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...wins the top prize of $40,077. Not a bad return on an entry fee of $577 -- a real bargain compared with the $2,000 some other casinos charge for their slot competitions. "We don't expect to make money off the tournaments themselves," says Castle president Roger P. Wagner, "but they bring in the folks for other casino play...
PARSIFAL. On paper at least, it sings. Wagner's perennial Lenten draw is a specialty of James Levine, music director of the Metropolitan Opera, and for this year's cast, he has united the great Jessye Norman as Kundry and supertenor Placido Domingo in the title role of this new production. Performances through April...
...shortage of new housing will continue to boost demand for existing homes as more buyers compete for them. That will provide welcome relief to many homeowners who found selling distressingly difficult while prices were depressed. In Oak Park, Ill., Tom and Debbie Wagner put their house on the market last November after he accepted a job transfer to Ohio. Says she: "We must have had 100 people look at this house, but no one was buying." In February, when Tom left for his new job, Debbie had to stay behind with their three children. "It was getting real depressing...
...music tastes are fairly sedate. Since the fighting started, says program director Sergeant Major Bob Nelson, "it's like someone put a pillow on it; we got a lot of requests for soft and sentimental songs. When it heats up, we slow down." Army Private Brian Chavez, 18, of Wagner, Okla., worries about being out of touch. "There will be all new music when we go back," he moans. "There'll be a new way of dancing. We will look like dorks, like we are dancing the Watusi or something...
...keyboard virtuoso, his myriad compositions were often regarded as dense and difficult ("Too many notes, my dear Mozart," Emperor Joseph II supposedly said). Musicians, however, recognized his greatness. "I love Mozart as the musical Christ," said Tchaikovsky. "The most tremendous genius raised Mozart above all masters," said Wagner, "in all centuries and in all the arts...