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...tamed, Katharina; 12) Ophelia; 13) & 14) Othello and his ill-fated wife, Desdemona; 15) & 16) Juliet and Romeo; 17) a gravedigger from Hamlet; 18) & 19) Macbeth and Lady Macbeth; 20), 21) & 22) the three witches from Macbeth, stirring their boiling cauldron; 23) & 24) Bottom, the weaver, and Queen Titania under the influence of Puck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 18, 1960 | 7/18/1960 | See Source »

...curious patterns of bells, vocal parts accompanied only by harps and percussion. To place the world of the fairies at a clear remove from the world of mortals, Britten wrote the part of Oberon for countertenor (Alfred Deller), a high-pitched, constricted voice never heard in modern opera, and Titania for high soprano (Jennifer Vyvyan). The music of the lovers, on the other hand, was mainly characterized by throbbing, Wagnerian chords while the music for the rustics was simple and zestful-as broadly comic as Shakespeare's own words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Shakespeare's Equal? | 6/27/1960 | See Source »

...balcony shouted, "Don't come home too late tonight!" Through a loudspeaker a voice called, "Monsieur Bejart is wanted at the concierge's!" When things quieted down, Puck emerged from a wicker basket, wearing a pair of baby-blue wings, and three saucy minxes (Titania, Hermia. Helena) bumped and ground their way across the stage. In Sonnet for Sister Kate, an untamed shrew in an orange wig and a southof-the-navel decollete shimmied front and center, then disappeared into the wings, where she was received by the chatter of an offstage machine gun. In Lady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: To Beat or Not to Beat | 4/4/1960 | See Source »

...then he has popped up in England, France, Finland, Austria and Switzerland, collecting plenty of excited notices. This time he dashed through ten performances in West Germany (plus recording sessions) in 15 days, wound up last week with a grand finale in West Berlin's cold and functional Titania-Palast theater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Like Father? | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

Those who cherish diamonds because of their high cost (owing to the tight control of the South African diamond monopoly) will not welcome the development of titania. But in sparkle and "fire," it surpasses its rival and may force the merchandisers of genuine diamonds to warn their customers against too much "fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diamond Rival | 2/26/1951 | See Source »

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