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...first to concede that he has some ripening to do: "I feel I'm a grown-up artist now, with my own orchestra and recordings, but I also know that in 10 years I'll look back and say, 'A grown-up? Then? Preposterous!'" Jonathan Lemalu, 27, New Zealand. This burly bass-baritone may have accomplished less so far than Lang Lang or Harding, but he's generating just as much buzz. And no wonder. At his Glyndebourne Festival debut this summer, playing Neptune in Mozart's Idomeneo, he riveted the attention with not only vocal power, but musicality...
WHALE RIDER. The Whangara people of New Zealand search for a new tribal leader to follow in the legacy of their ancestor Paikea, who was once saved from drowning by riding on the back of a whale. The would-be heir to the title of chief dies during birth, while his twin sister, Pai, survives. A natural leader, Pai grows up striving to overcome the odds of gender oppression in her tribe and engages in a quest for the title of chief. The performance is moving and well acted, although meanings of some tribal references are lost on Western audiences...
...fault. [Genetically engineered] foods and chemicals along with the messes of sugars are harmful. Because we refuse to pay the right amount of taxes and cut what the government was getting, we only hurt education institutions. That's where the solution starts. Allen Landon New Zealand...
WHALE RIDER. The Whangara people of New Zealand search for a new tribal leader to follow in the legacy of their ancestor Paikea, who was once saved from drowning by riding on the back of a whale. The would-be heir to the title of chief dies during birth, while his twin sister, Pai, survives. A natural leader, Pai grows up striving to overcome the odds of gender oppression in her tribe and engages in a quest for the title of chief. The performance is moving and well acted, although meanings of some tribal references are lost on Western audiences...
...course, the commercials have a rather glaring flaw. As the camera pans the landscape, a mountain appears. We have lots of fields and trees in Michigan, but we most certainly do not have any mountains. The commercials were actually shot in New Zealand in January—I guess winter in Michigan would not yield the appropriate “harvest.” Still, it’s a shame that our own scenery couldn’t be recognized...