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...very important institution at Harvard as it keeps seniors serious about their theses,” said Oscar Hernandez ’06, who was awarded the prize for his thesis “A Theater of Harmony: Adamo Boari’s Project for the Teatro Nacional, Mexico.”“If such a prestigious prize is being given away to students it shows that Harvard thinks students’ research is important,” Hernandez said.Ian K.L Goh ’06, a senior whose thesis “To Make a Prairie: Bees...
...except at a few top companies, many Latin countries have excellent ballet schools, often subsidized by the government, where youngsters are put through a rigorous classical regimen. Spain boasts a fine school run by former Maurice Bjart dancer Vctor Ullate. Argentina has another, at the century-old Teatro Coln in Buenos Aires. But the most celebrated and influential school in the Latin world is the one attached to Cuba's National Ballet, supported by Castro since 1959 and presided over by the indomitable Alonso...
...book, The City of Falling Angels (Penguin Press; 414 pages), due out in September, Berendt's subject is the death not of a human being but of a building: Gran Teatro La Fenice, Venice's 200-year-old gilded treasure chest of an opera house, which burned to the ground in 1996. Was it an accident or arson...
Aside from a somewhat shaky performance from Rumanian-born Soprano Ileana Cotrubas, who sings Magda, the Lyric's handsome, glittering production is cast with young Americans. Originally presented in 1981 at Pisa's Teatro Comunale G. Verdi, it is directed by Giulio Chazalettes, who might have made more of Rondine's disillusioned subtext and in so doing brought out its richer texture. But as performers gradually realize the opera's possibilities, harder-edged interpretations will no doubt follow...
...flamboyant Florentine chef Fabio Picchi now rules all four corners of the Sant' Ambrogio quarter: his Teatro del Sale, housed in part of a former 14th century convent, is his latest stage set. The justly celebrated (and very pricey) Il Cibr?o came first in 1979, followed quickly by the more affordable Trattoria Cibreo, then the Cibr?o Caff? across the street. At the convivial Teatro del Sale, a membership fee of $7 opens the door to a buffet of creative yet nostalgic cuisine (prix fixe $32), with a theatrical revue or concert after dinner. Picchi calls his new labor of love...