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Review: Apollo’s Fire @ Cain Park 6/25/10 Apollo’s Fire, Cleveland’s Baroque Orchestra, offered a slightly re-arranged version of last year’s popular “Come to the River” program on a perfect summer evening at Cain Park in Cleveland Heights. The ensemble, led by Jeannette Sorrell, traditionally performs in more enclosed spaces than the semi-open amphitheater at the park, so the question of the night was “Can they do it? How will they sound amplified?” and “Can we

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  Kismet, the season-opener for of the Ohio Light Opera, showed in the most tuneful way possible why this ensemble opera company continues to attract musical theatre lovers to Wooster College. From the dramatic opening in the darkened theatre with cast members singing as they walked slowly down the aisles, to the comically satirsfying ending, the show paid lyric tribute to the score’s gorgeous and lush melodies by Alexander Borodin. “Baubles, bangles, and beads,” “Stranger in paradise ” and

Fiddler on the Roof @ Playhouse Square 6/15/10 In the recent Playhouse Square production of the American theatre classic that is Fiddler on the Roof, the fiddler comes off the roof and Tevye comes out of the closet (so to speak). Gravel-voiced Harvey Fierstein, faced with the task of making the role his own, succeeded brilliantly--at least for fans of Fierstein (count me in). Yes, he did channel Edna Turnblad (a la his Tony-award winning “Hairspray” performance) with a few indulgent muggings, but

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Elizabeth Harcombe grew up in Roseburg, Oregon where she began playing piano at the age of 5. She was the pianist at the church where her mother served as organist. Harcombe studied music at Biola University and later got a Master of Music Education degree with an emphasis in piano pedagogy from University of Oklahoma. Harcombe has served as the rehearsal pianist at the Oregon Bach Festival for Helmuth Rilling and for the Oregon Repertory Singers under Gil Seeley. She currently teaches piano at Lewis and Clark College and is the program and

CHICAGO -- The great achievements of humanity are the work of imperfect souls. Whether it's Beethoven scribbling the sublime Ninth Symphony, Isaac Newton transforming physics or – to take the issue at hand -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leading his black brethren to freedom, lasting deeds can belie the mortal foibles of their doers. Tracey Scott Wilson's finely honed play “The Good Negro,” at the Goodman Theatre, peers inside Dr. King's epochal movement to show us how vision clashed with ego, resolve caromed

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With its musical genealogy in the waters of Adams, Britten and memories of, on the one hand, Janacek (a bit watered down) and on the other, Korngold (a bit modernized), the new opera of Jack Heggie will float for a long time on the scenes of the world opera houses.

Just had the great privilege to experience Jake Heggie's new opera, Moby-Dick. Very  impressive set design and libretto to die for. Musically? Well, more later....

  Ten years ago, when Michael Steinberg retired as the San Francisco Symphony's program annotator and music advisor, he had a farewell essay in the program, entitled "Why We Are Here." It is also part of the book For the Love of Music Steinberg cowrote with Larry Rothe, his long-time colleague at SFS. Steinberg, who died Sunday at age 80, wrote memorably in that essay about music and talking about music, exercising his lifelong vocation and art:   "Tristan und Isolde, the very symbol for

Charles Schulz's love of Classical music developed after World War II when he went to work with a spirited group of artists at Art Instruction Schools in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He and his colleagues held lively discussions about literature, films, and Classical music. Schulz recalled that "We all collected classical albums, which we frequently shared on evenings when we got together to listen to music and challenge each other in wild games of hearts (a card game)." Over the decades Schulz went on to embed Classical music into

Listen to the music. It will snap you to attention, tell you where to cry, and when that long-awaited kiss is coming. The villains have their own dark motifs and the luminous sounds that accompany the hero are as clear as his white hat.. Movie music? Yes, but those words could apply to the opera as well. The two genres, so rigidly separated in public perception, have more in common that first meets the ear. In fact, when five-time Oscar-winning film composer John Williams was asked where he believed his music fit in the

Once more there is a conversation in the NYtimes.com ArtsBeat blog between critics of different disciplines, in this case Charles Isherwood and Alastair Macaulay, on the subject of the Broadway dance musical "Come Fly Away," choreographed by Twyla Tharp to music of Frank Sinatra. I have been lapping it up. Isherwood has called "Come Fly Away" a "major new work" of theater, and Macaulay has decried its dance as "intimacy perverted into exhibitionism." I am interested in the

With all the graduation parties and summer barbecues coming up, now is the best time to start planning to refresh your landscaping. Remember that prior planning prevents poor projects, and that is especially true in your yard. If you have been in your home a few years, often your trees, shrubs and bushes can get a little worn and outdated, and you may also want to change the look of the yard to give it better curb appeal. But too often, people do landscaping projects without any advance planning, and as a result, get into a landscaping

Contribute to Classrooms, a new partnership between The Arizona Republic, azcentral.com and Arizona schools, puts the community in touch with area schools in need. Contribute to Classrooms allows schools like yours to request classroom items and volunteer services online and connects these requests with people who are willing to donate. It’s a great way to receive the volunteer help and items you need from the people right in your community. We have more than 1,000 schools in our database statewide including

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This free-standing curriculum is timed to coincide with the first stop on a three-year national tour of the new traveling exhibit; at Liberty Science Centerin Jersey City, April 1 through May 16. Teachers click here to access and download this important new NIE curriculum, designed to help educate students and their families about diabetes.   Inside you’ll find activities, games and experiments to do in class, as well as relevant history, charts and background information on diabetes and insulin.  Share it with your

This free-standing curriculum is timed to coincide with the first stop on a three-year national tour of the new traveling exhibit; at Liberty Science Centerin Jersey City, April 1 through May 16 Teachers click here to access and download this important new NIE curriculum, designed to help educate students and their families about diabetes.   Inside you’ll find activities, games and experiments to do in class, as well as relevant history, charts and background information on diabetes and insulin.  Share it