Word: pearse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Early has a smooth way with the familiar Southern surfaces. But his story of a boy's awakening lifts his novel above the ordinary Southern tale of lo cal "unforgettable" characters. Both young Egan's body and mind seem to bud together. Defining, then trying to name new...
The opera was written for Tenor Peter Pears, Britten's lifelong companion musically as well as personally. It is the latest in an imperiled series of major artistic collaborations. Britten, 59, recovering from open-heart surgery, was unable to attend rehearsals or take his customary place at the podium...
Pears, at 63, is fading of voice, but nevertheless holds the stage for virtually the entire opera. It is a remarkable feat of endurance. In white suit and panama, he unifies the performance completely, whether in recitatives of improvised rhythm chanted to the plink of a single piano or sitting...
Quemoy was once a barren outpost, but Chiang Kai-shek is said to have decreed in 1951: "Make it green." So the Nationalists have planted 70 million seedling trees, mostly Australian pine. They have since added bananas, mangoes, pears and apples. There are fields of corn and sorghum that help...
Slim green poplar saplings line the dirt road to the Hsuan Wu May Seventh Cadre School, 30 miles from Peking along the banks of the Tsao Pai River. Orchards of apples, pears and peaches are neatly marked off, surrounded by a fresh red brick wall. Rice shoots are be ginning...