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...final appearances at Symphony Hall as Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), Seiji Ozawa showed why he will be sorely missed when he departs for the Vienna State Opera next season. Ozawa conducted that great farewell symphony, Mahler’s Ninth, with a degree of sensitivity that affirmed his stature as one of the great conductors of our time...
With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler, Sweeney premiered to a warm critical reception in 1979. Winner of eight Tony Awards (including best musical), Sweeney is considered Sondheim’s masterpiece. Obscuring the line between musical theater and opera, Sweeney has been performed worldwide by both theaters and opera companies...
...Strings," well directed by western-movie specialist Bernard B. Ray, Muse is a violin virtuoso who turns bitter when he loses use of his left hand and is reduced to teaching the instrument he can no longer play. Muse's Arthur Williams is part Svengali, part Phantom of the Opera, and a big part any adult frustrated by the seeming lack of dedication the young bring to their studies. It's the rare film, for black or white audiences, in which good people can seem heartless or insubordinate for the best reasons, and where classical music gets the upper hand...
...July. These kind of teased out, black and white, multi-volume stories are typical of Japanese manga storytelling. Also typical, Yoshizumi's drawings mix saucer-eyed, button-nosed caricatures with realistic details, particularly of the outfits the characters wear. Though little more than a childish soap opera, the natural, breezy dialogue (translated by Jack Niida), the occasional editor's notes on Japanese culture, and the likable characters make for a delightful read...
...well-being, and so it naturally makes sense that senior tutors interact with the students they serve. In order to interact meaningfully with students in a more informal context, senior tutors must be active in the House community—playing intramural sports, helping to organize an opera, performing in a band. This everyday involvement not only contributes to House community; for those students who want experienced counselors to talk to, it provides another outlet for advice...