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A particularly striking moment arrives with the duet of Belinda and the Second Woman, "Fear no danger to ensue/The hero loves as well as you...." The close harmonies are lovely, and the two women's strong, ringing voices are well-matched. Despite slight difficulties with intonation at a few points...

Author: By Adriane N. Giebel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Disappointing 'Dido' Dies Early at PfoHo | 11/21/1997 | See Source »

Purcell's music itself is wonderful, full of interesting harmonies and surprising contrasts. Unfortunately, the beauty of his work is too often obliterated by the shoddy instrumental delivery or weak chorus, if not utterly disguised by the distractingly awful acting. Dido, even in her more musically successful moments, maintains a...

Author: By Adriane N. Giebel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Disappointing 'Dido' Dies Early at PfoHo | 11/21/1997 | See Source »

A gorgeous, half-successful epic gives much-needed public visibility to the tragic modern history of Tibet, but opts for glossy formulaic packaging over genuine emotional resonance, even in the central relationship between Brad Pitt's Austrian mountaineer and the young Dalai Lama. Pitt is ludicrously out of place--a...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, | Title: Seven Years in Tibet | 11/21/1997 | See Source »

A gorgeous, half-successful epic gives much-needed public visibility to the tragic modern history of Tibet, but opts for glossy formulaic packaging over genuine emotional resonance, even in the central relationship between Brad Pitt's Austrian mountaineer and the young Dalai Lama. Pitt never frees us from the sensation...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, | Title: Seven Years in Tibet | 11/14/1997 | See Source »

During this dreadful period in the academic year between taking our midterms and receiving our inevitable B-plusses, we at Dartboard will be glad to take in the much-needed Woody Allen double feature at the Science Center this coming Saturday night. For througout this past week of cramming, caffeine...

Author: By Ben Lebwohl, | Title: NEUROSES, NEW YORK STYLE | 10/30/1997 | See Source »

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