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• Flames Over Rio 2016 (Part Four): The Changing of the Avant-Garde

  Brazil came out last. Not last in the competition, mind you, but as the last nation to present its eager group of athletes. In all, the city of Rio had put on... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2018 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Massenet’s ‘Cendrillon’: A Fairy-Tale Wish Comes True at the Met

  Yesterday, July 14, was the French holiday, Bastille Day, or Le jour de la Bastille. In France, it is better known as la fête nationale, a national holiday.... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2018 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Delivered in Pain: The Birth of Nations — Operas, Musicals and Movies with...

  

  It is instructive, at this point, to compare two of producer-director Cecil B. DeMille's historical epics, both dealing with the pirate and privateer Jean... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2018 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Fiction Story — ‘How to Paint Paradise: A Magical Amazon Story’ (Part One)

  

  Amazonian macaw (in Portuguese, arara)(Today’s piece is a story by guest contributor Thais Angelica Tavares Lopes. Thais Angelica is my oldest daughter. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2018 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Mefistofele’ — ‘Ecco Il Mondo’: The Devil’s in the Details of Boito’s Opera, Ac...

  

  Act Three: The Death of MargheritaMefistofele (Ildar Abdrazakov) coaxes Margherita (Patricia Racette) to flee in the Prison Scene from Boito’s Mefistofele... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2018 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Met Opera Potpourri: A Season of Ups and Downs and All-Arounds

  

  The Best is Yet to ComeMatthew Polenzani as Nemorino Pretty Yende as Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore (Photo: blog.onopera.com)Much has happened this season at New... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2018 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Lust in the Stage Dust — The Fire and Brimstone of ‘Tosca’ and ‘Trovatore’...

  

  No One Knows What It’s Like to Be the Bad ManQuinn Kelsey as bad guy Count di Luna (L.) faces off against Yonghoon Lee (Manrico) in Act II, scene ii, of... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2018 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Monsters, John! Monsters from the Id’ — The Brave New World of ‘Forbidden...

  

  Lobby poster for Forbidden Planet (1956)Casting About for ExcusesBack on board the space cruiser, Doc Ostrow hauls over a heavy plaster cast of one of the... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2018 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Flames Over Rio 2016 (Part Three): Cry, the Beloved Mother Country

  

  Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony: Grass Huts by Native Performers, August 5, 2016Honor Thy National AnthemDiscerning viewers should bear in mind that London’s 2012... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2018 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Flames Over Rio 2016 (Part Two): Brazil Rises to the Occasion with a Lavish...

  

  Opening Ceremonies at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics on Aug. 5, 2016, at Maracana Stadium (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)Countdown to Show TimeWinning and losing... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2018 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Lust in the Stage Dust — The Fire and Brimstone of ‘Tosca’ and ‘Trovatore’...

  

  Vittorio Grigolo as Cavaradossi Sonya Yoncheva as Tosca in rehearsal for David McVicar’s new production of Tosca (Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2018 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’ (1954): Bathing Beauty and the Beast

  

  Kay (Julie Adams) over-reacts to the Gill-man’s “embrace” in Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)Though not part of Universal Picture’s original classic-monste... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2018 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Alagna Hits It Out of the Ballpark! — The Met Revives David McVicar’s ‘Cav’ and...

  

  Nedda (Aleksandra Kurzak) comes face-to-face with the jealous Canio as Pagliaccio (Roberto Alagna) in the Met Opera’s PagliacciBackground to RealismFunny how a... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2018 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• The ‘Best’ of the Rest — Recent Films I Enjoyed (or Not) in the Movie Theater...

  

  Carmen (Macarena Garcia), the lady bullfighter, in Pablo Berger’s BlancanievesI know what you’re thinking: “Oh, boy, here comes another of those ‘Best of the... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2018 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• The ‘Jazz Samba’ Project: What’s Old is New (Part Three – Conclusion) — A Penny...

  

  Let’s Discuss It!Drummer Buddy Deppenschmidt at the Jazz Samba Symposium, June 2014 (Strathmore Music Center)After Ken Avis’s introduction, Leo Lucini started... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2018 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Casta Diva’ — Bellini’s ‘Norma’ Tries for a Comeback at the Met

  

  Haunted by the PastAngela Meade as Norma at the Met Opera (Photo: Marty Kohl / Met Opera)It’s fair to say that the ghost of Maria Callas has haunted the... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Quid Sum Miser’ — Verdi’s ‘Requiem’ and the End of a Met Opera Career

  

  Verdi’s Requiem at the Met: Krassimira Stoyanova, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Ferruccio Furlanetto, with Met Opera ChorusTo hear a great musical... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘And the Curtain Slowly Falls’ — The Passing of Classical Music Artists in...

  

  Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962-2017)In MemoriamWith the old year winding down and the new Metropolitan Opera broadcast season gearing up, let me... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• The View from the Chair — Walk of Life: An Analysis of Two Scenes from William...

  

  The chariot race from William Wyler’s Ben-Hur (1959)Row, Row, Row Your BoatWhat adventures await Judah Ben-Hur! When last we left him, Judah had been condemned... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Monsters, John! Monsters from the Id’ — The Brave New World of ‘Forbidden...

  

  Scene from MGM’s Forbidden Planet (1956) – the Big MachineComplications, Complications — Always ComplicationsIt is night at United Planets Space Cruiser... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA