Timothy Mix as Marcello and Carelle Flores as Musetta in the Palm Beach Opera production of Puccini's La Boheme.By Rex HearnWEST PALM BEACH -- As a boy of 10, I could sing Che gelida manina, Rodolfo’s aria from the first act of Puccini's La Boheme, using my own invented words that I thought sounded like Italian.Such is the genius of Puccini: Tune after tune penetrates even very … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: April 3-5
Things don't look so good for Mimi in Act IV of La Boheme.Soprano Norah Ansellem is Mimi, with Alessandro Liberatore as Rodolfo. Surrounding them are Carelle Flores, Timothy Mix, Eric Jordan and Christopher Bolduc.Opera: The Palm Beach Opera closes its season beginning this weekend with the world's most popular opera, Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme, in a staging by the great … [Read more...]
Weekend Arts Picks
GEORGE PLATT LYNES (American, 1907–1955): Jean Cocteau, 1934. Gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 in.Gift of Baroness Jeane von Oppenheimin honor of Charles Stainback, 2006.18.© Estate of George Platt LynesArt: Only a couple of weeks are left to see two of the outstanding exhibitions at the Norton Museum of Art: "A Tradition Redefined: Chinese Paintings from the Chu-tsing Li … [Read more...]
Opera review: Yuan, Shagimuratova stand out in ‘Rigoletto’
By Greg StepanichWEST PALM BEACH — A moving portrayal of a man done in by his desire for revenge and a soprano of great promise added distinction to a compelling evening of entertainment as the Palm Beach Opera opened its 46th season Friday at the Kravis Center with Verdi's Rigoletto.This is a production that looks good, sounds crisp, moves along smartly, and was distinguished … [Read more...]
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Sean Penn (center) stars as Harvey Milk in Milk.FILM: The year-end Oscar deadline is approaching, so the studios start rolling out their prestige product, like Milk, the superb biography of openly gay San Francisco board of supervisors member Harvey Milk, played by Sean Penn in an award-worthy performance and directed by Gus Van Sant in a career comeback. Opening locally on … [Read more...]