Word: dexterous
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...paintings included an 8-foot tall portrait of John Quincy Adams, a portrait of Samuel Dexter and a landscape entitled "Upland Country...
...courage and personal integrity that I have ever seen reflected on the pages of The Crimson. I'm not sure that I agree with everything Mr. Fraser wrote in his article; but I am sure beyond question that his writing the article is a praiseworthy act. --Dan Dexter...
This is the Metropolitan Opera's second season under the joint leadership of Music Director James Levine, 34, and Director of Production John Dexter, 52. They are men of skill and self-assurance, and when they succeed, as they did last winter with Berg's Lulu, they justify the Met's often advertised suggestion that to buy one of its tickets is to "strike a blow for civilization." When Levine and Dexter miss, they raise worries about the wisdom of dual artistic control. Last week's new production of Verdi's Rigoletto was about...
...this Rigoletto's failings, Dexter must bear most of the blame. Yet Levine, despite the beauty and power of his conducting, cannot be totally absolved. It is the peculiar penchant of both to want to concentrate as much action as possible at the front of the stage. In Dexter's case the practice seems to have developed during a brilliant career on the legitimate stages of Broadway and London's West End. For Levine it seems to be a case of wanting to bring the singers closer to both the audience and his own podium. They...
Obviously the modern stage director has problems Verdi never anticipated. Dexter must work under the burden of the Met's ever-increasing operating deficit. He cannot build three or four different realistic sets; even with plywood, the expense would run a production close to $1 million. He must economize, but still make opera look grand. He should also take no more than a few seconds changing scenes within acts, the restless bottoms of Met patrons being what they are. Voilà! the unit set, that occasional blessing and frequent curse of modern stagecraft...