“The joyful essence of Munich’s production is its ecological point of view, which makes a virtue of reducing the technology on stage. The first three operas in the cycle almost feel like a Zen ‘Ring.'”
Tag: 02.23.13
Go Ahead, Feel Those Feelings (And Watch Some Tennessee Williams)
“Williams refused to conclude that happiness was the normal, let alone invariable, condition of Americans. He was like a travelling salesman of unhappiness.”
Ozzie Sweet, 94, Photographer For A Colorful Time
“His signature images from the 1940s through the 1950s and into the 1960s, many in the fierce hues of increasingly popular color film that emulated the emergent Technicolor palate of American movies, helped define — visually, anyway — an era.”
Zheng Cao, 46, Mezzo-Soprano With Charm To Spare
“For as many times as she bubbled around the stage as Mozart’s love-stricken adolescent, Cherubino, she tore people’s hearts in two with her immensely sympathetic Suzuki (Madama Butterfly). “
Taken Banksy Artwork Is Withdrawn From Sale In MIami
“The Banksy mural, depicting a boy hunched over a sewing machine making Union Jack bunting, disappeared from Whymark Avenue earlier this month.”
The Seismic Shift Of Napster, AKA The Day The Music Industry Died A Little
“Music was something you bought after protracted debate with friends in the aisles of Our Price, and then, suddenly, songs were accessible from home. They didn’t cost anything.”