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• Brazilian Dream Team — If It’s Musicals You Want, Möeller-Botelho You’ll Get!

  

  Who Are You?Claudio Botelho Charles Moeller receiving the Shell Award in 2009I first met actor, director and writer Charles Möeller and his working partner —... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Mario, Mario, Mario!’ — High Notes to Die For: My Homage to Tenor Mario...

  

  Mario Filippeschi (operaarts.com)Today, I received a wonderful e-mail surprise from someone named Rosanna Filippeschi Sudano, the daughter of Italian tenor Mari... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘When the Legend Becomes Fact’ — Hollywood and the Historical Film (Part One)

  

  Introduction to “Reel” LifeDirector Oliver Stone (scmlmag.com)The fall 2013 issue of Cineaste includes a feature-length article by the magazine’s consulting... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘The Magic Flute’ — Abridged, and in English at the Met: ‘It’s a Bird, It’s a...

  

  Birds of a Feather Sing TogetherPapageno Dancing Flamingos (Ken Howard/Met Opera)If movie and theater director Julie Taymor struck out with Spider-Men and... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘7’ the Winner! The Brazilian Musical Comes of Age — Part Two: ‘Ele Vai Voltar’...

  

  AN ANALYSIS OF MÖELLER BOTELHO’S 7 – THE MUSICAL, ONE OF THE FINEST MUSICAL-THEATER PIECES EVER TO HIT THE BRAZILIAN STAGE The characters of 7 – The... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Pedaço De Mim’ (‘A Little Slice of Me’) – Chico Buarque’s ‘Ópera Do Malandro’ i...

  

  Thoughts on “The Street Hustler’s Opera”Set for Chico Buarque’s Opera do Malandro (mandrake.pt)On the eve of Moeller Botelho’s first show of the New Year,... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘And Before Him All Rome Trembled?’ — Where the Villain Outshines the Hero:...

  

  “Oh, Scarpia, We Meet Before God!”Sondra Radvanovsky in Act II of Tosca (Ken Howard)Never let it be said that Giacomo Puccini was a mere ladies’ man. Oh, he... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Brazil’s Fat Lady Can’t Sing, But She Can Still Do the Bossa Nova (Part One)

  

  An Introduction to my “Personal and Cultural History of Opera, Popular Music, Soccer, Musical Theater and the Cinema in the Land of Carnival and... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Learning to Speak Brazinglish

  

  “Which way to the World Cup?” (Art work: Joao Fazenda)By VANESSA BARBARANovember 8, 2013Our guest columnist for the month is São Paulo-born Vanessa Barbara. Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Noël, Noël, Noël’ — It’s the Christmas Opera, Charlie Brown!

  

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  Posted on 27 December 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘All the World’s an Opera Stage!’ — ‘Rigoletto’ and ‘Falstaff’ at the Met:...

  

  “Is This an Opera Which I See Before Me?”Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Rigoletto in Vegas (nytimes.com)December 7, 2013 marked the start of the Metropolitan Opera’s... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Villa-Lobos’ ‘Magdalena’ — How to Succeed With a Modern Brazilian Musical by...

  

  “Plan It by the Planets”Magdalena poster art (movimento.com)One weekend in April 2011, I happened by chance to be listening to Heitor Villa-Lobos’ beautiful... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ — Snakes Alive, Harry, It’s the...

  

  In content and in style, director Chris Columbus’ second screen installment of the continuing Harry Potter series of children’s books, Harry Potter and the... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Handel’s ‘Giulio Cesare’ — ‘If It Ain’t Baroque, Don’t Fix It’

  

  He Came, He Saw, He ConqueredSometimes, we bloggers have to eat our own words. This was the case last Saturday night when, after posting a piece about the... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘I See Dead People’ — Whatever Happened to M. Night Shyalaman’s Film Talent?

  

  From Film School to Films Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan (seriable.com)Indian-born director and screenwriter Manoj Shyamalan, known in the film trade as M. Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• What Happens in Vegas Stays at the Met — A Rousing ‘Rigoletto’ Kicks Off This...

  

  “La donna è mobile,” “Caro nome,” “Pari siamo,” “Bella figlia dell’amore,” and other well-known tunes from Verdi’s Rigoletto are just one of the many delights t... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Soccer Field of Fractured Dreams: Brazil 2006 World Cup Debacle (Part Two) —...

  

  Portugal is in! Portugal is in! Last Tuesday night (on November 19), the Portuguese national team secured a spot in the upcoming 2014 World Cup by beating Swede... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Leading Man on Fire — A Denzel Washington Primer

  

  The award-winning actor continues to give generously of himself, and not just to movie fans but to his alma mater as well.Denzel Washington at Fordham... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Lo, the Savior Approaches (Part Five) — Villa-Lobos’ ‘Magdalena,’ Broadway Bound

  

  Here, There and EverywhereHeitor Villa-Lobos – Doodle on GoogleA little known aspect of Villa-Lobos’ overseas exploits involved his first tour of the United... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘7’ the Winner! — The Brazilian Musical Comes of Age (Part One)

  

  AN APPRECIATION OF MÖELLER BOTELHO’S 7 – THE MUSICAL, ONE OF THE FINEST MUSICAL-THEATER PIECES EVER TO HIT THE BRAZILIAN STAGE THE STORY:7 – The Musical... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA