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...similar picture across the Irish Sea. A report this year from the Von Hügel Institute in Cambridge suggested that, with the influx of East Europeans, Catholicism could soon be the dominant religion in Britain, which hasn't been the case since, oh, 1550. Construction on the 2012 Olympic sites in London is about to ramp up, providing more jobs. Many Poles in London are "well-qualified workmen with very good experience," says Adam Wasilewski, a Polish immigrant who has invested in his own stoneware business in London and who hires mainly Poles. Tesco and Sainsbury's, the British supermarket...
...viewers will respond to McMahon’s unusual choice of role is yet to be seen. Regardless, his other two films in the works this year promise to keep the actor’s fan base satisfied. He will return to the screen as the villainous Victor Von Doom in the sequel “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer†in June, and he will star in the independent horror flick, “Prisoner†later this year...
...Lowell House Opera are also high, and “Der Rosenkavalier†fills the stage with four hours of romance, intrigue, and deception. The performance—sung in German, with projected English subtitles—opens on the affair of the Marschallin, Princess Marie Therese von Werdenberg (Annette Betanski), with her young lover, Octavian (Emily Marvosh...
...Marschallin’s cousin, Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau (Erik Kroncke), Octavian assumes the disguise of a chambermaid, “Mariandel.†Ochs—who has come to discuss his engagement plans— mentions that he hopes to give his promised bride, Sophie von Faninal (Kate Woolf), a silver rose, and the Marschallin suggests he offer “Mariandel†as well...
...From there, the plot thickens, as Ochs becomes smitten with the disguised Octavian, who falls in love with Sophie von Faninal, who is promised to Ochs. Each of the three acts is packed with deception and bittersweet moments between Octavian, the Marschallin and Sophie...