international fame during a period of racial change in the 1950s and 60s‚ and was the first African-American to become a leading prima donna at the Metropolitan Opera. Leontyne’s first important stage performance was as Mistress Ford in a 1952 student production of Verdi’s Falstaff. Shortly after‚ Virgil Thomson hired her for the revival of his all-black opera‚ Four Saints in Three Acts. After a two-week Broadway run‚ the Saints went to Paris. Meanwhile‚ she had been cast as Bess in the Blevins Davis/Robert
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of Marketing Studies Vol. 4‚ No. 3; June 2012 Korean TV Soap Operas in Taiwan: An Investigation of Consumers’ Clothing Purchase Behavior Hsiu-Ju Hsu Department of Fashion Design and Management‚ National Pingtung University of Science and Technology No. 1 Shuehfu Rd.‚ Neipu‚ Pingtung 912‚ Taiwan‚ R.O.C. E-mail: hsu@mail.npust.edu.tw Received: February 15‚ 2012 doi:10.5539/ijms.v4n3p16 Abstract In a recent trend‚ Korean TV soap operas have become extremely popular in Taiwan. This article examines
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT: PROJECT FAILURES Sydney Opera House CONTENTS Introduction p.3 History p.3 – 4 Stakeholders p.4 – 7 Stakeholder classification p.5 Stakeholder Power/Interest Grid p.7 Causes for project failure p.8-10 Lack of risk management p.9 Unrealistic timescale and Cost escalation p.10 Recommendations p.10 – 14 Risk Management p.11 Forecasting p.11 – 12 Stakeholder Engagement p.12 – 14 Conclusion p.14 References
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Alex Skolnik November 23‚ 2013 Art History Outline 1) Title of the piece: Metropolitan Kouros Date: 600-590 BCE Medium: Naxian Marble Dimensions: Heigh 6’4 5/8" Meseum location: The Metropolitan Meseum of Art 2) This free standing sculpture shows signs of egyptian influence on Greek art. The pose has one foot standing forward while one is behind‚ the arms rest at the side with supports attatched to the tehighs‚ and the face shows no emotion and the eyes seem to have no pupils
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The Beggar’s Opera Satire‚ an element used throughout the eighteenth century‚ was very popular in literary works. Generally‚ satire is used by the author to poke fun or criticize the faults of the government‚ a certain social class‚ or a certain person or group of people. In John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera‚ the text is layered with many different themes‚ but one theme Gay appears to be frustrated with is the morality of high society and uses satire to reveal the dysfunction of marriage in
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ known to be a sanctuary for a great collection of art‚ was brimming with tourists and locals when I decided to visit with my friend and my mother. However‚ looking back on my experience‚ visiting such a place is something you should do alone because it allows you to appreciate all of the pieces of art without the limitations of bringing someone along with you. I titled this “A Vacation in the Metropolitan Museum of Art” because although we only stayed for a few hours
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Maria Callas gives an outstanding performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. This is unsurprising as Callas was one of the most famous sopranos of her time and a recognised Diva. The Newspaper review is gushing in praise of Callas who gives a powerful and convincing performance. It is noted that the reviewer had some reservations on a previous performance but the performance of Violetta in La Traviata left the reviewer in no doubt that Callas gave a performance that was the best
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Classical Vocal Solo‚” and had sung for significant events from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to the Diamond Jubilee concert to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Fleming‚ being known for attracting new crowds to classical operas‚ has sung not only with Luciano Pavarotti‚ Placido Domingo‚ and Andrea Bocelli‚
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Peking Opera Peking Opera is China’s national opera. Opera is so popular in China that they declared a “Peking Opera Month”. Peking Opera has been around for 200 years. “Its main melodies originated from Xipi and Erhuang in Anhui and Hubei respectively and‚ overtime‚ techniques from many other local operas were incorporated”. Peking Opera is said to have come to the front after 1790 when the famous four Anhui opera troupes came to Beijing. Peking Opera was developed quickly over the reign of Emperor
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Kicking it Vegas Style In the 2013 Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Rigoletto‚ directed by Michael Mayer‚ when the Duke sings the famous aria “La donna è mobile‚” the indecisive woman he describes may as well be lady luck. Mayer makes his operatic debut revamping the action of Verdi’s 16th-century setting to 1960s Las Vegas. His directing goal is to make the greed and corruption of the characters urgent. Mayer casts the Duke (Piotr Beczala) as a singer‚ casino runner and leader of a
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