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...students, Jennifer E. Rice, directs pointed rebukes at several young men who stand in a corner chatting while she paints. Rice's clothes are covered in white paint but she is proud of her diligence and particularly vocal...
...Many vocal connoisseurs regard Ben Heppner, 42, as the real tenor of his generation. A beefy, shambling Canadian whom conductor James Levine rightly calls a "phenomenon," Heppner is the first singer in years who has the vocal heft needed for the massive Wagnerian roles that were once owned by Lauritz Melchior. No operatic appearances in 1998 were as eagerly awaited as Heppner's Lohengrin at the Met and Tristan und Isolde at the Seattle Opera, and the critical verdict was passionately positive. Small wonder: the Wagner excerpts included on his latest CD, Ben Heppner Sings German Romantic Opera (RCA Victor...
...Hensher's sneering libretto tells the scabrous story of the decline and fall of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (the "Mrs. Sweeny" of Cole Porter's You're the Top), who liked to do the Full Monica on her male servants. Ades' score is a glib farrago of sour, splintered vocal writing, postmodern pastiche and cartoony sound effects. Is this the music of the future? No, just further proof that the now exhausted classical-music avant-garde is repeating itself--this time as camp...
...WORST Boy Groups Backstreet Boys. 'N Sync. 98 Degrees. All-male vocal groups are all over the charts and all over MTV. But their vocals skills are limited, and they seem to spend way too much time styling what little facial hair they have. The Jackson 5 did it better. These jokers make one long for the relative authenticity of the Spice Girls...
...soar. Artistic care gives way to religious caution, and the picture sometimes looks starched, stodgy. Except for the When You Believe anthem, Stephen Schwartz's tunes mostly bring not buoyancy but ballast to the proceedings. While Jeff Goldblum is good as a fretful Aaron, the rest of an exemplary vocal cast (Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Patrick Stewart) can't add much shading or power. Steve Martin is here for muted comic relief, but don't expect to hear him sing King Tut. Any sort of irreverence would be out of place in this by-the-Book rendition. Nonetheless...