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KNOWING even less about bats than I know about opera, I was not a liule abashed last night to arrive at the Agassiz only to discover that Johann Strauss Die Fledermans (in English) is actually subtitled "The Bat's Revenge." Now what in the world do I know about bats? (To be honest, I was able to recall a snatch of lvric from Il est Side Story that sang about bats out of hell, but I hardly thought that would see me through.) However, halfway through the second act, it became somewhat clear that the Eledermans libretto isn't about...
...really didn't have to worry; the Harvard Gilbert and Sullivan Players do a swell job of making this kind of flufly-puffy opera delightfully accessible. Sitting there listening to all those super waltzes. I suddenly realized that even I know something about music. For hadn't Johann Strauss written the score for last year's 2001 in collaboration with his brother Richard? Sure. Opera is all around...
...COOKED: INTRODUCTION TO A SCIENCE OF MYTHOLOGY, VOL. I by Claude Levi-Strauss. 387 pages. Harper & Row. $10. In a book much talked about since its 1964 publication in France, the world's most fascinating social anthropologist studies scores of primitive mythologies, searching for a common code that he hopes will reveal the laws that govern the creative workings of the human mind...
Quincy swept both its soccer and football matches from Lowell while Dudley and Winthrop split their matches as the fall battle for the Strauss Cup swung into full action this week...
Asked to comment on Quincy's chances for the Strauss Cup this year. Bromley said, "With better administrative organization this year. Quincy should be a prime contender for the championship, but as usual, the final standings should be very close. "He said improved organization should come with the addition of an extra athletic secretary this year...