Word: wagnerism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rest of the cast is capable but unable to transcend its status as one-dimensional narrative tools. John Speredakos as Happy, David Brummel as Charley, Bill Kaux as Howard Wagner, Spike McClure as Bernard and Ron Parady as Uncle Ben, all play their roles competently--no scene-stealers here...
...Figaro" is not demanding in the same way as a Verdi or Wagner opera; sheer volume and range are less important here than lyric grace and vocal agility. But in some of Mozart's more convoluted ensembles--"Figaro" boasts several scenes in which more than six people are singing simultaneously--that agility can be just as difficult as a louder and showier Verdi aria. Just the elaborate recitatives, which are crucial to advance the plot, require a daunting combination of comic skill and vocal dexterity. What's more, "Figaro" has at least five major singing roles, and a weak voice...
ADOLF HITLER AND HIS JACKbooted cohort had Horst Wessel and Wagner's Teutonic blood-music to get them in the mood. Former neo-Nazi hooligan Ingo Hasselbach and his Doc Martens--style head bangers had Johnny Rotten and the Sex Pistols...
...short, The Twilight of the Golds as about what humans do when thrusted into god like positions. Who has the right to do what-and why Who benefits' Who loves. The play gets its name from Wagner's Twilight of the Gods, the final opera in his epic Ring Cycle. But other than being David's current operatic obsession and occasioning some very nifty sound and visual effects, the Wagner link is really nothing more than a pretty connection that distracts more than it enriches...
...Wagner, who is currently enrolled in the HealthFlex Family Plan, will see his health care costs rise 117 percent this year, as a result of Blue Cross raising its premiums significantly...