertaining, characters...
...drug dealers, what eventually made the rest of the world take note was the film's blistering soundtrack, which was a breakthrough moment for reggae music. As well as the songs like "Many Rivers To Cross" and "You Can Get It If You Really Want" that were written and sung by young singer Jimmy Cliff, (who also played the lead character, Ivan), the soundtrack showcased Toots and the Maytals' "Pressure Drop," Desmond Dekker's "Israelites," the Melodians' "Rivers of Babylon." Before the world knew or cared about Bob Marley, here was reggae's defining mix of roots rhythms and social...
...NAMI SUNG ’09 of Queens, N.Y. and Winthrop House Associate Photography Chair...