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While the Lowell House dining hall may pale in comparison to the grandeur of the world famous “Teatro alla Scala” in Milan, both can proudly boast of producing engaging opera on a grand scale. True to its billing as Harvard’s “flagship annual opera,” the Lowell House Opera (LHO) offered an impressive production of Giuseppe Verdi’s four-act masterwork “Otello” for its 71st annual show, especially considering the constraints of its venue. The LHO’s production?...
When Harvard TEATRO!’s production of “Tres sombreros de copa” (“Three Top Hats”) premieres this Friday, it will mark the Spanish play’s first performance in its original language in the United States. But Spain isn’t the only faraway place on the mind of the play’s director: Verónica Rodriguez Ballasteros, a Madrid native, hopes to introduce Harvard audiences to her figurative homeland as well as her literal one.“The need to direct this play...
...vocabulary lists. Pursuing a PhD in theater studies at the prestigious Complutense University of Madrid, Rodríguez premiered an original play, “Chéjov en el jardín” (“Chekhov in the Garden”), on Feb. 21 at the Teatro Español, a prominent theater in Madrid, where it will run through March 16.“Chekhov in the Garden” was inspired by Rodríguez’s passion for Russian theater. “This project emerged from my fascination with Anton Chekhov, because...
...Spanish play to have ever been performed in a Harvard theatre. Directed by Christopher N. Hanley ’07-’08 and produced by Julie Ann Crommett ’08, “Bodas de Sangre” is the inaugural production of Harvard College TEATRO!, a new student organization that presents Spanish plays at Harvard in their original language.A tale about love, suffering, and betrayal (I promise it’s nothing like the typical Spanish telenovela), “Bodas de Sangre” is a haunting story about a wife...
...Juliet” to “West Side Story,” forbidden love has been a staple in the theater. But how often does Harvard hear that tale told in Spanish?In a break with tradition, the newly formed student group “Harvard College TEATRO!” debuted a production “Bodas de Sangre” by Federico García Lorca in the original Spanish in the Agassiz Theatre last night. “Bodas de Sangre” (which translates to “Blood Wedding”), the first Spanish...