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Hans Christian Andersen

'El Niño's' Transcendent Genre

washingtonpost.com     16 hrs ago    Send to a friend

"A Flowering Tree," for instance, his 2006 opera-oratorio, was his riff on Mozart's "Magic Flute." (The film will be included in the Choral Arts Society performance.) And yet "El Niño," first performed in 2000, is only one of a good number of major religious choral works written in the past...

Copenhagen, Denmark

bellaonline.com     14 hrs ago    Send to a friend

Copenhagen is one of my favourite European destinations. Before saying anything about my fave things to do in Denmark’s royal city, a word of caution: Some Danes have a problem with non-Danes, especially if they happen to have dark hair and eyes (as I do). At least two shop clerks refused to...

Tim Walker for Vogue

telegraph.co.uk     19 hrs ago    Send to a friend

Guinevere van Seenus, Glenham Hall, Suffolk, England, 2006, British Vogue Tim Walker was not the first Vogue photographer to gain inspiration from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Princess and the Pea. In the 1950s, while staying with the Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton in her Moroccan...

Unfancied AaB take Denmark by storm

uefa.com     yesterday    1 related    Send to a friend

Written off as genuine title contenders for much of the Danish season, Aalborg BK proved their doubters wrong once and for all on Thursday by clinching the Superligaen title with two matches to spare. Underdogs AaB began the spring campaign with a two-point lead over FC København, yet few...

The Yellow Fairy Book

mister-wong.com     May 15, 2008    Send to a friend

Andrew Lang Editor Andrew Lang Longmans, Green, and Co. London, New York Prepared for the University of Virginia Library Electronic TextCenter. Edited by ANDREW LANG With Numerous Illustrations by H. J. Ford McGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY New York Toronto London Sydney Published in Canada by General...

Rockin' Rocking Sheep

notcot.com     May 13, 2008    Send to a friend

Fluffy Sheep! I'm gearing up for Design Week in NY... and somehow have gotten backlogged enough with everything other than posting... anyhow, i digress... Fluffy Sheep! I first fell giddily in love with these at the Danish Crafts space at ICFF last year - and just noticed that this year they are...

Arima, Ensler, Montoya, Siguenza, et al. to Be Part of San Diego Rep's...

theatermania.com     May 12, 2008    1 related    Send to a friend

San Diego Repertory has announced the selections for its 2008-2009 season, which will begin with Eve Ensler's The Good Body (September 6-28). The piece is a follow-up to the author's Vagina Monologues; Ensler traveled to more than 40 countries to discuss the concept of...

Thorns amid the beauty

newsobserver.com     May 11, 2008    Send to a friend

Margaret Severin-Hansen Timour Bourtasenkov Hong Yang Marcelo Martinez. ... Margaret Severin-Hansen Timour Bourtasenkov Hong Yang Marcelo Martinez When: 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. May 18. Sleeping Beauty • Thursday-May 18 •...

Elevators I Have Known

idlewords.com     May 11, 2008    Send to a friend

Today is a day of quiet reflection as the elevator in my building undergoes repairs. Small paper signs appeared a week ago to warn us that the elevator would be out of service from 8 AM to 7 PM, and sure enough there has been a steady hammering from down the elevator shaft since early morning....

Arts Calendar: The week ahead

courier-journal.com     May 10, 2008    Send to a friend

Our arts and music critics highlight events of the week, including a Johnny Mathis concert, Derby Dinner Playhouse's production of "Father of the Bride" and the University of Louisville Dance Theatre Spring Gala. ... Critic's pick Johnny Mathis has one of the most...