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Culture lies across the river. Even if you can't tell a diva from a rapper, you'll want to see a production amid the neo-Baroque grandeur of the Paris Opera (Palais Garnier, Place de l'Opéra), where prices start as low as 7 euros. The Baccarat Gallery-Museum (11, Place des Etats-Unis) displays all sorts of glittering goodies, such as Czar Nicholas II's custom-ordered giant candelabra, crystal thrones created for India's maharajas and dessert plates made for Coco Chanel, complete with etchings of delicate scissors. Skaters can cut the ice with the locals...
...having a rough week when I saw Sigur Rós play at the Opera House. But when Abe Riesman comes upon rough times, there’s no better prescription than Sigur...
...same week I received two great things in my mailbox: season tickets to the opera and TIME with its report on Kanye West. While I don't profess to be an expert about opera, and hip-hop is far from my typical genre, I do know what I like-music that awakens a deeply emotional chord in my being. West's The College Dropout rotates in my CD player between operas by Puccini and Bizet, although I listen more now to West. His lyrics and music are soul-baring and thought-provoking and speak to the human spirit like great...
...ready to branch out overseas. Rain picked up MTV Asia prizes this year, played his first solo concert in Japan in July and has lined up sold-out gigs in Hong Kong and Tokyo. But the engine of Korean pop-culture dominance in Asia is the soap opera, which is why Rain is forecast for TV this fall. The decidedly boyish singer will play a macho K-1 fighter who falls for his brother's lover in a series tentatively titled A Love to Kill. Though the show is set to air first in Korea this October, the astounding popularity...
...same week, I received two great things in my mailbox: season tickets to the opera and TIME featuring Kanye West on the cover. While I don't profess to be an expert on opera and hip-hop is far from my typical genre, I do know what I like--music that awakens a deeply emotional chord in my being. West's The College Dropout rotates in my CD player between operas by Puccini and Bizet. His lyrics and music are soul baring and thought provoking, and they speak to the human spirit the way great opera does...