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REVIEWS
Fin de Fiesta!
Saturday, June 14 at 4pm and Sunday, June 15 at 7:30pm, 2008
at the Lang Theater of the Atlas Performing Arts Center
The In Series concluded this year's schedule with "Fin De Fiesta" at the Atlas Theater. Carlos Cesar Rodriguez stunningly played selections on the piano and was especially affective and effective with Robet Shumann's "Carnaval, Op. 9" which presented little scenes on four notes in a style from Paganini to Chopin. The audience was in awe as he skirted across the keyboard and pumped the foot petals to give variations in pitch and amplitude. He was totally effective in the last section which was "Davidsbundler" or the "March of the Brotherhood of David against the Philistines". He has great concert style as he sways his body and softly touches the keys for the pianissimo. He started the concert with Liszt's "Waldesrauschen" and skillfully and successfully gave us the "murmurs from the forest". Probably his sweetest number was Isaac Albeniz's "Iberia, Book I: Evocacion" where he produced sugary sweet Spanish sounds that was chilling as it carried us to distant lands. The finale was "Bulerias" when the four flamenco dancers (Alissa Bernstein, Jime Coronado, Lourdes Elias and Nelson Sitton Carrillo)slithered onto the stage and started their flamenco dancing. Their first patterning was a modern dance version of this sexual dance which was followed by the more expected pounding of the feet with circular snaps. The females were more effective in the dance as the two male dancers tired too quickly and sometimes fell out of rhythm.
Reviewed by Bob Anthony (www.allartsreview4u.com)
Viva Zarzuela!
March28 - April 6, 2008 at the Mexican Cultural Institute
"The piano trembled like a Spanish guitar, congas set the beat for tangos and seguidillas, and women wearing flounces and clicking castanets danced across the stage, as the In Series's 'Viva Zarzuela!' program brought songs and light operas of Mexico, Cuba and Spain to the Mexican Cultural Institute on Saturday." -The Washington Post
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Combat & Redemption: An Opera Triptych
January 19-27, 2008 at ATLAS Performing Arts Center
"...a veritable history of opera...dramatically focused, rich singing..."
- The Washington Post
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"...the company's ensemble of talented singers tackles a variety of roles with conviction and enthusiasm."
- The Washington Times
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Noël & Cole
November 9-18, 2007 at GALA Theatre-Tivoli
Revisiting Noël, Cole
The Washington Times
Entertainment
November 12, 2007
Washington's eclectic In Series productions are wandering the local landscape once again as company members await renovation of the Source Theatre, where they will be in residence again in late spring. The series' current stopping place, the marvelous GALA Hispanic Theatre at Tivoli Square, is hosting the company's current production, "Noel and Cole," a highly enjoyable revival of its 1999 cabaret revue. Read more...
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