Word: tenoritis
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Three years ago, Michael Bolton had a fortunate epiphany. Sharing a stage with Luciano Pavarotti at an Italian benefit concert, Bolton heard the First Tenor sing Puccini's Nessun dorma. The experience left the pop balladeer "overwhelmed by the emotional depth of this great music." Now Bolton has recorded My Secret Passion: The Arias (Sony Classical), a collection of 10 popular arias and a duet from La Boheme on which he is joined by no less a luminary than soprano Renee Fleming...
Thankfully, we have no equivalent evils today. As Andrew A. Green '98 wrote in a Feb. 3 op-ed, "The tenor of campus politics this fall revealed a pervasive ignorance and selfishness among undergraduates." Which worthy causes does Green lament have not been taken up? [W]e have no multicultural student center, junior faculty are almost never tenured, there is no ethnic studies department, the Core has not (really) been reformed and finals are still after Christmas." Each of these concerns is Harvard-centered, and with the exception of a multi-cultural student center and an ethnic studies department...
...college can be a time for honing basicskills through vocal, dramatic or dance work.Cohen spent two years as a tenor and a featuredsoloist in the all-male a cappella group, theHarvard Krokodiloes, and says the experience hashelped him prepare for re-entry into the theaterworld after commencement...
While the general tenor of the staff editorial is sound, it overlooks a subtle but important point in its analysis of under-represented groups at Harvard. Despite a 20 percent Asian-American presence on campus, the population does not reflect the diversity of the Asian-Americans across the U.S. In its efforts to diversity the campus, the admissions office must continue its efforts to attract and recruit low-income and under-represented immigrant and working-class Asian-American students...
...general, I believe The Crimson's coverage was well-intentioned, and the lead story carefully documented and responsible. However, the two accompanying articles, because of their use of questionable quotations which did not add to the tenor of the debate, served to convince many that The Crimson was irresponsible...