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...their conceptions of decreation (what Weil articulates as the necessity “to undo the creature in us” and what the other women demonstrate is the expulsion of self in order to accommodate a deity) leads to a mediation on their merits and martyrdom in an opera of the same title, “Decreation (An Opera in Three Parts...
Actually performed once in 2001 at the Culture Project in New York City, the opera is less a literary experiment than a testament to the profundity of Carson’s work. Dark, deep, and clear, the opera and the essay both manipulate their dramatis personae into the same act of destabilization that Carson observes in the characters of Virginia Woolf: “the narrative voice shifts from ‘we’ to ‘one’ to ‘you’ to ‘they?...
While the traveling company of “Hairspray” no doubt delighted Bostonians on the quaint yet elegant Opera House stage, the touring group lacks the coveted flair and professionalism of this musical’s Broadway cast. “Hairspray” follows painfully plump teenager Tracy Turnblad as she auditions for and stars on “The Corny Collins Show,” a Mickey Mouse Club-esque variety TV program. Tracy’s road to stardom segues into a struggle to integrate the show when she makes friends with some...
...stage of Sanders Theatre, the 15th annual awards ceremony delighted over 1,200 people with strange and interesting humor including a three-part mini opera, entitled “The Count of Infinity” and brief “scientific” demonstrations that included the use of liquid nitrogen and colored balloons...
...this time of year, the city's cultural season is in full force. Renzo Piano's new complex, Parco della Musica, houses the Orchestra di Santa Cecilia as well as the city's most important musical events in three separate halls. In December the Rome Opera House will have Lo Schiaccianoci, otherwise known as The Nutcracker. After years of being closed for a contentious restoration, the Ara Pacis, the Emperor Augustus' monument to peace, dedicated in 9 B.C., is finally open (Piazza Augusto Imperatore). It is to be the centerpiece of a new museum that is being designed...