Intimate 'Lucia' pleases
Opera is written to be heard in venues with acoustics so superior that amplification is not required.
Jazz drummer Max Roach dies
His innovative use of cymbals for melodic lines, and tom-toms and bass drums for accents, helped elevate the percussionist from mere timekeeper to featured performer - on a par with the trumpeter and saxophonist.
The forecast
Here's the rundown of nominations in key categories -- along with Craig D. Lindsey's take on who should win -- and who will win. For elaboration, go to blogs.newsobserver.com/unclecrizzle.
Bold new contender in the ring
Carolina Ballet premiered “Carmen” in May 2000, toward the end of its second season, to strong reviews both locally and nationally. Here’s a synopsis of The News & Observer’s May 20, 2000, review of the choreography from Robert Weiss, Carolina Ballet’s artistic director.
A change of art
Despite its subdued colors and plain subject, the portrait seemed like an exciting part of the collection: the only Rembrandt painting known to exist in North Carolina. If it were truly a Rembrandt. But it wasn't.
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