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...right, there was the gulf war, surely a spectacular display of government-in-action, offering days of suspenseful viewing. But the war may have been little more than a public relations effort on the part of the IRS. Think about it: 20% of federal spending goes to defense, for which a more appropriate term is protection. No protection racket has ever worked without some kind of a credible threat. Isn't it true that as soon as Saddam Hussein was beaten back and the U.S.S.R. became the pitifully hungry C.I.S., the Pentagon produced a new list of international bullies...
Walt Disney World in Orlando is a theme park with hotels attached. Euro Disney is the reverse: a spectacular sprawl that confirms the company as a premier force in modern architecture. A decade ago, as architects began to shrug off their Modernist doldrums, they saw in Disney's park designs an attractive blend of wit, glamour and function. Suddenly there was nothing wrong with places that were fun to look at and to live in. Eisner took advantage of the new spirit and hired such Postmodernist master builders as Michael Graves (for the whimsical but still somehow leaden Swan...
...that too easily becomes lifeless and statuesque. Anne Sofie von Otter is a brilliant Sesto, while Julia Varady's Vitellia is truly arresting, combining sensuality with vengeful duplicity. The orchestral playing, through the ministrations of the English Baroque Soloists, is tightly controlled and thoughtful, and the obbligato parts are spectacular. This is a truly visionary interpretation of a work that badly needed...
First broadcast on four consecutive evenings in June 1990, the Metropolitan Opera's RING OF THE NIBELUNG was a high-toned TV spectacular that swept up viewers in the passion and power of Wagner's masterpiece. Now Deutsche Grammophon has released the complete home-video version, on both VHS and Laserdisc, as well as a new recording of Siegfried, the final installment of conductor James Levine's separate CD Ring. With largely the same star cast, including Hildegard Behrens as Brunnhilde and James Morris as Wotan (Reiner Goldberg sings the role of Siegfried on the CD, while Siegfried Jerusalem plays...
Banderas and Assante make a spectacular team. They are eminently credible as brothers, and along with the rest of the cast (which includes Cathy Moriarty and Maruschka Detmers), surpass Hijuelos' original creations...