Powerfully in contention for the silliest comments made about art in the last year are Ian McEwan’s on opera. The thrust of his argument is that operas are not enough like Ian McEwan novels: “I don’t like fairies and dwarfs cavorting around the stage… and I’ve always had a bit of a problem with the lack of psychological realism in opera”. Thus McEwan does away with Mozart’s Magic Flute, perhaps in favour of a McEwan-style Realist Flute. But the questions for McEwan are: who said anybody was supposed to really believe it in the first place? And even more: is it nevertheless not actually truer than your “heritage London” reasonableness?
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The Irish Critic has noted that a few of you theatre lovers have been searching for information on The Irish Times Theatre Awards 2009. This has been noted and as usual the critic has accomodated your every need by providing you with a list of this years nominees- quite a line up. The Irish Critic’s vote goes for Tom Vaughan Lawlor in the best actor category.
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