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Reviews by Josmar Lopes
http://josmarlopes.wordpress.com/
Brazilian culture and history (as well as music, opera, the arts), films in general, sci-fi/fantasy/horror films in particular, TV, opera history, reviews and personalities, pop music, pop culture personalities, bossa nova, soccer. I was invited to submit my blog by Emma on Dec 6, 2012.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 426 )
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Met Opera Round Up: Playing ‘Catch-Up’ and Singing the Broadcast Blues (Part One)
Here’s What We MissedJohn Dexter’s colorful set for Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio (Met Opera)We’re back with more tales of operatic woes. Read more
Posted on 05 March 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
‘It Came from Outer Space’ (1953): Strangers in a Strange Land
The discovery of the alien craft in It Came from Outer Space (Universal, 1953)An imaginary Arizona locale and desert town is the eerie setting for... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
Dysfunctional Family Values: ‘Elektra’ and ‘Salome’ at the Met (Part Two) — Swep...
Don’t Lose Your Head, John!“Reach out and touch someone” – Salome (Patricia Racette) entices Herod (Gerhard Siegel) to give in to her entreaties in Salome... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
Dysfunctional Family Values: ‘Elektra’ and ‘Salome’ at the Met (Part One)
Swedish soprano Nina Stemme as Elektra (Metropolitan Opera)It’s Greek to Me!Every generation feels it has the answers to life’s problems — and ours is no... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
Michael Richards ‘Winged’ Takes Flight: A Voice Once Silenced Cries Out Anew...
Truth to PowerYours truly beside sculpture of Tar Baby vs, St. Sebastian (Photo courtesy of Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Sep. Read more
Posted on 29 January 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
‘There’s Somethin’ Happenin’ Here’ — Songs That Celebrate a Turbulent Time...
For Pete’s SakeAmerican Folk-Rock Bank: The Byrds, circa the 1960sLong before Bob Dylan made his mark; before Peter, Paul and Mary made the folk scene a... Read more
Posted on 28 January 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
‘King Kong’ (1933): The Monster That ‘Aped’ New York
The lights are bight on Broadway: King Kong on stage (1933)A giant killer gorilla escapes its confines to wreak havoc on the streets of 1930s Manhattan. Read more
Posted on 21 January 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ (1951): A Message for Mankind
Klaatau (Michael Rennie) speaks: “We come in peace and with goodwill,” in The Day the Earth Stood StillThe eerie sound of the theremin (two of them, in fact)... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
‘The Thing From Another World’ (1951) and ‘The Thing’ (1982): Who Really Goes...
The Iceman cometh and went: Howard Hawks’ The Thing From Another World (RKO Pictures)One is an old Cold War relic, the other a modern-esque tale of paranoia... Read more
Posted on 02 January 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
‘Superman: The Movie’ (1978) — The Hero with a Heart
Christopher Reeve as the “reel” Man of Steel in Superman (1978)What’s the best superhero movie ever made? Why, it’s Superman: The Movie, of course. You can bet... Read more
Posted on 26 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT -
‘Through the Dark of Night’ (‘Pela Escuridão’) — The Songs of ‘7 – The Musical’...
Amelia in 7 – The Musical (Moeller-Botelho-Motta)Make a Wish (On Second Thought, Maybe Not!) On this day after Christmas, what better way to celebrate the... Read more
Posted on 26 December 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
‘The Mark of Zorro’ (1940) — Robin Hood of the West
Diego (Tyrone Power) fights a duel to the death with Captain Esteban (Basil Rathbone) in The Mark of Zorro (Photo: film.thedigitalfix. Read more
Posted on 17 December 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
‘V’ is for Verdi: The Met Opera’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ and ‘Otello’ — How the...
Two Peas in a PodPlacido Domingo as Simon Boccanegra (Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera)The subtitle of this post, “How the Mighty Have Fallen,” expresses not only... Read more
Posted on 01 December 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
There’s Wagner in the Air: North Carolina Opera Crosses the Rainbow Bridge with...
Clever by a HalfAlberich (Todd Thomas) the Rhine Maidens, in rehearsal for Scene I of Wagner’s Das Rheingold (Photo: North Carolina Opera)Instead of presentin... Read more
Posted on 25 November 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
Michael Richards ‘Winged’ Takes Flight: A Voice Once Silenced Cries Out Anew...
The City Never SleepsHaving grown up and lived in New York for almost four decades, you would think that I had visited most of its myriad attractions. Not so! Read more
Posted on 24 November 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
‘V’ is for Verdi: The Met Opera’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ and ‘Otello’ — How the...
Arrigo Boito Verdi (Photo: Achille Ferrario, Gazzetta di Parma, 1892)A Poet’s Work is Never DoneArrigo Boito would never have been Verdi’s choice for a... Read more
Posted on 12 November 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
There’s Wagner in the Air: North Carolina Opera Presents ‘Das Rheingold’ at...
Banner for North Carolina Opera’s Das Rheingold at Meymandi HallPolitics and the RingRichard Wagner, by the words and actions of those who knew and worked with... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
A Brazilian on Broadway: Bibi Ferreira, the Grande Dame of the Brazilian Stage,...
Bibi Ferreira at Symphony Space in Manhattan, Sep 20, 2016 Birth of the Rio Blues On June 1, 1922, when Bibi Ferreira let out her first wail as the newborn... Read more
Posted on 02 October 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
‘Manon Lescaut,’ ‘Madama Butterfly,’ and the Met’s Latest Love Couple (Part Two)...
Game of Thorns and ThronesBunraku puppet Trouble, Cio-Cio-San (Kristine Opolais) Suzuki (Maria Zifchak) in Act II of Madama Butterfly (Met Opera Photo)In a... Read more
Posted on 17 September 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA -
Her Eyes Were Fixed on Bette Davis (Part Three): The Dating Game, ‘Paulistano’...
Life is What You Make of ItBette Davis Paul Henreid in Now, Voyager (1942), with Sugar Loaf in the backgroundTelling my parents’ life stories, and, at the sam... Read more
Posted on 10 September 2016 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA