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* * %u20ac ! %u00a3 %u20ac U < U * > U K U KNew York Theatre Ballet in association with Theatreworks/USA presentT h e T\%utCracfcerS at. Dec. 13 at 2 pm S u n . Dec. 21 a t 2 pmA holiday favorite comesto BCBC's Family Time.See this delightful onehour narrated version ofthe magical Nutcracker'sjourney to the Land ofthe Sugar Plum Fairy.Production based on19th century lithographs.Tickets: $ 3 .5 0Call(718) 434-BCBC%u201cThis young company is excellent.\D anceM agazineYou 'll see m e atB ro o k ly n C en ter fo r . th e P e rfo rm in g A rts I a t B ro o k ly n C ollegeucuv n o te ucuc ucuv uvuc ucuv: uv'uc%u201c Peggy Sue G otM arried%u201dF ri: 6:10, 8:10. 10:10 S a lM o n : 2:40. 4:30. 6:20, 8:20, 10:10T u e s T h u rs : 6, 7:55, 9:45 %u201cThe N utcracker%u201dS a tM o n : 1pm%u201cSoul M an %u201dF ri: 6, 10 S a tM o n : 2, 6. 10 T ue s T hu rs: 6, 9:55%u201c Som ething W ild %u201dF ri: 8 S a tM o n : 4. 8 T ue s T hu rs: 8I I / f I %u2022 314 FLA TB U SH at 7th AVE_ V %u25a0 * - V . PARKSLOPE %u2022 636 0170t r a i n c : l n e m amusicFulton Ferry Landing Brooklyn N Y 11201 r |718>624 4061Chamber Music WithA Different ViewFulton Ferry LandingB ro o klyn , NY 11201 (718) 624-4061Thurs. 7 :30 * Sun. 4 p.m .Nov. 27 & 30M ozart: Fantasy for PianoBrahms: Sonata #3 forPianoM ozart: D ivertim ento forString TrioV io lin : Theodore Arm V io la : Paul Neubauer P ia n o : Ken Noda C e llo : Fred SherryDec. 4 & 7An Evening ofBeethoven %u2022 TchaikovskyFor Reservationscall 624-40611 -fU M ilt HILL T H IN265 COURT STREET. BROOKLYN 596-9113%u201c The Boy W ho C ouldFly%u201dF ri, M on. T ues. Thurs: 6 S al, S un, W ed: 1 3. 5 %u201c The C olor of M oney%u201dF ri: 7:50. 10 Set: 7:30, 9 45 S un, W ed: 7. 9:15 M o n , T ues, T hu rs: 7:50. 9:50%u201c A Room W ith A V ie w %u201dF ri: 6, 8. 10 S et: 1:15, 3:30, 5:45. 8, 10:10S un, W ed: 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:30 M on, Tues, T hu rs: 6, 8, 9:50^ GRACECH O RAL SOCIETYOF BROOKLYNALEX A N PER ROM. DIRECTORwith theHAYDN-MOZART CHAMBER ORCHESTRAJAMES SCHLEFER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORVIVALDIB A C HMagnificatB-minor Mass (Selections)Brandenburg Concerto No. 3Brooklyn Heights: Sunday, Dec. 7, 4 pm, Grace Church, Hicks St at Joralemon. Park Slope: Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 pm, Old First Church, 7th Ave at Carroll St. %u2022Sunset Park: Sunday, Dec. 14, 4 pm,St. Jacobi Lutheran Church, 4th Ave at 54th St.Admission: $7 in advance, $8 at door (senior citizens and students $4, children under 12 free)%u2022Funded in part by a Chase ManhattanNeighborhood GrantSupported by the New York State 1986 Councilfor the ArtsTDF vouchers accepted. No surcharge.Looking forLearning?W hether you w ant toplay better tennis,learn to cookChinese or need helpwith your Spanish,you can find it all inThe Phoenix%u2019IN S TR U C TIO NC LA SSIFIED G U ID EP.S. If you%u2019re a te ac h e r,The Phoenix In stru c tio nG uide is a great p lace tofind students w h o arelooking for learning rightin th eir own neighborhood.Get the LowdownCheck the Centerfoldfor the Best of What'sHappening in Town'Barber' Cuts Fine Form At ReginaBY SHARON CUC1NOTTAThe Regina Opera Theatre has long been a community institution in Brooklyn and has recently grown into a showcase for New York%u2019s fine young singers. %u201cThe Barber of Seville%u201d is currently being presented in a solid production with several good performances and one real standout.Rossini%u2019s most famous opera and probably the greatest opera buffa, or comic opera, of all time came alive at Regina on November 30 with a commanding Figaro. With his first stride on stage, Stephen Poulos captured the evening, with an easy grace and comic skill, set off by a rather polished vocal technique. His is a most sizable and pliant sound of depth and beauty, that would probably work just as successfully in a large house. Poulos was clearly the star and was quite gentlemanly about it. This barber was the real aristocrat on stage.Conductor Alejandro Guzman led the singers and full orchestra in a solidly conceived %u201cBarber.%u201d He worked hard to accommodate the singers, though he did rush Figaro%u2019s first and most famous aria,%u201cLargo al factotum.%u201d Rossini is famous for his climactic crescendos and speed, but clarity and a subtle stateliness are intrinsic to the music.Rossini was a genius of the bel canto operatic tradition. He stopped composing, it is said, in anticipation of Verdi and the verisimo school. This emerging 19th Century singing style leaned towards a newromanticism stripped of florid lines and much more modernly dramatic. The runs, trills and liquid phrasing in %u201cThe Barber of Seville%u201d need a particular vocal slant, more towards flexibility and brilliance than the weight, force and sheer vocal size that became necessary for the dramatic intensity of Verdi and Wagner.This opera is fiendish in its spitfire patter, especially during ensembles, and the singers, (with the exception of some obvious cueing during the recitatives) were professionally prepared. Guzman did a respectable job keeping the ensemble together and managing to be musical about it. The orchestra sounded good for a pick-up group. Though there were some intonation problems, Guzman led them lyrically and held the unsurpassed melodic inventions of Rossini in good stead.Stephen Oostering, as Count Almaviva, had a velvety tenor, quite sweet and rich, which became more winning as he warmed up. He had some trouble, however, executing the more ornamented passages and seemed more at home with the style of Verdi than that of Rossini.BARBER OF SEVILLE: The Regina Opera Company production continues with performances on December 6, at 8pm, and December 7, at 4pm. The performance is double-cast, so each show will have different performers. The Regina Opera Theater is at Twelfth Avenue and 65th Street. Tickets are $7.For information, call 232-3555.f giBesGRACE CHAMBER CONCERTS: The Grace Choral Society and the Haydn-Mozart Chamber Orchestra will perform three concerts in December, with a program of Vivaldi%u2019s %u201cMagnificat,%u201d selections from Bach%u2019s %u201cB Minor Mass%u201d and Brandenberg Concerto No. 3 in G Major. Concerts will be: December 7, 4pm at Grace Church, 254 Hicks Street; December 13, 7:30pm, Old First Church, Carroll Street and Seventh Avenue; and December 14, 4pm, St. Jacobi Lutheran Church, 5406 Fourth Avenue. Tickets are $7 in advance, $8 at the door, and $4 for students and seniors. For information, call 643-8129.PHILHARMONIA CHORUS CONCERT: The Brooklyn Philharmonia Chorus will perform in concert on December 6 at 8pm. The program will include a performance of Bach%u2019s %u201cMagnificat%u201d and Handel%u2019s %u201cMessiah,%u201d Part I (the Christmas Portion), at the First Presbyterian Church, 124 Henry Street. Tickets are $5 or TDF voucher. On December 14, the Chorus will perform %u201cMessiah,%u201d Part I at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Avenue in the auditorium, at 3pm. Tickets are $3. For information, call 855-0495.EAR CREATIONS: Actress Betsy Thomson will exhibit fifty pairs of her %u201cAmorphous Ear Creations%u201d on December 6, from 7-9pm. The exhibit will be during a wine and cheese reception for the Maverick Theatre & Film Co., at 152 Bergen Street. Anyone who donates $25 or more to the company will receive a pair of earrings.The earrings will also be on display at Limelight, 660 Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, on December 9 at 9pm, with a dance performance by Thomson and others entitled %u201cMy Headlight%u2019s Gone Out.%u201dON THE BARGE: Bargemusic will continue its chamber music concerts on December 4 and 7, with a performance of Beethoven%u2019s %u201cSonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, No. 2%u201d and %u201cSonata for Piano in E-flat Major, No. 3%u201d and Tchaikovsky%u2019s %u201cPiano Trio in A Minor.%u201d The works will be performed by Ik-Hwan Bae, violinist; Jerome Lowenthal, pianist; and Peter Wiley, cellist. The conceits will start at 7:30pm on December 4, and at 4pm on December 7. Bargemusic is at Fulton Ferry Landing, near the Brooklyn Bridge. Tickets are $12 or TDF voucher, $10 for students and seniors. 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