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General Motors' internal investigation claims that no top executives at the car company were aware of the defective ignition switch that has resulted in at least 13 deaths (and likely many more) and the recall of nearly millions of vehicles. But newly released documents from the Congressional investigation into the debacle indicate that one current GM Vice-President was made aware of the problem as early as 2005. [More]
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GM Is Super Sorry It Sent Recall Notices To Families Of Crash Victims
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Report: 74 Deaths May Be Tied To GM Ignition Defect
While General Motors has admitted that an ignition switch defect in Chevy Cobalts, Saturn Ions and other vehicles has been tied to 13 deaths, others have indicated that the number could be significantly higher than that. A new report from Reuters claims to have found at least 74 fatalities that may be related to the defective switches. [More]
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Last year, the General Motors engineer who quietly signed off on a fix to an ignition problem that has resulted in at least 13 deaths claimed in a deposition that he had no knowledge of making this incredibly important improvement. But after Congressional investigators have turned up all sorts of evidence showing that he did indeed give the okay for this fix, the engineer reportedly says he simply forgot about it. [More]


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Sundance doc audience-award-winner Senna has been wowing fest crowds and European moviegoers in advance of its August 12 opening (via indie PDA). And motors are gunning on Peter Morgan's Formula 1 race car movie Rush, because low-budget indie doc Senna shows that the sky's the limit on what you coul...Read More »
In honor of the 20th anniversary of Thelma & Louise, Matthew Brennan's latest "Now and Then" compares and contrasts Ridley Scott and Callie Khouri's groundbreaking road trip and TNT's police procedural/buddy series Rizzoli & Isles. Louise (Susan Sarandon) pulls no punches, but she's fastidious, too. She pins her hair back tight and tugs her jacket on as snugly as she can; her kitchen is spotless enough to be a makeshift hospital room. Thelma (Geena Davis), on the other hand, is slovenly, loud. She skitters around in a floral housedress, surrounded by so many coupons, newspaper clippings, telephone bills, and other ephemera you'd be hard press...Read More »
The Academy will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Thelma & Louise by screening a new print of the iconic Ridley Scott movie that turned the traditional buddy movie on its head. Screenwriter Callie Khouri won an Oscar for this story of two Southern women (Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis) who escape t...Read More »
Arriving in theaters in less than a year, Ridley Scott's Prometheus has been shrouded in mystery, plot details and the big-picture concept behind the grand-scale epic have been non-existent. The film was first reported in 2009, and named as an untitled prequel to Scott's 1979 Alien.Read More »
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Fourteen-year-old Emonee Williams was a high school freshman described by friends as not ever having serious problems with anyone. But now she's dead from multiple stab wounds, and her mother's boyfriend is in police custody in relation to the crime.
It happened in Williams's home in the Melrose Houses at 321 East 153 Street in Mott Haven around 11:45 p.m. Medics rushed the teenager to Lincoln Hospital, trying desperately to save her life, but they could not.
Her mother's 35-year-old boyfriend is in custody being questioned for the crime. Friends of Emonee Williams, who know both her and the man she called her stepfather, say that the two didn't always get along. Still, friends say they're stunned and hurt that it ended this way.
"I'm upset and I'm sad," said family friend Malika Stephenson. "I can't cry because I don't believe it yet." Another friend, Candace Scott, said, "She was a cool person... I call her my little sister. For her to be gone, I still can't believe it."
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What He Did: Downey bulked up 20 pounds to weigh 170 at 5'8" tall.
Why He Did It: Iron Man director Jon Favreau wanted Downey to have a physique that looked like "he had the power to forge iron".
What He Ate: Downey followed a diet of 3,500 calories, eating up to eight times daily. His staple foods included steak, legumes, broccoli, and even skim chocolate milk (for protein).
His Workout: A typical upper-body workout for Downey was the following:
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Some past celebrity romances are forever burned in our minds. (Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, we're looking at you!) But others are easily forgotten. Luckily, we're here to remind you about these former star match-ups!
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Nick Lachey & Kim Kardashian
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Considering that Nick Lachey isn't a professional athlete or a rapper, it's pretty shocking that he was able to woo Kim Kardashian! After Lachey parted ways with ex-wife Jessica Simpson, he started up a fling with Kardashian (who was a relatively unknown stylist at the time). "They're sweet on each other," a source told People in 2006. "It's the beginning stages of a relationship." They soon parted ways, and Kim went on to date a slew of other celebs -- including ex-husband Kris Humphries and current beau Kanye West. Nick, on the other hand, just welcomed his first child with wife Vanessa Lachey.
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He may be dating Mila Kunis now, but at one point Ashton Kutcher was mad about Mad Men actress January Jones. The two stars (who dated from 1998 to 2001) were both models before Kutcher got his big acting break playing Michael Kelso on That '70s Show. But he doubted his girlfriend's ability to make a similar leap. "He was like, 'I don't think you're going to be good at this.'" Jones told GQ in 2009. "So, f*ck you! He only has nice things to say now -- if anything, I should thank him. Because the minute you tell me I can't do something, that's when I'm most motivated."
Drew Barrymore & David Arquette
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They're both a little goofy, so this pairing actually makes sense! Former wild child Drew Barrymore hooked up with David Arquette in 1991 -- long before he settled down with Courteney Cox. Their romance fizzled quickly, but the pair reunited eight years later to costar in the 1999 hit Never Been Kissed. (The exes played brother and sister onscreen -- awkward!)
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There's no denying that Matthew McConaughey is a Hollywood hottie -- especially when he's shirtless! But we have to admit, it's a little surprising that he managed to snag Sandra Bullock while rocking those leather pants and that mustache. The lovebirds met while filming A Time to Kill in 1996, and sparks flew immediately. "I just look at her and I think, Wow!" McConaughey told In Style. "But she doesn't know how beautiful she is or how much people like her." The magic dwindled a few years later, but the pair remained friends. "I feel very cared for by Matthew," Bullock told Cosmopolitan in 2003. "No matter where he is in his life or where I am in mine -- he could be married -- I know we would stay close." We hope that's cool with his new wife Camila Alves!
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Seal is most famous for his (failed) marriage to Heidi Klum -- but before he landed the German beauty, he canoodled with another sexy supermodel. The "Kissed by a Rose" singer dated Tyra Banks (who's 10 years his junior) for a few months in 1996.
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Brad Pitt is best-known for romancing two of Hollywood's most famous ladies: ex-wife Jennifer Aniston and current fiancee Angelina Jolie. But in the early '80s the actor dated a slew of other famous beauties, one of whom was actress Christina Applegate. "We went to the MTV Awards [in 1989] and I ditched him!" says Applegate, who was starring on the hit show Married with Children at the time. "I left him there and I felt really bad about it, I really, really do. I left with somebody else." What was she thinking?
Conan O'Brien & Lisa Kudrow
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If you were a big fan of Phoebe Buffay on Friends, you actually have Conan O'Brien to thank for those years of laughs. Lisa Kudrow says she may not have stuck it out in comedy if it weren't for the encouragement that the late-night funnyman gave her on an early date. "He was really smart, really funny and he thought I was funny," Kudrow told More magazine in 2011. The two dated briefly, but decided they were "better as friends." Kudrow went on to pursue her comedy dreams with vigor, eventually landing the iconic role as the goofy guitar player.
Sarah Jessica Parker & Michael J. Fox
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Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael J. Fox reportedly got together in 1986 -- one year after his hit Back to the Future and her movie Girls Just Wanna Have Fun hit theaters. He escorted her to the Jewish National Funds Annual Tree of Life Awards in December (pictured), but their brief fling didn't last.
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They're both funny and blonde -- but that seems to be the only thing these two former lovers have in common! In 2002, David Spade was starring on the hit sitcom Just Shoot Me!, while his beautiful girlfriend was a relatively unknown actress trying to get her big break. Fast forward a decade and it's Julie Bowen who's enjoying big fame as the Emmy-winning star of Modern Family, while Spade's star has started to fade.


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November 24, 2014
President Jokowi Gets on with His Job: No Talk, Just Action
by Tan Sri Mohd Sheriff bin Mohd Kassim
Jokowi has barely stepped into office as the new President of Indonesia and he is already making waves.
He is coming into world prominence not by grabbing the microphone to make thunderous speeches about race and religion or picking on the ethnic Chinese businessmen, foreigners and western imperialists as scapegoats for his country's endemic corruption, inefficiencies and economic backwardness. Instead, he is getting admiration at home and abroad by simply doing what his people expect from him –just be his humble self and get on with the job he was elected for.
His bold move to cut down on subsidies and make the people pay more for fuel will not endear him to millions of poor Indonesians but it is precisely the kind of action that is needed to show he means business in his promise to strengthen the economy and find the money to build roads, schools and hospitals for the masses. It is also a warning sign that he is not afraid to take the unpopular measures to stop the wastages and abuses that have plagued this resource rich country for decades . A few years down the road, when the man on the street sees signs of progress all around him, he will thank his President for being politically honest in doing what needs to be done.
The Muslim world can also look up to him to lead in the path of moderation and pragmatism.His brave statements condemning Islamic terrorism and extremism during the election campaign shows that he is one who is unafraid to speak his mind for fear of losing votes. Nor was he deterred when Islamic groups tried to stop him from appointing an ethnic Chinese to be Governor of Jakarta (above right). The silent majority will be cheering him for standing up to the racists and religious bigots and simply doing what is right.
I will not be surprised that in the near future, he will act on the blasphemy laws , which Amnesty International has higlighted for the several cases of injustice inflicted on non-Sunni religious minorities. Being a former businessman himself, Jokowi knows that Indonesia cannot let religious extremism and unfair Islamic laws to fester because it will have a negative impact on the country's investment climate. Without large doses of local and foreign investment, Indonesia cannot progress at the rate Jokowi has in mind.
Jokowi and his wife travelled to Singapore recently on economy class ticket to attend his son's graduation from the Anglo-Chinese International University . By this simple act of self-discipline in not abusing his position to use his presidential plane for a private visit, he has sent volumes of signal to his countrymen that he is going to be an honest and clean president. Cynics may dismiss this simple act of humility as political showmanship but , to the ordinary millions of poor people who still remember the luxurious grandeur of their past presidents and their first ladies , they thank God that Indonesia is now changing for the better.
All the best to Indonesian President Jokowi as he leads the country with the largest Muslim population in the world towards economic progress and social stability and by so doing, make himself as an example for other Muslim leaders to follow.


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Donnie and Chrissie Osborne of Dry Ridge announce the birth of their fourth child.
Savannah Faye Osborne was born at 1:21 a.m. on March 7, 2008 at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence.
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While many families are making holiday plans, others are wondering how they'll make ends meet.
Several organizations and groups in Grant County are making plans to help families in need this holiday season.
This is a listing of the agencies that need help.
At the Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission Grant County Neighborhood Center, needy families will be given a Christmas food basket.
Coming off back-to-back seasons as the Grant County defensive player of the year, Josh Rump has earned another accomplishment.
Rump has been nominated for the Old Spice Red Zone Player of the Year.
"It's an awesome accomplishment," Rump said. "I work hard to be the best player I can and it's paid off."
Rump, who played offensive and defensive line this past season, spent a lot of time working to understand the nuances of the defense and the opportunities that would be available to him.
With hard work and determination, the Grant County High School boys' cross country team have become a team to be taken seriously.
That is due in part to the efforts of the seniors, who have spent their high school careers working to put the Braves in position to succeed for years to come. Each senior started running because they were inspired by a relative, except for Dustin Sullivan, who had another reason all together.
"I ran because I was chubby, so I joined," Sullivan said.
The seniors of Grant County's girls' cross country team worked hard to make their senior season worthwhile, even if their favorite moments were those that happened during practices.
"For me, being around teammates and everyone I've met while running has made it more enjoyable," Natalie Norman said. "I'll probably miss all of my teammates because they are the reason that running is fun. I wouldn't enjoy it as much without them."
When Ron Kinmon took the Grant County High School boys' basketball team to Berea College, it brought together the only two teams he's ever played for.
Kinmon, who played at Berea after playing at Grant County High School, was reunited with five of his former teammates and his former coach at Berea when the Braves played Seven Hills (Oh.). Willie Hill is the coach of Seven Hills and also played with Kinmon at Berea.
The economy is affecting everyone, including the four-legged residents of the Grant County Animal Shelter.
"Every day we see dogs and cats dropped off because of the economy. People can't afford to take care of them anymore," said Jeremy Souder, Grant County Animal Shelter's director.
FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) was off to a great start when Grant County High School held the Fall Region 7 meeting at the Family Worship Center in Williamstown.
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Doreen Cubie is freelance magazine writer who specializes in natural history, science, the environment, nature travel, and gardening for wildlife.
Doug Peacock, author, Vietnam veteran, filmmaker, and naturalist, has published widely on wilderness issues, from grizzly bears in the Rockies to tigers in Siberia.
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By Basil Katz | November 9, 2012 12:49 PM EST
One of Bernard Madoff's longest-serving employees pleaded guilty on Thursday to falsifying records, a conspiracy that a prosecutor said began in the 1970s at the start of the multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.
Irwin Lipkin, 74, a former controller of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, told a Manhattan federal court judge that for years he fudged the books on Madoff's orders, but that at no point did he suspect the epic, decades-long fraud.
"While working for Bernie Madoff, I made accounting entries in financial records that I knew were inaccurate," Lipkin said. "At no time before I retired was I ever aware that Mr Madoff or anyone else at the company was engaged in the Ponzi scheme reported in the media."
Lipkin, who signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and falsifying documents. The charges carry up to 10 years in prison.
Lipkin's son, Eric Lipkin, another former Madoff employee, pleaded guilty in 2011 to criminal charges of bank fraud and charges that he reported people were Madoff employees so they could receive retirement benefits.
Irwin Lipkin joined Madoff's firm in 1964, he told the court on Thursday. He was Madoff's first employee who was not a Madoff family member. Although he retired in 1998, he and his wife illegally remained on the Madoff payroll and received benefits but did not work, Lipkin said.
Prosecutor Julian Moore told judge Laura Taylor Swain that "as early as the mid 1970s" Lipkin had begun changing the financial records of accounts at Madoff's direction.
Madoff, 74, was charged in December 2008 with a decades-long fraud that the government originally estimated at as much as $64.5 billion (40.3 billion pounds). He pleaded guilty in March 2009 and is serving a 150-year prison sentence.
The trustee leading the search for money to return to Madoff's victims says Madoff defrauded customers of about $20 billion. The trustee, Irving Picard, so far has won over $9 billion in recoveries and settlement agreements.
On June 29, Madoff's brother Peter pleaded guilty to criminal charges. He had been chief compliance officer at his brother's firm. He has agreed to accept a 10-year prison term and will be sentenced in December.
Of more than a dozen people charged in the case, apart from Bernard Madoff, five have pleaded not guilty and are awaiting trial.
Among those five, Irwin Lipkin on Thursday said former investment advisory employee Annette Bongiorno had helped him falsify trading records. A lawyer for Bongiorno did not comment on Lipkin's accusations, but said "it saddens us that the government has insisted on prosecuting an elderly, very sick man, who ought to be left alone to die in his bed."
The case is U.S. v. O'Hara et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 10-cr-228.
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How to Clean a Fish
A lot of people ask us about the best way to clean fish, and our normal response is to ask them what they intend to do with them. Depending on your intended recipe, there are three primary ways to clean a fish. First, it's a good idea to think about what a fish looks like inside. You don't have to turn into a Doctor Bob or anything -- a degree in fish biology isn't required to cut wonderful, perfect-every-time fillets. To the contrary, I'm not sure if surgeons are necessarily good at filleting three trout quick, getting them breaded, and on sandwiches just in time for the game.
Different Ways to Clean a Fish
But here's a fish. Not actually (no smell and no bodily fluids, but you get the idea).
Gutting and Baking, with Head on
The first is to clean them for baking or grilling in foil. This essentially leaves them whole. You clean out the stomach cavity, remove the gills and surrounding tissue, and scale them. Leaving the head on is a personal choice and also dictated by the recipe. Most large bodied fish can be prepared this way, including grouper, redfish, and (our personal favorite) pompano. So-called "puppy" drum, which are immature versions of the clown-like giants we find under the bay bridges are another great candidate for cleaning in this way. Snook don't qualify, by the way -- leaving the skin on results in a distinctive soapy taste. Back in the days before someone tried stripping the skin off they were actually called "soapfish."
The next way to clean a fish is to turn it into steaks. Longer, more streamlined fish are better suited for steaking. Local species that are popular candidates for steak recipes are kingfish, mackerel and cobia (yummm!). Imports include swordfish (don't eat them!!! They're almost all dead!!!!) and wahoo (wonderful).
To steak a fish, clean out the stomach cavity, snip off all the fins (you can leave the tail to use as a handle), and start slicing vertically through the body just behind the gill plate. Keep about three vertebrae in each steak -- keeping the steaks at least 4 inches thick to allow for proper cooking -- you don't want them to get done too fast or they tend to dry out. Grilling, broiling, or smoking are the best way to prepare steaks. A great recipe for steaks is to mix any of your favorite salad dressings and a few tablespoons of parmesan cheese. Coat the steaks liberally with the mix and grill them close to the burner -- fast and hot. We tend to like our fish somewhat rare, and this results in the equivalent of a "Pittsburgh" or "Black and Blue." Raw on the inside, burnt on the outside.
Cobia are great to steak, as are kingfish. If you're gonna eat kingfish or any mackerel or oily fish, make sure you ice them fast, clean them fast, and try soaking the meat overnight in a little bit of white wine and a cup or so of ginger ale or our favorite, SevenUp.
Filleting a fish
The third way is arguably the most complicated to learn, but unquestionably the most versatile when it comes to using the fish -- and that's filleting. A well-done fillet results in totally boneless meat - which can be grilled, fried, cut into chunks, used in stews, you name it. There's nothing in the world like a good Snook or Redfish filet, except perhaps a flounder caught in the beautiful waters near the Skyway.
The concept of filleting a fish is that you're going to essentially "skin" the meat off of the underlying boney structure. This image shows the lines the cuts will take.
Here you see the process taken one step further; the lower image shows the fillets -- like wings on a bird in a top-down image -- separated from the spine.
The filleting process essentially "skins" the meat off the bone. There are two ways to filet a fish - starting at the head or starting at the tail. Personally, I fillet from the tail to the head, but most people I know find it easier to start at the head and work back. That's the way we're going to describe.
We've included a few images with this article, which we hope will assist you in learning how to prepare a good filet. Doing it well is like anything else - it takes practice. Your first attempts are likely to result in a ragged, thin, and ripped piece of meat, with most of the flesh still on the carcass. As you practice, though, you'll get to the point where the only thing left are skin and bones - with a smooth, solid, and intact filet from each side of the fish's body.
Making the Cut
The first thing to do is make a cut from near the gill down to the backbone. There's a lot of bone and hard cartilage directly over the gills, so you'll have to find the first soft (fleshy) point behind the gill. Holding the fish's head, slice down into this soft spot at a slight angle towards the tail. Look at the anatomy picture - all fish are built roughly the same way.
Slide the knife through this cut until it passes from the head out the other side of the fish, near the pec fins. You need to turn the knife blade so that it's lying flat to the backbone.
Use a slight - very slight - sawing motion to slice the meat from the backbone towards the tail. Make a slight slice, and adjust the knife to make sure it's actually scraping the backbone. Keep adjusting and slicing until you've reached the tail. Don't separate the meat from the tail, though. Leave just enough skin intact to hold it in place. Flip the fish over, keeping the nearly separated filet underneath the body. This provides support for the backbone while you're cutting the second filet. If you remove it too early, the backbone sags to the table and makes the second filet more difficult to remove cleanly. When you've made both cuts, remove the filets from the tail (and hence the body).
At this point, you'll have two, (hopefully) whole and well-manicured filets - with skin on one side.
Understanding the protein
If you're going to throw the fish carcass into the bay (which is just fine - lot's of things are just dying to munch on those great bones), make sure you poke the eyes to remove the fluid. Otherwise the fish will float to the surface. Also, please break or cut up the carcass into several pieces. If a pelican gets one of these intact bony structures stuck in its pouch, it could very well be seriously injured or kill the hapless bird.
Again, to do a good fillet, you need to revisit and keep in mind how the fish is built, and where the filet comes from. Take a look at the image above and notice the gill plate. From both the top and side views, you'll also see the rib cage. The cage covers the contents of the stomach. It's a good idea not to cut into the stomach while you're filleting. The acids will affect the taste of the meat. Once you're done and have the meat off the bone, you should inspect the stomach to see what the fish was eating before he found your DOA shrimp. We always, always inspect the contents of the fish's stomach. We've found strange and wonderful things there.
In the keys about eight years ago, we caught a beautiful 50lb bull dolphin. When we cleaned him, we found a 5 lb "chicken" dolphin in his stomach. It was so fresh we filleted him too. They were both great.
In a redfish caught by the Howard Frankland Bridge, we found about a dozen horseshoe crabs - each about 1 inch across. We haven't figured out how to get them in a castnet, so we can't comment on their efficacy as bait. Now, however, you can actually buy Gulp! Baits that look and smell like those we've found.
In most cases, you'll want to remove the skin.
To skin the filets, grab the tail side with your fingernails, and slide the knife between the skin and the meat for about four inches or so. Cut a small slit in this skin (along the long axis, tail to head) and stick your finger in it. It will serve well as a handle for holding the skin while you slice the meat off.
One exception is redfish -- try leaving the scales and skin on the fish, and roasting them on the barbeque skin side down. For some reason, the armor-like skin and scales hold moisture in the filet and makes for an incredibly tasty, juicy dinner. Simply sprinkle a little garlic on the meat side before you start, and add a little olive oil or butter (better) when it starts to get hot. Test to see if it's done -- when it's ready it will flake off the skin easily.
One last thing. Don't try this with a dull knife. Sharpen the knife before you start, and keep a steel handy for touching up the blade during the process. The knife will be dull after only two fish, so keep it sharp.
Good luck. We might do a how-to filet video one of these months -- but we're sure you can already find them on YouTube. You can learn to do heart surgery on YouTube -- we can imagine you can learn to fillet a redfish :)
--Tight lines
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19 Mar 2007
The Tempest at Covent Garden
This year is Thomas Adés' annus mirabilis. He's the subject of a major, six-week retrospective at the Barbican, and, of course, will be a major presence at the Aldeburgh Festival.
After the horrors of Jagoš Marković's production of Le Nozze di Figaro in Belgrade, I was apprehensive lest Nabucco in Serbia's second city of Novi Sad on 27th October would be transplanted from 6th century BC Babylon to post-Saddam Hussein Tikrit or some bombed-out kibbutz in Beersheba.
First Toronto, then Houston and now San Francisco, the third stop of a new production of Puccini's La bohème by Canadian born, British nurtured theater director John Caird.
Every once in a while Los Angeles Opera presents an important recital in the three thousand seat Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
This third revival of Laurent Pelly's production of Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore needed a bit of a pep up to get moving but once it had been given a shot of 'medicinal' tincture things spiced up nicely.
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This year is Thomas Adés' annus mirabilis. He's the subject of a major, six-week retrospective at the Barbican, and, of course, will be a major presence at the Aldeburgh Festival.
There are also commemoratives in Paris and Oslo. This revival of the Tempest was almost completely sold out : in short, Adés most certainly has arrived in the mainstream.
Much of the appeal of this opera must lie in its sumptuous, spectacular staging. Bathed in jewel-coloured light, it evokes the sense of fantasy and unreality that is central to the plot. The eye is seduced by this fabulous magic, and the ear responds. The dischordant, difficult music doesn't seem nearly as raw in the context of such beauty. This music may be modern but it's based on a very traditional premise: that is should be dramatic. It most certainly is exciting — the overture that depicts the demonic storm teems with trumpet alarums, crashing cymbals and drum rolls. It's so busy that it's quite a shock to hear the words "Hell is empty".
Cyndia Sieden's Ariel is emblematic. Her image, swathed in luminescent neon green and black will be forever associated with the opera, however many future productions it receives. Her role is far more crucial to the action than the somewhat under-developed other characters. Ariel symbolises the elusive and quite unsettling magic on this bizarre island. Above all, she has the most unusual music. Its tessitura is cruelly high, and really does seem written for a non-human elemental. Few singers could manage this, and for hours at a time, and still act with complete charisma. This role will immortalise Sieden, for it won't be easy to improve on.
Similar torture is inflicted on the other vocal parts, so much so that, despite their familiarity with this opera, even experienced singers like Philip Langridge and Simon Keenlyside were stretched by extremely high pitches, often reached by swoops upwards from the lower register. This is no criticism. The writing is completely counter-intuitive to "normal" vocal practice, for it imposes choppy, angular rhythms on syntax, breaking up what might be "normal" vocal lines. There may be duets and arias and set ensembles, here, but they serve as an extension of the orchestral writing, rather than being vocal star turns in themselves. Perhaps that's the rationale behind the libretto, which is, frankly, ugly and facetious. Maybe we're being asked to forget the words and listen instead to their musical effect. Alas, I'm not sure this is the case as there are supposedly clever jokes written in to lighten the atmosphere. In any case, the extreme demands on the singers meant that diction took second place to simply getting the notes right. This was less of a problem than might be expected, because musical logic here was antithetical to the text : meaning for the most part was conveyed through voice as used a supra-musical instrument, rather than through what was being sung. Adés himself conducted, so the reading was electric.
Luckily, Adés has given some of the best music to semi-abstract vocalise. Most people know the words to "Full Fathoms Five", so Sieden's incredibly long, high legato transcended text altogether, literally creating a "sea-change, into something rich and strange". Particularly lustrous string writing gave way to simple, but poignant single triangle, evoking the distant bells. It really was a moment of wonder.
Keenlyside, as Prospero, and Langridge, as the King of Naples, characterised their parts well. Sadly, in this score, Miranda and Ferdinand are fairly wooden caricatures, without much depth. Spence spiced his singing with vivid nuance. Royal merely had to look beautiful. The genres, too, were well played, and the chorus was remarkably precise, in true Covent Garden tradition. Apart from Sieden, the revelation of the evening was Bostridge's Caliban. In recital, Bostridge can be unpredictable, but in opera, when he's consciously playing a "part", his inhibitions evaporate. Here, he inhabited Caliban instinctively, creating him as a complex, sympathetic and deeply interesting figure. Now there's a subject for an opera…? Vocal pyrotechnics and emotional range come naturally to Bostridge, inspiring great things from Hans-Werner Henze.
Should I have given the impression I didn't like this opera, that isn't the case. I learned it initially without having seen it in production, so my approach is accordingly influenced by it "as music". This remarkable, atmospheric performance illuminated it for me immeasurably. This production has already been mounted in Strasbourg, and Copenhagen. Don't miss it if you get a chance.
© Anne Ozorio 2007


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